Tchwerian
Letters
- T: Trabe > tˁɑɑp > độp
- G: Galst > galʔ > kawʔ > cạu > cậu
- K: Kohl > kool > koow (h -p m) > củ > cử
- I: *ii > ai > ai > aa > ỏ
- W: Wier > vjaʔ > vaʔ > vạ > vọ
- N: Narch > naaç > naaj (l -p b) > noi > nôi
- U: uu > au > au > ea > ả
- Q: Kried > qˁeit > keit (h +p g) > kiệt > kịt
- L: Lecken > *Leck > EMW lek > LMW lek (l -p g) > lẹc > lặc
Numbers
- wahm: vìm
- descher: đay
- narg: nộc
- mul: mào
- nelsch: nối
- stuom: thỉm
- rut: ứt
- lorz: loa
- pfarb: vốp
- kior: rả
Phonology
LMW > Early Reber Wiobian
An Bhlaoighne-style tone mergers
h -p b: 55
h -p g: 33
h -p m: 14
l -p b: 51
l -p g: 22
l -p m: 31
+phar:
h +p b: 31
h +p g: 22
h +p m: 55
l +p b: 14
l +p g: 51
l +p m: 33
Consonant shift
Tone shift
- 55 > 35
- 51 > 55
Vowel shifts
aa > iê
a > e
ɑ ɑɑ > a aa
o lowers to ɔ
e centralizes to â
or back and lower to ă?
ɑ > ă too
you're using viet orthography!
nice
since i have no ʌ
i'll do əa > o
and u > ô
what's the source of əa?
phar'd C + Vr
i.e. ClVr or CrVr
grüer?
co31 /kɔ31/
nice!
brüder becomes po31 however
I like it better than czöi
ou meng zi czoi should become the reading of alle menschen werden brüder
yes
i'll change the reading
i > ê as in NCVS (and as in PMK > Vietnamese if I'm not mistaken: *splin > trên)
sort of
yes
but it doesn't shift e->i
now closing diphthongs become monophthongs in closed syllables
maybe southern american english?
just for that vowel (pen-pin
ai > ee is too transparent
yes
french, sanskrit, ...
ai > ajə > iə?
good
i'll do aa > ajə > ai in another wiob lect
or maybe ai > ee > iə
dayum good
yes!
au ay > uô ươ?
by symmetry
that's good
what about inuktitut gib for a wiob lect?
instead of CW
yes better than cw
wa wo > oă uơ
viet only has /w/-onglide
not /j/-onglides
or: wa ɥa wo ɥø > oa oe uâ uê
ja je jo is a bit of a problem
i'll use it to palatalize /x/?
to gi
yes
/x/ > g
southern vietnam has <qu> = /w/
ej ow øy > i u ư in closed syllables