Paang

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Paang (rhư nténg Pâang) is a classical language of Tsayfuan's fantasy world. It is a monosyllabic tonal language with initial consonant mutations. It is inspired in-universe by Scellan and Æ, and I was actually inspired by Insular Celtic and Southeast Asian languages.

Todo

  • May liberally steal vocab from Irish in Paang
    • miền = desire
    • riêmh = never
    • ciên = age, distance
    • fiển = soldier

Phonology

Initials: /k kh χ ng hng ngh (γ) t th θ n hn nh ð p φ f m hm mh v j r hr l hl w hw s h 2/

Nuclei: /i e a (ư) ə u o iə (ư)ə uə/

Finals: /w~ n ng r p t k j ð (ư) w/

Tones: Thai tones: ā à â á ả = mid low fall high rise

<g c ch ng hng nc gh d t th n hn nt dh b p f m hm mp bh j r rr l ll w ww s h 0 i e a ư ơ a u o ia/iê ưa/ươ ua/uô mh n ng r b d g i dh gh bh>