Æ

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Æ/Lexicon

Æ (natively [ʔe˧˧]; in English /ɛ/ eh) is an Angaian tonal language inspired by Danish and Vietnamese (and the name is inspired by the real-world E language).

rǿdˀ grǿdˀ med flø̣d could be a chengyu

Broad phonology

Initials

b d bl gl g f s fl sl t h m n ng l r v j 0 /p t pl (lat. aff.) k f s fl (lat. fric.) ts x m n ŋ l ʀ v j (glottal stop)/

Medials

-r-: Only abstractly a medial; the exact phonetic values of rV combinations must be learned (Allowed: br dr gr fr sr tr hr mr nr ngr vr)

Vowels

Nuclei: i y u ů e ø o æ æ̊ a å /i y ɨ u e ø o ɛ œ æ ɔ/

Finals

-0 -j -v -d -r -n -m /-0 -j -w -ð̞ -ɐ -~ -w~/

Tones

8 tones (2 with stød)? Or should stød be independent?

Narrow phonology