Brung

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Introduction

M-Naquian or Justin Wieber is a parody of Ancient Wiebian (i.e. Ancient Wiebian but with more click phonemes).


Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Standard Brung consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k, ck /k/ /ʔ-/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /ɡ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ ß /s/, sch /ʃ/ ch /ç/ ch [χ] h /h/
voiced w /v/ s /z~ʃ~s/
Affricate pf /pf/ z, tz /ts/
Trill r [r] r /ʀ/
Approximant l /l/ j /j/

Vowels

Late Brung vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close i /ɪ/ ie, i /iː/ ü /ʏ/ ü, üh /yː/ u /ʊ/ u, uh /uː/
Mid e, ä /ɛ/ e, ee, eh, ä, äh /eː/ ö /œ/ ö, öh /øː/ e /ə/ o /ɔ/ o, oo, oh /oː/
Near-open /ɐ/
Open a /a/ a, aa, ah /aː/

Diphthongs: au /aʊ/ äu, eu /ɔʏ/ ei /aɪ/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources