Þeoþlewisæþ

From Linguifex
Revision as of 00:23, 13 May 2018 by IlL (talk | contribs) (→‎Vowels)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Old Tsjoen was an older form of Tsjoen, spoken ca. -100~300 fT (around the time of Old Wiobian).

Phonology

Old Norse-Middle Chinese hybrid gib

Consonants

Þeoþlewisæþ consonants
  Labial Dental Alveolar Medial Palatal Velar
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ ϑ /θ/ s /s/ x /ʂ/ h /x~h/
voiced β /β/ δ /δ/ z /z/ γ /ɣ/
Affricate voiceless ts /ts/
voiced dz /dz/
Resonant v /w/ r /r/ l /l/ ζ /ɻ/ j /j/

Vowels

Old Tsjoen probably had 9 short and long monophthongs.

Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
Close i /i/, í /iː/ y /y/, ý /yː/ u /u/, ú /uː/
Mid e /e/, é /eː/ ø /ø/, ǿ /øː/ ə /ə~ɨ/, ə́ /əː/ o /o/, ó /oː/
Open æ /ɛ/, ǽ /ɛː/ a /a/ á /ɑː/

Diphthongs

Numerous -j and -w diphthongs (some from PWio -dj and -hw)

Morphology

Syntax