Mono-Tiberian

Mono-Tiberian
Created by	IlL
Setting	an alt-history Earth
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Old Chinese Mono-Tiberian

Sino-Tiberian (placeholder name) is a monosyllabic tonal descendant of Old Chinese with Tiberian Hebrew consonants and vowels. It can be written in the vocalized Hebrew alphabet with cantillation marks for tones.

It has begadkefat mutation after certain function words.

Numbers:

1 ʔit > אִיט ʔit 2 ni[j]-s > נִי niH 3 srum/sram > שָם šåm 4 s.lij-s > ש‍ִי šiH or maybe śiH 5 C.ŋˁaʔ > עָה ȝåX 6 luk- 7 tsit- 8 hat- 9 kuX- (qoph initial) 10 tgəp > daP- (P is another tone that comes from loss of final p)

4, 5, 9, 10 trigger begadkefat

Phonology

Initials

Any Tiberian Hebrew consonant is a valid initial.

Vowels

Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts.

Finals

-m -n -3 -l -y -w -t -k