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 tề tưr mì pòi rhành tề wốc sin. Tzôr tánh 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.