Páuluòbeng

Baoluoveng (yi bPáuluòbeng) is a minority language closely related to Ciètian, but is distinct enough to be regarded as a separate language. It is inspired by Mandarin, Ufirlandisg, and Yorkshire English.

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Glottal reinforcement mania

Final schwa > tone split

dr tr sr > jh ch sh; jhil, jhim, jhin, jhing > jhul, jhum, jhun, jhung

lr̀ /lɛ̂ː(ɹ)/ = sap, syrup

ehcung, yi h-ehcung; pl. ehcungr /əhˈkʊ̄ŋ, əhˈkȭː(ɹ)/ = mountain

dèe, yi dèe; pl. dèen /têː, têːn/ = valley

yi syøød /ɕɥǿːʔ/ = rose

mand /manʔ/ = to take

ted /təʔ/ = beautiful

dùn /tû:n/ = far

duāilig /ˈtwɑ́ːljəʔ/ = to demand, to pester

yi mār /mǽ:/ = tree

jyarm /t͡ɕǽ:m/ 'heavy'

yi kaθr /ˈkʰaħə/ 'flower'

ái /ɑ̌ː/ 'gold'

neħdir /nəhtjə/ = chain

Phonology

Mandarin/Ufirlandisg/Allemanisch consonants; Yorkshire vowels

Tones

Báoluòveng is a strongly pitch-accent language.

Three tones for long vowels:

• ā or a: mid level, relaxed
• á: rising
• à: falling

Consonants

p b f v t d c z s з /z/ q j x ξ /ʑ/ ch zh sh r /ɹ/ k g h γ /ɣ/ θ /ħ/ ħ /h/ m n ng l w y - stops are devoiced, as in Mandarin

• /tʂw tʂʰw ʂw ɹw/ labialize to /pf pfʰ f ʋ/ before /u y ɥ w/
• h = /x/ θ = /ħ/, ħ = /h/

Vowels

Baoluoveng doesn't like closing diphthongs very much, unlike Standard Cièdian.

Short vowels:

• a ie i o u ü /a (j)ɛ (w)ɪ (w)ɔ (w)ʊ (ɥ)ʏ/

Long vowels:

• ai ei uai ui ie üe /ɑː~aɪ eː waɪ~wɑː weː jeː ɥøː/
  • [aɪ] is the Canadian-raised allophone of /ɑː/
• ao iao ou iu /aʊ~əʊ jaʊ~əʊ oː joː/
  • [əʊ] is the Canadian-raised allophone of /aʊ/
• ì ù ǜ /(j)iː uː (ɥ)yː/

R-linking vowels:

• uor, uòr, uò, ur, ùr /(w)ɔː(ɹ)/
• (i)ar, (i)àr, (i)à /(j)æː(ɹ)/
• r, eir /ɛː(ɹ)/
• ir, ìr /jɛː(ɹ)/
• ür, ǜr /jɔː(ɹ)~ɥœː(ɹ)/
• uir /wɛː(ɹ)/
• air aor our /æː(ɹ), ɑː(ɹ), ɔː(ɹ)/
• angr engr ingr (u)ongr ungr üngr /ɑ̃ː(ɹ) ɜ̃ː(ɹ) jɜ̃ː(ɹ) ɔ̃ː(ɹ) ɔ̃ː(ɹ) ɥɜ̃ː(ɹ)/
  • e.g. liangr /ljɑ̃̀ː(ɹ)/ 'dream'

Unstressed vowels:

• final -r = /(j)ə(ɹ)/
• final -i = /ɪ/
• final -ou = /o/

Many grammatical endings are merged in Páuluòbeng.

Linking R

• Example of linking R: yi χazr àrd [jɪ ˈxazə ɹ‿æ̂ːʔ] 'the big flower' (cf. Cièdian: ye χazerr àrd [jə ˈxazər ʔɔɯt])
• No linking R: yi búθ àrd [jɪ ˈpǔːħ æ̂ːʔ] 'the big cave' (cf. Cièdian: ye bùθa àrd [jə ˈpuːhə ʔɔɯt])

Mutations

Báoluòveng has no eclipsis mutation, unlike Cièdian. Lenition is similar to Cièdian.

Grammar

Nouns

The Páuluòbeng noun system is much simpler than in Cièdian: there is no case, and the masculine and the feminine merged to the common gender.

As in Ciètian, the singular definite article ye and ye^N changes to yen (with no mutation) before a noun starting with a vowel or a semivowel. For example:

• *yi^L ùr > yin ùr /jɪn ˈwɤː/ (masculine) 'the sense (nominative)';
• *yi àvr > yin àvr /jɪn ˈæ̂ːvə/ (neuter) 'the book (nominative)'.

Definite article

singular		plural
common	neuter	common	neuter
yiL, yin yi bpràn /jɪ bɹæ̂ːn/ 'the corner'	yi, yin yi hǎr /jɪ xæ̌:(ɹ)/ 'the flower'	na na bprànr /nə bɹæ̂ːnə/ 'the corners'	naL na γǎr /nə ɣæ̌:(ɹ)/ 'the flowers'

Nouns are usually pluralized with -r. If the singular already ends in -r, the plural is unchanged except possibly with a tone change.

Verbs

The -ìn preterite, derived from the Tigol -ín participle, is used with split-ergativity depending on whether the verb is transitive.