Middle Wiebian

Middle Wiebian
Wieb-Muts
Created by	IlL
Language family	Pfeuno-K'aitian Wiebian Middle Wiebian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qwb

Middle Wiebian is the ancestor language of Reber, Zwehrer and Gauf Wiebian lects.

Orthography

See also: Wiebian/Script.

Historical phonology

AW inventory

Ancient Wiebian:
i iː ʉ ʉː u uː
e eː ə ɵː o oː
ɛ ɔː
ɐ aː
aʊ ɵɪ aɪ iɐ ʉɐ uɐ

Sound changes

AW > Pre-OZw

• Vʀɐ > Vɐ
• ɪɐ iːɐ > iɐ, ʏɐ yːɐ > yɐ, ʊɐ uːɐ > uɐ, aɐ a:ɐ > aɐ

Some Philly-style changes:

• ai > əi / _(voiceless) (after AV)
• au > əʊ / _(voiceless)
• ɔʏ > əʏ / _(voiceless)
• əl > ʊ in unstressed syllables

Initial changes

• ts > s
• Cv > Cw
• Pr Br Fr r > ʈ ɖ ʂ ʐ

Aspiration

• sp/pf sb st sd sʈ sɖ s! sg! sk sg > pʰ bʰ tʰ dʰ ʈʰ ɖʰ !ʰ g!ʰ kʰ gʰ
• sv sz > wʰ s
• sm sn > mʰ nʰ

Séimhiú

• Vp Vb Vt Vd Vʈ Vɖ V! Vg! Vk Vg > f v θ ð ʂ ʐ ɧ ɧ̬ x ɣ
• Vf Vv Vs Vz > ʔ ɦ h ɦ
• Vm Vl > v j
• aspirated consonants mutate the same as non-aspirated ones, except: mʰ > wʰ, nʰ > nʰ, lʰ > wʰ, wʰ > wʰ

Urú

• np nb nt nd nʈ nɖ n! ng! nk ng > b m d n ɖ ɳ g! ŋ! g ŋ
• nf ns nɧ > v z ɧ̬
• nsm nsn > m n
• nsp nst nsʈ ns! (nsk) > mʰ nʰ ɳʰ ŋʰ! ŋʰ
• nsl > l

Pharyngealization split

• Cl, Cʀ > Cˁ
• s-ʀ > hˁ, ʀ > ʔˁ

Other changes

• v > w

Pre-OZw > OZw

• a aː > æ æː
• ɛ i ɔ u œ y > æ e ɑ o æ ø / _Cɐ
• ɛː eː iː ɔː oː øː uː yː > ɛː eː ɔː œː oː øː / _Cɐ
• a e i ø y > ɔ ø y o u / _Cʊ
• aː ɛː eː iː ɔː øː yː> ɔː œː øː yː oː oː uː / _Cʊ
• final ɐ, ʊ lost
• ai aw ay > eː oː øː
• iɐ̯ > iːa
• uɐ̯ > uːa
• yɐ̯ > yːa
• œɐ̯ > œː
• aɐ̯ > æː
• ˁæ ˁe ˁi ˁo ˁø ˁu ˁy > ˁɑ ˁæ ˁe ˁɑ ˁæ ˁo ˁø
• ˁæː ˁeː ˁiː ˁoː ˁøː ˁuː ˁyː > ˁɑː ˁay ˁey ˁaw ˁoy ˁow ˁoy
• ˁaɐ̯ > ˁaː > ˁɑː
• eː iː oː uː øː yː > iː ai uː aw yː oy (GVS)
• əa > əː
• əi əu əy (both pharyngealized and unpharyngealized) > iː uː yː

AW > OZw finals

• cluster ending in fricative > breathy tone, cluster lost w/ compensatory lengthening
• cluster ending in plosive > glottalized tone, cluster lost w/ compensatory lengthening
• -w results from the first consonant in the final being a labial (unless final is single /-p/)
• -j results from /ç, ɧ/ as the first consonant

Phonology

Consonants

Middle Wiebian initials

		Labial	Alveolar	Click	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	voiceless	/m̊/	/n̊/	/ŋ̊!/	/ŋ̊/	/ɴ̊/
	voiced	/m/	/n/	/ŋǃ/	/ŋ/	/ɴ/
Stop	tenuis	/p/	/t/	/ǃ/	/k/	/q/	/ʔ/
	aspirated	/pʰ/	/tʰ/	/ǃʰ/	/kʰ/	/qʰ/
	voiced	/b/	/d/	/ɡǃ/	/ɡ/	/ɢ/
Spirants	voiceless	/f/	/θ/	/ɧ/	/x/	/χ/	/h/
	voiced		/ð/	/ɧ̬/	/ɣ/	/ʁ/
Sibilants	voiceless		/s/
	voiced		/z/
Approximant	voiceless	/ʍ/	/l̥/
	voiced	/w/	/l/

Vowels

Middle Wiebian vowels

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	/i/	/iː/	/y/	/yː/			/u/	/uː/
Mid	/e/	/ɛː/	/ø/	/øː/		/əː/	/o/	/ɔː/
Open	/æ/	/æː/					/ɑ/	/ɑː/

Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa wa wo uːa ɥa ɥø yːa aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/

Tones (allophonic)

• (-p m)
• (-p b)
• (-p g)
• (+p m)
• (+p b)
• (+p g)

Grammar

For ordinal numerals: Schmielke 'order' e.g. wahm Schmielke Hauer 'the first king' (or Zwind? any relation to zweid 'walk'?)

Phrasebook

wahm, discher, narg, đauf, sälisch, stuhm, raut, lerz, pfarb, kier:

we:m (-p m), dej (-p b), ne:k (-p g), g!u: (-p b), zi: (-p b), tʰaum (-p m), ʔaut (+p g), lja: (-p b), pʰe:p (-p g), kaiɐ̯ (-p m)

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