Modern Aquitanian

Wibian is a descendant of Old Wibian, inspired by German and Burmese. It is currently the Pfiunic language with the most speakers, and is the official language of Wibermîn and a couple of Wibian-speaking nations in Cualuav.

Phrasebook

• Hô. /ho/ = Yes.
• Nu miud laz querde fo hling./Nu bimiud querde fo hling. = (informal) You speak of love and hate.

Phonology

Curiously, Wibian phonology is quite similar to Eevo phonology, similar to the relationship between Mandarin and English phonology.

Consonants

Modern Aquitanian consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	voiceless	/m̊/	/n̊/
	voiced	/m/	/n/		/ɲ/	/ŋ/
Stop	plain	/pʰ/	/tʰ/		/tɕʰ/	/kʰ/	/ʔ/
	tense	/p˭/	/t˭/		[tɕ˭]	/k˭/
	voiced	/b/	/d/		/d͡ʑ/	/g/
Fricative	voiceless	/f/	/θ/	/s/	/ʃ/		/h/
	voiced	[v]	[ð]	/z/
	aspirated			/sʰ/
Approximant	voiceless	/w̥/	/l̥/
	voiced	/w/	/l/		/j/

• /h/ may be written as either ⟨h⟩ or ⟨ch⟩; it is pronounced [x] after consonants.

Vowels

vowels: /a ə i u ɔ~aʊ ɛ~aɪ e~eɪ o~oʊ/, ~ denotes alternation.

The Wibian alternation is conditioned by the following rule:

• diphthongs before /ʔ, s, ŋ/ OR before nasals
• monophthongs otherwise?

The alternants are marginally phonemic, e.g. before consonants that don't alternate like /l, h/.

It originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). This alternation operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring.

Phonotactics

Wibian phonotactics are simple; the maximal syllable is C(j)VC.

Morphophonology

Sandhi

After a word-final orthographic s, /b d g/ turn into their tense counterparts /p˭ t˭ k˭/.

Morphology

Nouns

The definite article is ez /ʔɛs/.

Pronouns

Words derived from the inherited honorific system has replaced pronouns almost completely. Pronouns are an open class as in Japanese. The Quihum first-person pronoun *nax̌ (~ Sjowaazheñ nyaa, Thensarian nā, Eevo naw), though, still survives in modern Wibian as nu /nu/ - which is a second-person pronoun!