Wirne
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Nàu m̌ dwēig Wírn-Mēung. 'I don't speak Wirne.'
Introduction
Wirne (Wirne-Müđel; pronounced Wírn-Mēung /wiɐn35 mɔʏŋ55/) is a relatively conservative Wiebian lect descended from Middle Wiebian, and a close relative of Sŧrah (qʷˁʼe). It is a tonal language inspired by German, Buyang and Chinese.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labialized | plain | labialized | plain | labialized | plain | labialized | plain | labialized | |||
| Nasal | m /m/ | mw /mʷ/ | n /n/ | nw /nʷ/ | nj /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | ngw /ŋʷ/ | |||||
| Stop | tenuis | b /p/ | bw /pʷ/ | d /t/ | dw /tʷ/ | dsch /tʃ/ | g /k/ | gw /kʷ/ | ġ /q/ | ġw /qʷ/ | /ʔ/ | |
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | pw /pʷʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | tw /tʷʰ/ | tsch /tʃʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | kw /kʷʰ/ | q /qʰ/ | qw /qʷʰ/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | z /θ/ | zw /θʷ/ | sch /ʃ/ | schw /ʃʷ/ | ch /x/ | chw /xʷ/ | r /χ/ | rw /χʷ/ | h /h/ | |
| voiced | s /ð/ | sw /ðʷ/ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | voiceless | hw /ʍ/ | ||||||||||
| voiced | l /l/ | j /j/ | w /w/ | |||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /ɪ/ | ie /iː/ | ü /ʏ/ | ü, üh /yː/ | u /ʊ/ | u, uh /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /ɛ/ | e, eh /eː/ | ö /œ/ | ö, öh /øː/ | o /ɔ/ | o, oh /oː/ | ||
| Near-open | -r, -er /ɐ/ | |||||||
| Open | a /a/ | a, ah /aː/ | ||||||
Diphthongs: au /aʊ/ äu, eu /ɔʏ/ ei /aɪ/
Tones
high modal = tone 2, high breathy = tone 3; low modal = tone 4, low breathy = tone 1
Grammar
Derivational morphology
Erhua
'Erhua' with the suffix -er / -r /-ɐ/ may occur.