Kuam

Thea Ki /θēɐ̯ kī/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country Thea Lga̱i off the continent Kjàt Må̀. Thea Ki has an extraordinarily conplex tone system, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It belongs to a dialect continuum but otherwise has no known relatives.

• Zhea ___ /ɻeɐ̯˧/ 'rose': inventor of primodality in Hmøøh

Phonology

Rimes (10):

i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iə̯/eə̯/ɨə̯

Initials (32):

m/n̪/n/ɳ/p/t̪/t̪s̪/t/ts̠/tʃ/ʈ/ʈʂ/k/ʔ/f/θ/s̪/s̠/ʃ/ʂ/x/h/l̪/r̪/l/r/ɭ/ɻ/ʟ/ɰ/j/w

Tones (11):

˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˧˩/˨˩˨/˨˧˨

3520 possible syllables

Vocabulary

Thea Ki is generally purist.