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
UDHR
Xôn chổ sây àng chen whồi tề tưr mì pòi rhành tề wốc sin. Tzôr jánh llao ngá phuộng tề pòi mông lla, àng thoàr nạt tzôr tsó thon sa may mì rhuỗr dàư hung rhửu.
all person are_born then free and equal in state dignity and get right. they receive down ability reason and state think back, and must SUBJ they work act one to other in heart of love brother
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.