Trây
Trây /tʀɑj/ (natively prits Trây; Windermere: brits Dray) is a Vietnamese- and Old High German-inspired descendant of Classical Windermere; it is in a dialect continuum with Modern Windermere. It is official in the Venh Trây province of Wen Dămea.
Todo
Make it more Schwyzerdütsch?
Diachronics
p-, t- > b-, đ-; b, d > p, t
y, w > d, v
HGCS on final consonants: -p -t -k -f -th -ch > -f -tz -kh -p -t -c
Chain shift: -l > -ng > -nh?
-t > -ch after i, y, ê, e, a
e, o, ea, oa > e, o, iê, uô
i, u, ie, ua > ê, ô, i, u
ü, üe > y, y
Numbers: tuôn, rât, stêu, smac, myts, đâc, puôt, seb, luôi, thâp, zădau, sryc
svâc = mouth
scăy = forest
sci = star
prith > prêch 'autumn'
hălsieth > hozich 'warmth'
Phonology
Consonants
m n ng /m n ŋ/
p t c ' /p t k ʔ/ (unaspirated)
b đ /ɓ ɗ/
ph th ch kh /f θ ç χ/
v d g /v ð ɣ/
z s x (as in Basque)
tz ts tx (as in Basque)
r l /r ɴ̆~ɴ/
Vowels
ă a â e ê i y o ô u /ə æ ɑ ɛ e i y ɔ o u/
iê uô /iə uə/
ai ây ăi oy ôy au âu ău eu êu
y is merged with i in some dialects.
Grammar
Auxiliaries
Tense auxiliaries
I | thou | he | she | it | we (exc.) | we (inc.) | you (pl.) | they | |
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mo (present) | mor | mos | mon | moz | mot | mots | mop | moy | mam |
khiê (past) | khiêr | khiês | khiên | khiêz | khiêt | khiêts | khiêp | khiêi | khiêm |
be (future) | ber | bes | benh | bez | bech | bets | bep | băi | bem |
Emphatic auxiliaries: mor ri, mos sen, mon in ...
Sample text
UDHR, Article 1
TODO: This is just Modern Wdm with Trây sound changes
Khiêm tsor crot ăxiêng plum te thyr mêz hongtlâz tez imsên. Mâm hakh răphânhy dâz hongpăthên tez hongslit'â, te mot pđar thunuô sâm tăze phituôn măciêp năthâ mêz xăgor châsrap.
/χiəm tsɔɐ̯ kʁɔts əʃiəŋ pɴum tɛ θyɐ̯ mes .../