Mono-Tiberian

Mono-Tiberian
漢語
Pronunciation	[/θál ʕɔ̂/]
Created by	IlL
Setting	Verse:Lõis
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Old Chinese Mono-Tiberian

Sino-Tiberian (漢語 /θál ʕɔ̂/) is a divergent descendant of Old Chinese with a Tiberian Hebrew-inspired phonology.

Todo

Min-like doublets from Middle Sino-Tiberian / Middle Chinese?

Tone sandhi/word tones?

Voiceless resonants

Numbers:

1 ʔit > ʔit -
2 ni[j]-s > niH-
3 srum/sram > šåm-
4 s.lij-s > śiH-
5 C.ŋˁaʔ > ȝåX+
6 luk-
7 tsit-
8 hat-
9 quX-
10 tgəp > daP- (P is another tone that comes from loss of final p)

Diachronics

• Voiceless nasals > /f θ x/

Phonology

Initials

Initials = Tiberian Hebrew + /ɬ/

Vowels

Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts, written i e è a å o u = hiriq tzere segol patach qamatz holam shuruq

Finals

-m -n -3 -l -y -w -t -k

Tones

Historically 8: {0 X H P} x {+- voicing}, but merged into 5