Brung
Introduction
M-Naquian or Justin Wieber is a parody of Ancient Wiebian (i.e. Ancient Wiebian but with more click phonemes).
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k, ck /k/ | /ʔ-/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /ɡ/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | ß /s/, sch /ʃ/ | ch /ç/ | ch [χ] | h /h/ | |
| voiced | w /v/ | s /z~ʃ~s/ | |||||
| Affricate | pf /pf/ | z, tz /ts/ | |||||
| Trill | r [r] | r /ʀ/ | |||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | j /j/ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /ɪ/ | ie, i /iː/ | ü /ʏ/ | ü, üh /yː/ | u /ʊ/ | u, uh /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e, ä /ɛ/ | e, ee, eh, ä, äh /eː/ | ö /œ/ | ö, öh /øː/ | e /ə/ | o /ɔ/ | o, oo, oh /oː/ | |
| Near-open | /ɐ/ | |||||||
| Open | a /a/ | a, aa, ah /aː/ | ||||||
Diphthongs: au /aʊ/ äu, eu /ɔʏ/ ei /aɪ/