Flei/Old draft
Ciêng (KEE-əng; natively: /kīəŋ/, Windermere: Cieng) is a tonal Ashanic language spoken in Tumhan, inspired by Vietnamese and Welsh. ("What if Vietnamese were rhotic?") It is closely related to Classical Windermere but is not a direct descendant of it.
Diachronics
TODO: cluster reflexes
Waaay before Grimm's law, thus b p were still voiced and tenuis stops > p + low resp. high tone classes
Khmmerization BEFORE tone split
Numbers: thon, rhã, ziêu, chôi, mượr, tảy
whếp = light
whì = dust
Rhìa whươn mì Whền Whết = I live in Whehli (means something different with different tones)
lieb "to put" ~ lliệm
dưan tlẹ = to thank in Ciêng?
tlẹ could be cognate to tănlea "to refuse", dưan is cognate to Windermere şän
chổi = reflexive pronoun
thỏi = learn (~ snoach)
rêng = net
truồng = long
Phonology
Consonants
m n nr ng /m n (retro n) ŋ/
p t tr tl c qu /p t tʂ tl k kw ʔ/ (/ʔ/ not written)
ph th ch wh /f θ χ χw/
z s rh ll h /s ʃ ʂ~r̥ ɬ h/
tz ts /ts tʃ/
w r l j /w r l j/
Vowels
ă a â e ê i o ô u ư ao eo êu aư ai oi ôi ia/iê iêu ua/uô uôi ươi ăr ar er ir or ur âr /a ɑ: ɜ ɛ e~ɪ~ɛɪ i~ɪj ɔ o~əʏ u: ɨ: aʊ ɛʊ eʊ aʏ aɪ ɔɪ oɪ iə iəw uə uəj æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ oɹ oɹ əɹ/
Tones
6 tones of Viet
Sample text
Xôn chổ sây àng chen tề tưr mì pòi llánh tề phềnh sin. Tzôr