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Diachronics
TODO: cluster reflexes
Waaay before Grimm's law, thus b p were still voiced and tenuis stops > p + low resp. high tone classes
Khmmerization BEFORE tone split
Numbers: thon, rà, tziêu, khuốc, wượr, tai /θɔn, ra, tsiəw, χuək, wɚ:, tai/
whếp = light
whì = dust
Rhìa whươn mì Whền Whết = I live in Whehli (means something different with different tones)
lieb "to put" ~ lliệm
dưan tlẹ = to thank in Ciêng?
tlẹ could be cognate to tănlea "to refuse", dưan is cognate to Windermere şän
khổi = reflexive pronoun
thỏi = learn (~ snoach)
rêng = net
truồng = long
Final + tone reflexes
- -p < PAsh -b
- -b *-d *-g should fricativize and become tones, not *-p *-t, *-k
- snoach ~ thộc (snòχ < *snòk in Classical Wdm)
- ăwoch ~ wốc "bone"
Phonology
Consonants
m n nr ng /m n (retro n) ŋ/
p t tr tl c qu /p t tʂ tl k kw ʔ/ (/ʔ/ not written)
ph th kh wh /f θ χ χw/
z s rh ll h /s ʃ r̥ ɬ h/
tz ts /ts tʃ/
w r l j /w r l ʒ/
-w- is an onglide
Vowels
ă a â e ê i o ô u ư ao eo êu aư ai oi ôi ia/iê iêu ua/uô uôi ăr ar er ir or ur âr /a ɑ: ɜ ɛ e~ɪ~ɛɪ i~ɪj ɔ əʊ~əʏ u: ɨ: aʊ ɛʊ eʊ aʏ aɪ ɔɪ oɪ iə iəw uə uəj æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ oɹ oɹ əɹ/
Tones
6 tones of Viet
Sample text
UDHR
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Ciêng Sồn khổ sây àng khèn wỗi tề tưr thến mì pòi rhành tề mốc sin. Tzôr jánh llao ngá phuộng long tề ngá mông lla, àng thwàr nạt tzôr tsó thon sa whảy mì rhuỗr dàư khung tweng. |
Ciêng Gloss all person are_born then free bone and equal same in state dignity and get right. they receive down ability reason and ability think back, and must SUBJ they work act one to other in heart of love fellow |
Tsor croth fa ășeal pluam te thür mis hăltsăbas tes imłin. Ănam hac răfongüe yas hălpăthin tes hălslith'a, te pdar thușnoa e nam tănse fidoan măceaf nătha mis șăgor hălchăsräf. |
English All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. |