Verse:Mwail/Alliance Neo-Thean

Alliance Neo-Thean
shre̬n Thídh
Pronunciation	[ʂe̞n˧˨˧ θið̞ˤ˥]
Created by	Inthar
Setting	Verse:Mwail
Language family	Theic Classical Thean Alliance Neo-Thean

Alliance Neo-Thean (/ˈθiːən/, natively shre̬n Thídh) is inspired by Northern Athabaskan languages. It is head-initial and SVO.

Thean is derived from Zzea /θīə/, the Qua pronunciation of the place name Thídh.

Thean is natively written in a deep orthography reflecting Classical Thean pronunciation.

Phonology of Alliance Neo-Thean

Alliance Neo-Thean is one of the more conservative varieties of Modern Thean. Other Thean lects have lost some or all finals.

Initials

	Labial	Inter- dental	Alveolar			Retroflex	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
			plain	sibilant	lateral			plain	labialized
Stop	/p/ b	/tθ/ ddh	/t/ d	/ts/ dz	/tɬ/ dl	/ʈʂ/ dr	/tʃ/ j	/k/ g	/kw/ gw	/ʔ/
Fricative	/f/ f	/θ/ th		/s/ s		/ʂ/ shr	/ʃ/ sh	/x/ x	/xw/ xw	/h/ h
Sonorant	/m/ m		/n/ n		/l/ l	/ɻ/ r	/j/ y		/w/ w

Nuclei

i, e, a, o, u /i e a o u/

Finals

-p -t -k -m -n -dh -l -y -r /-p̚ -t̚ -k̚ -m -n -ŋ -ð̠˕ -l -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)

-p and -m finals are only found in words that don't go back to Proto-Trans-Sarnathian.

Tone

Alliance Neo-Thean has 9 phonemic tones (shamelessly stolen from Kam):

Rom.	IPA	English name	Example	Description
ā	/˥/ (55)	high
a	/˧/ (33)	mid
a̱	/˩/ (11)	low
a̗	/˩˧/ (13)	low-rise
á	/˧˥/ (35)	mid-rise
à	/˥˧/ (53)	high-fall
a̖	/˧˩/ (31)	mid-fall
a̬	/˧˨˧/ (323)	dip
â	/˦˥˧/ (453)	peak

Tone diachronics

Tone chart

syllable type→ initial↓	A (null or resonant final)	B (glottal stop final)	C (fricative final)	D (stop final)
glottalized initial	55 (ā)	323 (a̬)	53 (à)	55 (āk)
modal initial	35 (á)	13 (a̗)	453 (â)	33 (ak)
breathy initial	11 (a̱)	31 (a̖)	33 (a)	11 (a̱k)