Naeng

Naeng /ʈʼətʼohetʰ/ is a language spoken by the Naeng people in Hussmauch. It is inspired by Naquian and Hmong.

Phonology

Consonants

43 consonants.

Naeng consonants

		Labial	Dental		Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Lab.-phar. uvular	Glottal
			central	lateral
Nasal	plain	m m	n n̪		nr ɳ		ng ŋ
	glottalized	mh mʼ	nh n̪ʼ		nrh ɳʼ		ngh ŋʼ
Stop	tenuis	p p	t t̪	tl t̪ɬ̪	r ʈ		c k	g q	h ʔ
	aspirated	b pʰ	d t̪ʰ	dl t̪ɬ̪ʰ	dr ʈʰ		g kʰ	gq qʰ
	ejective	ph pʼ	th t̪ʼ	tlh t̪ɬ̪ʼ	rh ʈʼ		ch kʼ	qh qʷˁʼ
Fricative		f f	x s̻	ll ɬ̪	s ʂ				h
Approximant				l l		y j

Use interpunct · to separate digraphs

Notes

• The lenis stops /p t tɬ ʈ ʈꞎ k qʷˁ/ are short compared to the aspirated stops /pˑʰ tˑʰ tɬˑʰ ʈˑʰ ʈꞎˑʰ kˑʰ qʷˁˑʰ/. Between voiced sounds they may be semi-voiced, the lateral affricates /tɬ ʈꞎ/ in particular being voiced in the stop phase of the articulation [dɬ ɖꞎ].
• The lenis fricatives /f s ɬ ʂ ꞎ x/ are short compared to the fortis fricatives /fˑ sˑ ɬˑ ʂˑ ꞎˑ xˑ χʷˁˑ/.
• The retroflex nasal and stops are subapico-palatal. The retroflex fricatives are laminal post-alveolar.
• /ə/ followed by /m n ɳ ŋ ɭ/ are pronounced as syllabic consonants (similar to Tigall): [m̩ n̩ ɳ̩ ŋ̍ ɭ̩].

Vowels

Naeng has 5 oral and 5 nasal vowels.

i u e ẁ a ii uu ee ẁẁ aa /i ʊ e ə ɐ iⁿ ʊⁿ eⁿ əⁿ ɐⁿ/ (IPA superscript indicates nasal vowels)

Tones

Every syllable may have either high tone or low tone. High tone is marked with an acute accent (high tone /ə́/ is transcribed as ẃ).

Phonotactics

Only V, CV, CVC allowed. Allowed syllable-final consonants: m n ɳ ŋ b d dɮ ɖ ɖɮʵ ɡ ʔ pʼ tʼ tɬʼ ʈʼ ʈɬʵʼ kʼ f s ʂ ɬ ɬʵ x w ɭ j