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==Historical phonology== | ==Historical phonology== | ||
===Middle Wiebian=== | ===Middle Wiebian=== | ||
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!Labial | !Labial | ||
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Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/ | Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/ | ||
Tones: | |||
*(-p m) | *(-p m) | ||
*(-p b) | *(-p b) | ||
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*(+p b) | *(+p b) | ||
*(+p g) | *(+p g) | ||
===Retroflex/slender split=== | |||
*ai ~ iː | |||
*a ~ ja | |||
*aː ~ jaː | |||
*e ~ je/i | |||
*əː ~ eː | |||
==Inventory== | ==Inventory== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 9 December 2015
Tchwerian (Wieb-Muts or Reber-Muts) is a Wiebian dialect continuum that includes varieties of Modern Standard Wiebian. It is often simply called "Wiebian" in-universe. Tchwerian is aesthetically inspired by Chinese.
Historical phonology
Middle Wiebian
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Click | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | voiceless | /m̊/ | /n̊/ | /ɳ̊/ | /ŋ̊!/ | /ŋ̊/ | /ɴ̊/ | |
| voiced | /m/ | /n/ | /ɳ/ | /ŋ!/ | /ŋ/ | /ɴ/ | ||
| Stop | tenuis | /p/ | /t/ | /ʈ/ | /ǃ/ | /k/ | /q/ | /ʔ/ |
| aspirated | /pʰ/ | /tʰ/ | /ʈʰ/ | /ǃʰ/ | /kʰ/ | /qʰ/ | ||
| voiced | /b/ | /d/ | /ɖ/ | /ɡǃ/ | /ɡ/ | /ɢ/ | ||
| Spirants | voiceless | /f/ | /θ/ | /ɧ/ | /x/ | /χ/ | /h/ | |
| voiced | /ð/ | /ɧ̬/ | /ɣ/ | /ʁ/ | ||||
| Sibilants | voiceless | /s/ | /ʂ/ | |||||
| voiced | /z/ | /ʐ/ | ||||||
| Approximant | voiceless | /ʍ/ | /l̥/ | |||||
| voiced | /w/ | /l/ | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | /i/ | /iː/ | /y/ | /yː/ | /u/ | /uː/ | ||
| Mid | /e/ | /eː/ | /ø/ | /øː/ | /əː/ | /ɔ/ | /oː/ | |
| Open | /æ/ | /æː/ | /ɑ/ | /ɑː/ | ||||
Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/
Tones:
- (-p m)
- (-p b)
- (-p g)
- (+p m)
- (+p b)
- (+p g)
Retroflex/slender split
- ai ~ iː
- a ~ ja
- aː ~ jaː
- e ~ je/i
- əː ~ eː
Inventory
Consonants
Vowels
a aa e i o ö u ü
ai au ei eu iu öi oi ou ui