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!Click
!Click
!Velar
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!Uvular
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|/ŋ̊!/
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|/ʈ/
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|/q/  
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|/ǃʰ/
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|/ɡǃ/
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|/ɧ/
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|/χ/
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|/ɧ̬/
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|/ʍ/
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|/w/
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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

Middle Wiebian initials
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/


Tchwerian vowels
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

Tones

Morphology

Nouns

Adjectives

Verbs

Syntax