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!Click | !Click | ||
!Velar | !Velar | ||
!Glottal | !Glottal | ||
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|/ŋ̊!/ | |/ŋ̊!/ | ||
|/ŋ̊/ | |/ŋ̊/ | ||
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|/ŋ!/ | |/ŋ!/ | ||
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|/ʈ/ | |/ʈ/ | ||
|/ǃ/ | |/ǃ/ | ||
|/k | |/k/ | ||
|/ʔ/ | |/ʔ/ | ||
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|/ǃʰ/ | |/ǃʰ/ | ||
|/kʰ/ | |/kʰ/ | ||
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|/ɡǃ/ | |/ɡǃ/ | ||
|/ɡ/ | |/ɡ/ | ||
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|/ɧ/ | |/ɧ/ | ||
|/x/ | |/x/ | ||
|/h/ | |/h/ | ||
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|/ɧ̬/ | |/ɧ̬/ | ||
|/ɣ/ | |/ɣ/ | ||
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|/s/ | |/s/ | ||
|/ʂ/ | |/ʂ/ | ||
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|/z/ | |/z/ | ||
|/ʐ/ | |/ʐ/ | ||
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|/ʍ/ | |/ʍ/ | ||
|/l̥/ | |/l̥/ | ||
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|/w/ | |/w/ | ||
|/l/ | |/l/ | ||
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*(+p b) | *(+p b) | ||
*(+p g) | *(+p g) | ||
===Retroflex/slender split=== | ===Retroflex/slender split=== | ||
*ɑ merger with ɔ, ɑː merger with aː | *ɑ merger with ɔ, ɑː merger with aː | ||
Revision as of 02:31, 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 | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | voiceless | /m̊/ | /n̊/ | /ɳ̊/ | /ŋ̊!/ | /ŋ̊/ | |
| voiced | /m/ | /n/ | /ɳ/ | /ŋ!/ | /ŋ/ | ||
| Stop | tenuis | /p/ | /t/ | /ʈ/ | /ǃ/ | /k/ | /ʔ/ |
| aspirated | /pʰ/ | /tʰ/ | /ʈʰ/ | /ǃʰ/ | /kʰ/ | ||
| voiced | /b/ | /d/ | /ɖ/ | /ɡǃ/ | /ɡ/ | ||
| Spirants | voiceless | /f/ | /θ/ | /ɧ/ | /x/ | /h/ | |
| voiced | /ð/ | /ɧ̬/ | /ɣ/ | ||||
| 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
- ɑ merger with ɔ, ɑː merger with aː
- ai ~ iː > iː
- a(ː) ~ ja(ː) > a(ː)
- e ~ je/i > i
- əː ~ eː > eː
- au ~ ay > ɔ(ː)
- o(ː) ~ ø(ː) > o(ː)
- u(ː) ~ y(ː) > u(ː)
- u(ː)a ~ y(ː)a > u(ː)a
- uo ~ yø > uo
- aiɐ ~ iːa > ja
- auɐ ~ oyɐ > wa
Inventory
Consonants
Vowels
a aa e i o ö u ü
ai au ei eu iu öi oi ou ui