Tchwerian
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Tchwerian | |
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Pronunciation | [???] |
Created by | IlL |
Setting | Tricin |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | qwb |
Tchwerian (brits Tşwer in Rhythoed, śwer Gein in Feiden) is a Pfeunic language with a large number of tones. Tchwerian is inspired by Hmong and Hungarian.
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Numbers
- 1: wahm /jɛŋ21/
- 2: disser /tʂɨ41/
- 3: narg /nɛʔ33/
- 4: đauf /ǃy41/
- 5: säl /si21/
- 6: stuhm /tʂɔŋ55/
- 7: rut /ʔɔʔ11/
- 8: lerz /laː41/
- 9: pfarb /pʰɛʔ44/
- 10: kier /kʰiː55/
Historical phonology
Phonemic inventory
In this article, the phonemic values are also given in a pinyin.
Initials
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | pal. | ||||||||
Nasal | m /m/ | mj /mʲ/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||||
Stop/Affricate | tenuis | b /p/ | bj /pʲ/ | dz /ts/ | d /t/ | dzs /ʈʂ/ | gy /tɕ/ | g /k/ | /ʔ/ |
aspirated | p /pʰ/ | pj /pʰʲ/ | c /tsʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | cs /ʈʂʰ/ | ty /tɕʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | ||
Fricative | f /f/ | sz /s/ | s /ʂ/ | sy /ɕ/ | ch /x/ | h /h/ | |||
Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | j /j/ |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | short | long | ||
Close | i /i/ | ü /y/ | [ɨ] | [ɨː] | u /u/ |
Mid | e /ɛ/ | ö /œ/ | o /ɔ/ | ||
Open | a /a/ | á /aː/ |
Diphthongs: é ő ó /ei øy ou/; /eiŋ øyŋ ouŋ/ = [eŋ~ẽĩ øŋ~ø̃ỹ oŋ~õũ]
Allowed finals -w, -j, -ʔ, -ŋ; øj, øw > øy. The pinyin indicates the nasal final by doubling the vowel letter.
- Notes
- /i/ and /y/ retract to [ɨ] after retroflexes.
- Glottal stop and nasal finals may assimilate to the next consonant.
Tones
Tchwerian has 10 tones.
Modal final | Breathy final | Glottalized final | Stop final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voiceless initial | -phar | -Ø 55 | -s 53 | -t 44 | -tt ʔ44 |
+phar | -l 424 | -f 35 | -d 33 | -dd ʔ33 | |
Voiced initial | -phar | -n 21 | -z 31 | ||
+phar | -z 31 | -v 13 | -b 11 | -bb ʔ11 |