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IlL/Spare pages 1/4 is a Wiebic language inspired by Irish and Chinese. It's a monosyllabic tonal language with palatalized consonants and initial consonant mutations.

s!x > sng! > hng <sng> sch > s!= > k= <sc>

Phonology

Initials

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Laryngeal
broad slender broad slender broad slender slender broad
Nasal voiceless ʰmˠ ʰmʲ ʰn̪ˠ ʰnʲ ʰɲ ʰŋ
voiced n̪ˠ ɲ ŋ
Stop
/Affricate
plain t̪ˠ c k ʔ
tense pˠ˭ pʲ˭ t̪ˠ˭ tʲ˭
voiced d̪ˠ ɟ g
Fricative voiceless θˠ θʲ ç x h
voiced ðˠ ðʲ j ɣ
Trill voiceless ʰrˠ ʰrʲ
voiced
Approximant voiceless ʰl̪ˠ ʰlʲ
voiced l̪ˠ

Vowels

/a i o u aː eː iː oː uː iə uə/ a/ea i/oi/ui o u á/eá é í/aoi ó/eo ú/iú ia ua

Finals

/p t k m n ŋ r j w/ b d g m n l r dh/igh bh

Tones

Rising, mid, falling (á, à/unmarked, â)

Short vowels are toneless. (cf. "entering tone" in Middle Chinese)

Morphology

Masculine definite mutations
Singular Plural
Def. nom. h-prothesis lenition
Def. acc. eclipsis h-prothesis
Def. gen. lenition eclipsis

Feminine definite mutations
Singular Plural
Def. nom. lenition eclipsis
Def. acc. h-prothesis lenition
Def. gen. eclipsis h-prothesis

Neuter definite mutations
Singular Plural
Def. nom. eclipsis h-prothesis
Def. acc. lenition eclipsis
Def. gen. h-prothesis lenition


gaoì 'tree' - masculine
Singular Plural
Def. nom. an gaoì na ghaoì
Def. acc. an ngaoì na gaoì
Def. gen. an ghaoì na ngaoì

crùaigh 'thought' - feminine
Singular Plural
Def. nom. an chrùaigh na gcrùaigh
Def. acc. an crùaigh na chrùaigh
Def. gen. an gcrùaigh na crùaigh

trú 'book' - neuter
Singular Plural
Def. nom. an dtrú na trú
Def. acc. an thrú na dtrú
Def. gen. an trú na thrú