Verse:Mwail/Qua

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In Hmøøh, Þhea Kï /θeə̯˧ ki˥/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country Þhea Lga̗y off the southwestern coast of the continent Kjàt Må̀. Þhea Kï has a complex tone system even for a Kjàt Må̀ language, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It belongs to a dialect continuum but otherwise has no known relatives.

Todo

  • Zhea Cha̱y /ɻeə̯˧ xɑj˨/ (cha̱y is an honorific; zhea is 'rose' and a female given name): inventor of primodality in Hmøøh

Phonology

3630 possible syllables

Rimes (10):

i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iə̯/eə̯/ɨə̯

i/e/u/a/ey/uy/ay/ia/ea/ua

Initials (33):

m/n̪/n/ɳ/p/t̪/t̪s̪/t/ts̠/tʃ/ʈ/ʈʂ/k/ʔ/f/θ/s̪/θ̠/s̠/ʃ/ʂ/x/h/l̪/r̪/l/r/ɭ/ɻ/ʟ/ɰ/j/w

m/nh/n/nr/p/th/tz/t/ts/tx/tr/tsr/k/0/f/þh/z/þ/s/x/sr/ch/h/lh/rh/l/r/lr/zh/lg/g/y/w

Tones (11):

˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˧˩/˨˩˨/˨˧˨

findreplace shenanigans

ä/ā/a/a̱/a̤/a̗/á/à/a̖/a̬/â

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Vocabulary

Þhea Kï is generally purist.