User:IlL/Spare pages 1/45

For the family of Quihum languages, see Wiebian.
IlL/Spare pages 1/45
Wiober-Nkahn
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|ˈwiobər ᵑgaːn]]
Created byIlL
SettingHussmauch
Tie–Dye
  • Dye
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IlL/Spare pages 1/45 /wiːˈoʊbiən/ is an ancient language in the Tie-Dye family. It's inspired by my older draft of Ancient Wiebian, which was titled "Wiobian".

ẞahng = father

Nßäht = tree

Paŕer = stone

Ntŕahg = child

ßan, eir, buhz, jåhnß, ßeng, zkühnt, ntöü, nuot, ngiat, zråht [san, eir, ɓuːc, jɔːⁿs, ˈseŋ, ckyːⁿt, ⁿdøy, nuət, ŋiat, crɔːt]

wint = negative

dei = 'land' (< kataay?)

y-, r- > s?

ly, ny > j

rn, rt, rnt, rl > ń, z, ńz, ŕ

ʟ > g

tj, ntj > ß, nß

rr > r

q > q /ʔ/

nq > ng

ʀ > h


Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Wiobian uses the following 24 consonants:

Wiobian consonants
Labial Alveolar Medial Velar Lab.vel. Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ń /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ z /c/ k /k/ qu /kʷ/
prenasalized mp /ᵐb/ nt /ⁿd/ ńz /ᶮɟ/ nk /ᵑg/ nqu /ᵑgʷ/
implosive b /ɓ~b/ d /ɗ~d/
Fricative plain ß /s~z/ s /ç~ʝ/ g /x~ɣ/ h /h/
prenasalized /ⁿz/
Liquid r /r/; l /l/ ŕ /ɹ/
Approximant j /j/ w /w/
Notes
  • Voiceless plosives are not aspirated.
  • /ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg/ devoice to [ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk] word-finally.
  • The fricatives ß s g are voiced intervocalically.
  • Gemination is phonemic.

Vowels

Wiobian has short and long versions of the following monophthongs (except for /ə/ which only occurs in unstressed syllables). Long vowels are marked with a following h.

  Front Central Back
Close i /i/ ü /y/ u /u/
Close-mid e /e/ ö /ø/ o /o/
Mid (e /ə/)
Open-mid ä /ɛ/ å /ɔ/
Open a /a/

Diphthongs: ai au ei öü ou ia ie io iu üö uo

Prosody

Stress

Most of the time, the stress falls on the first syllable. Exceptions are verb prefixes and sesquisyllables.

Intonation

Phonotactics

The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)(C), where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Nßäht 'tree'
Nominative Nßäht
Genitive Nßähter
Illative/Inessive Nßähtel
Elative Nßähtels
Allative/Adessive Nßähten
Dative Nßähtene
Ablative Nßähtens
Instrumental/Comitative Nßähtemp
Essive Nßähtezz
Translative Nßähtenk
Abessive Nßähtmakk

Plurals are formed with nto-, so: Ntonßäht (trees), Ntonßähter (of trees), ...

Pronouns

Pronouns
Singular Plural
1 nkohz tahs
2 mei wäll
3 mpa (animate), mpi (inanimate)

Verbs

Subject affixes

Subject affixes
Singular Plural
1 nke- te-
2 ne- le-
3 -

Derivational morphology

  • be- = verbal prefix, borrowed from Wiebian