Trây

Trây /tʀɑj/ (natively prits Trây; Windermere: brits Dray) is a Vietnamese- and German-inspired descendant of Classical Windermere; it is in a dialect continuum with Modern Windermere. It is official in the Venh Trây province of Wen Dămea.

p-, t- > b-, đ-; b, d > p, t

y, w > d, v

HGCS on final consonants

e, o, ea, oa > e, o, iê, uô

i, u, ie, ua > ê, ô, i, u

ü, üe > y, y

Numbers: tuôn, râtz, stêu, smac, myts, đâc, puôt, seb, luôi, thâp, zădau, sryc

svâc = mouth

scăy = forest

sci = star

prith > prêch 'autumn'

hălsieth > hozich 'warmth'

Phonology

"Nontonal Vietnamese"?

Consonants

m n ng /m n ŋ/

p t c ' /p t k ʔ/ (unaspirated)

b đ /ɓ ɗ/

ph th kh /f θ x/

v d g /v ð ɣ/

z s x (as in Basque)

tz ts tx (as in Basque)

r l /ʀ~ɐ ɴ̆~ɴ/

-l > -ng > -nh?

-n > -nh after i, y, ê, e, a

-t > -ch after i, y, ê, e, a

Vowels

ă a â e ê i y o ô u /ə æ ɑ ɛ e i y ɔ o u/

iê uô /iə uə/

ai ây ăi oy ôy au âu ău eu êu

Grammar

Auxiliaries

Tense auxiliaries

	I	thou	he	she	it	we (exc.)	we (inc.)	you (pl.)	they
mo (present)	mor	mos	mon	moz	mot	mots	mop	moi	mam
khiê (past)	khiêr	khiês	khiên	khiêz	khiêt	khiêts	khiêp	khiêi	khiêm
pe (future)	per	pes	penh	pez	pech	pets	pep	păy	pem

Emphatic auxiliaries: mor ri, mos sen, mon in ...

Sample text

TODO: This is just Modern Wdm with Trây sound changes

Khiêm tsor crotz ăxiêng plum te thêr mêz hongtlâz tes imsên. Mâm hakh răphânhy dâz hongpăthên tes hongslitz'â, te mot pđar thunuô sâm tăse phituôn məciêp năthâ mis xăgor châsrap.