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| ==Introduction== | | ==Introduction== |
| Middle Wiebian is inspired by Middle Chinese and Irish. | | Middle Wiebian is inspired by Marathi. |
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| ==Sound changes== | | ==Sound changes== |
| AW: ie /i/ üh /y/ uh /u/ i /ɪ/ ü /ʏ/ u /ʊ/ e /ɛ/ ö /œ/ o /ɔ/ a /æ/ ei /ä/ ah /ɒ/ au /æʊ/ eu /ɔɪ/ eh /ɛɪ/ öh /œʏ/ oh /ɔʊ/ ir /iɻ/ ür /yɻ/ ur /uɻ/ er /ɛɻ/ ör /œɻ/ or /ɔɻ/ ar /äɻ/
| | *t tr d dr -> ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh -> ʈʂ ʈʂʰ ʈʂ(breathy) ʈʂʰ(breathy) |
| | | *ŧ/sŧ/st ŧr/sŧr/str đ đr -> t th d dh -> t tʰ t(breathy) tʰ(breathy) |
| æ, ä, ɒ, ij, y, u, ɪ, ʏ, ʊ, ɛ, œ, ɔ, æʊ, ɔɪ, ɛɪ, œʏ, ɔʊ, iɻ, yɻ, uɻ, ɛɻ/œɻ, ɔɻ, äɻ
| | *sp pf/pfr b br -> p ph b bh -> p pʰ p(breathy) pʰ(breathy) |
| | | *sch -> ʂ |
| > jæ, æ, ɑ, ji, ju, u, jej, jə, wə, jə, ə, ə, jau, ai, jai, jwe, au, jia, ia, we, jow, ow, ɑ | | *z s -> ts s |
| | | *schm schn schl schr -> mʰ nʰ lʰ ʂ -> m(breathy) n(breathy) l(breathy) ʂ |
| o > wa, u > wo / _{t, n, l}
| | *f fr > f fʰ |
| | | *w > /w/ |
| Resultant vowel system: æ, ɑ, i, u, e, we, ə, wə, ow, ia, wa
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| wahm > vɑm, djih (B), nɑk, g!jɑf, zel, stum, rut, ljowts, pɑp, kjia
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Tones===
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| MW tones: neutral, final -s, other final fricatives > tones A, B, C?
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| what should they look like
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| A = level, B = rising, C = falling
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| high class (schm, schn, schl, sp, st, h) = H
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| BH = AL; AH = CH = BL; CL
| | Allowed final consonants: p, t, k, m, n, ng and l |
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| ==Grammar==
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| ===Mutations===
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| (lenition, eclipsis, retroflexion)
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| *p: f b
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| *b: v m
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| *m: w m
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| *f: h v
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| *v: ʔ v
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| *t: þ d ʈ
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| *d: ð n ɖ
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| *n: n n ɳ
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| *s: h z ʂ
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| *z: ʔ z ʐ
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| *ts: s dz tʂ
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| *dz: z dz dʐ
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| *l: l w ɭ
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| *ʈ: ʂ ɖ
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| *ɖ: ʐ ɳ
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| *ʂ: h ʐ
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| *ʐ: ʐ ʐ
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| *!: ʂ g! !!
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| *g!: ʐ ŋ! g!!
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| *k: x g
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| *g: ɣ ŋ
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| *ʔ: ʔ n ʔ
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| *j: j ɲ j
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| ===Tenses===
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| *Present: is V S O, negation má V is S O
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| *Past: do-L V S O, negation mádh-L V S O
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| [[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Pfeunic languages]][[Category:Quihum languages]] | | [[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Pfeunic languages]][[Category:Quihum languages]] |