Tchwerian

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Tchwerian
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Pronunciation	[???]
Created by	IlL
Setting	Tricin
Language family	Quihum Pfiunic Tchwerian

Tchwerian (brits Tşwer in Rhythoed, śwer Gein in Feiden) is a Pfiunic 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/

Phonemic inventory

In this article, the phonemic values are also given in a pinyin.

Initials

Tchwerian 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

Tchwerian 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.

Tchwerian tone reflexes from Middle Wiebian (1 = lowest; 5 = highest)

		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