Mono-Tiberian
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Mono-Tiberian | |
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Created by | IlL |
Setting | Verse:Lõis |
Sino-Tibetan
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Sino-Tiberian (placeholder name) is a monosyllabic tonal descendant of Old Chinese with Tiberian Hebrew consonants and vowels. It can be written in the vocalized Hebrew alphabet with cantillation marks for tones.
It has begadkefat mutation after certain function words.
Numbers:
1 ʔit > אִיט ʔit - 2 ni[j]-s > נִי niH- 3 srum/sram > שָם šåm- 4 s.lij-s > שִי šiH- or maybe śiH- 5 C.ŋˁaʔ > עָה ȝåX+ 6 luk- 7 tsit- 8 hat- 9 kuX- (qoph initial) 10 tgəp > daP- (P is another tone that comes from loss of final p)
4, 5, 9, 10 trigger begadkefat
Phonology
Initials
Any Tiberian Hebrew consonant is a valid initial.
Vowels
Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts.
Finals
-m -n -3 -l -y -w -t -k