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For the family of Quihum languages, see Wiebian.
IlL/Spare pages 1/45
Nkahn Wiobe
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|ᵑkaːn ˈwiobə]]
Created byIlL
SettingHussmauch
Tie–Dye
  • Dye
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IlL/Spare pages 1/45 /wiːˈoʊbiən/ is a language in the Tie-Dye family. It's inspired by my older draft of Ancient Wiebian, titled "Wiobian".

ßan, eir, buhz, jåhnß, ßeng, zkühnt, ntöü, nuot, ngiet, zråht [san, eir, ɓuːc, jɔːⁿs, ˈseŋ, ckyːⁿt, ⁿdøy, nuət, ŋiət, zrɔːt]

dei = 'land' (< kataay?)

y-, r- > s?

ly, ny > j

rn, rt, rnt, rl > ń, z, ńz, ŕ

ʟ > g

tj, ntj > ß, nß

rr > r

q > q /ʔ/

nq > ng

ʀ > h


Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Wiobian consonants
Labial Alveolar Medial Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ń /ɲˁ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ z /c/ k /k/
prenasalized mp /ᵐb/ nt /ⁿd/ ńz /ᶮɟ/ nk /ᵑg/
implosive b /ɓ~b/ d /ɗ~d/
Fricative plain ß /s~z/ s /ç~ʝ/ g /x~ɣ/ h /h/
prenasalized /ⁿz/
Liquid r /r/; l /l/ ŕ /ɹ/
Approximant w /w/ j /j/
Notes
  • Voiceless plosives are not aspirated.
  • The fricatives ß s g are voiced intervocalically.
  • Gemination is phonemic.

Vowels

Wiobium Chloride has short and long versions of the following monophthongs (except for /ə/ which only occurs in unstressed syllables). Long vowels are marked with a following h.

  Front Central Back
Close i /i/ ü /y/ u /u/
Close-mid e /e/ ö /ø/ o /o/
Mid (e /ə/)
Open-mid ä /ɛ/ å /ɔ/
Open a /a/

Diphthongs: ai au ei öü ou ia ie io iu üö uo

Prosody

Stress

Most of the time, the stress falls on the first syllable. Exceptions are sesquisyllables that result from epenthesis of initial consonant clusters.

Intonation

Phonotactics

The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)(C), where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Pronouns
Singular Plural
1 nkohz tahs
2 ung wäll
3 -

Verbs

Subject affixes

Subject affixes
Singular Plural
1 nke- tes-
2 eng- le-
3 -