Neck Thai

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Neck Thai
Nékthij dòai
Pronunciation	[/nék.tʰāj ɗɔ̀ːj/]
Created by	IlL
Setting	Hussmauch
Native speakers	50 million (2200 v.C.)
Language family	Tie-Dye Neck Thai

Neck Thai (native name Nék-thij dòai /nék.tʰāj ɗɔ̀ːj/) is a Tie-Dye language with over 50 million speakers. It is the official language of Neckthailand (Nékthijmien)

Phonology

Consonants

Initials

Neck Thai initials

		Labial	Alveolar	Click	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/	nǃx /ŋǃ/		ng /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t/	ǃx /ǃ/	tj /tɕ/	k /k/		/ʔ/
	aspirated	ph /pʰ/	th /tʰ/	ǃxh /ǃʰ/	tjh /tɕʰ/	kh /kʰ/
	implosive	b /ɓ~b/	d /ɗ~d/
Fricative		v /f/	z /s/			g, sch /x/		h /h/
Trill/App.		w /w/			j /j/		r /ʀ~ʁ/
Lat. app.			l /l/

Allowed initial clusters: pl, pr, phl, phr, vl, vr, tr, thr, ǃxr, ǃxhr, kl, kr, kw, khl, khr, khw

Many speakers in the capital Houwá Thing Vîer merge the pairs /pʀ pʰʀ/, /tʀ tʰʀ/, and /kʀ kʰʀ/. /ǃ(ʰ)ʀ/ is often pronounced as [ǃ(ʰ)]. Some dialects merge /ʀ-/ and /ŋ-/ into a nasalized uvular flap /ʀ̆ⁿ/ or approximant /ʁ̃/ and also simplify all Cr clusters to C.

Finals

Neck Thai finals

		Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal	Laryngeal
Nasal		m [m]	n, l [n]	ng, r [ŋ]
Plosive		p [p̚]	t [t̚]	k [k̚]	' [ʔ]
App.		(uw [w])		(i [j])

Vowels

Monophthongs

Neck Thai monophthongs

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ie /iː/	u /ɯᵝ/	uu /ɯᵝː/		oe /uː/
Close-mid	e /e/	ee /eː/	eo /ɤ/	eu /ɤː/	o /o/	oo /oː/
Open-mid	æ /ɛ/	ae /ɛː/			ọ /ɔ/	oa /ɔː/
Open			a /ɐ/	aa /aː/

Diphthongs

Long		Short
Neckthai	IPA	Neckthai	IPA
aai	/aːj/	ij	/aj/
aauw	/aːw/	ouw, ou	/aw/
ia	/iːa/	ia'	/ia/
ieuw	/iːw/	–	–
oea	/uːa/	oea'	/ua/
oei	/uːj/	–	–
eeuw	/eːw/	euw	/ew/
aeuw	/ɛːw/	–	–
ua	/ɯːa/	ua'	/ɯa/
eui	/ɤːj/	ui	/ɤj/
oai	/ɔːj/	–	–
ooi	/oːj/	oi	/oj/

Triphthongs

Neckthai	IPA
iauw	/iaw/
oeai	/uaj/
uai	/ɯaj/

Tones

Standard Neckthai uses 5 tones.

• Mid: raa /ʀāː/ [ʀaː˧] 'easy'
• Low: ràa /ʀàː/ [ʀaː˨˩] 'loud'
• Falling: râa /ʀâː/ [ʀaː˥˩˩] 'fruit'
• High: ráa /ʀáː/ [ʀaː˥] 'white'
• Rising: raaʔ /ʀǎː/ [ʀaː˨˩˦] 'vase'

Orthography

Grammar

Pronouns

• I: khôet
• thou: òer
• we: ngàe

Loanwords

Many Neck Thai words are derived from Wiebian and are pronounced close to Ancient Wiebian or early Middle Wiebian. For illustration of how Wiebian loanwords are treated in Neck Thai, this is the full name of Houwá Thing Vîer, the capital of Neckthailand:

Khrúmá ǃXijphen Zàtaalá Vaeʔná Zàtijlen ǃXhruuzenʔ Tràk Zàtrèzèt Khéschàwijʔphét ǃXhijn Théloatèt Kia Wítzàtà ǃXan Wágenʔ Phlátzàtouvenʔ ǃXìjk Trouphen Khéteul Thétkhouzèt Houwá Thing Vîer

/kʰrɯ́ʔmɐ́ʔ ǃāipʰēn sɐ̀ʔtāːlɐ́ʔ fɛ̌ːnɐ́ʔ sɐ̀ʔtāilēn ǃʰʀɯ̄ːsěn tʀɐ̀k | sɐ̀ʔtʀèʔsèt kʰéʔxɐ̀ʔwǎipʰét ǃʰāin | tʰéʔlɔ̄ːtèt kīːɐ wítsɐ̀ʔtɐ̀ʔ ǃɐ̄n wɐ́ʔxěn pʰlɐ́tsɐ̀ʔtāufěn ǃàik | tʀāupʰēn kʰétɤ̄ːn tʰétkʰāusèt hāuwɐ́ʔ tʰīŋ fîːŋ/

In Wiebian spelling: Grümmerŧeibenstalerfernersteilenđrüßentrachtensträtzesgeschweibesđeinesdelorteskierwisterŧannwachenblatzstaufenŧeischestraubengetöhldesgaußeshauerdinŧ Vîer

Grümmer-Ŧeiben-Staler-Ferner-Steilen-Đrüßen-Trachten Strätzes-Geschweibes-Đeines Delortes-kier-Wister-Ŧann-Wachen-Blatz-Staufen-Ŧeisches Trauben-Getöhl-Desgaußes-Hauer-Dinŧ Vîer

ancient harp ??? ??? ??? ??? create-VN art wisdom-DAT shine-VN PL-eon-DAT ten wister marble wall under-royal_subject guard-VN celestial_body splendor PASS-exalt-VN king miracle city

The miracle of the exalted king of celestial splendor who created paradise, shines in art and wisdom, and guards his subjects in a ten-wister-long eternal marble wall (1 Wister = 20 km)