Wirne

Nàu m̌ dwēig Qěi-Mēung. 'I don't speak Wirne.'

Introduction

Wirne (Ŧaƨƨen-Müđel; pronounced Qěi-Mēung /qaɪ212 mɔʏŋ55/, dialectally Qě-Mēung/qeː31 mɔʏŋ24/) is a relatively conservative Wiebian lect descended from Middle Wiebian. It is a tonal language inspired by German and Buyang.

Phonology

Consonants

m mʷ n nʷ ɲ ŋ ŋʷ <m mw n nw nj ng ngw>
p pʷ t tʷ tʃ k kʷ q qʷ <b bw d dw dsch g gw ġ ġw>
pʰ pʷʰ tʰ tʷʰ tʃʰ kʰ kʷʰ qʰ qʷʰ <p pw t tw tsch k kw q qw>
f θ θʷ ʃ ʃʷ x xʷ χ χʷ <f z zw sch schw ch chw r rw>
ð ðʷ <s sw>
w̥ <hw>
l j w <l j w>

Vowels

for vowels I might keep MW vowels except /æ æː/ and /ɑ ɑː/ merge into /a aː/

i have to reinterpret /ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː/ into Vr

> err, irr, ier, ehr, orr, urr, uhr, ohr, örr, ürr, ühr, öhr?
what about /əː/?
i'll merge it with /aː/

i might write the /aː/ from /əː/ as <ahr>

/j/ /w/ <-j -w> (ai and au are true nuclei)

qei sounds good
Partartian will have breathy voice btw
i'll give the rzaimy-like language a different name
final fricative > breathy (with compensatory lengthening) > falling tone
Qêi

there's no glottalized tone class unlike in RW (treated the same as breathy tone)
(high, low ) x (modal, breathy) = 4 tones

nice
maybe 4 tones as in mandarin

high modal = tone 2, high breathy = tone 3; low modal = tone 4, low breathy = tone 1