User:IlL/Spare pages 1/45
- For the family of Quihum languages, see Wiebian.
| IlL/Spare pages 1/45 | |
|---|---|
| Wiober-Nkahn | |
| Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|ˈwiobər ᵑgaːn]] |
| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Hussmauch |
IlL/Spare pages 1/45 /wiːˈoʊbiən/ is an ancient language in the Tie-Dye family. It's inspired by my older draft of Ancient Wiebian, which was titled "Wiobian".
Nßäht = tree
Paŕer = stone
Ntŕahg = child
ßan, eir, buhz, jåhnß, ßeng, zkühnt, ntöü, nuot, ngiat, zråht [san, eir, ɓuːc, jɔːⁿs, ˈseŋ, ckyːⁿt, ⁿdøy, nuət, ŋiat, crɔːt]
wint = negative
dei = 'land' (< kataay?)
y-, r- > s?
ly, ny > j
rn, rt, rnt, rl > ń, z, ńz, ŕ
ʟ > g
tj, ntj > ß, nß
rr > r
q > q /ʔ/
nq > ng
ʀ > h
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Wiobian uses the following 24 consonants:
| Labial | Alveolar | Medial | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ń /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | z /c/ | k /k/ | |
| prenasalized | mp /ᵐb/ | nt /ⁿd/ | ńz /ᶮɟ/ | nk /ᵑg/ | ||
| implosive | b /ɓ~b/ | d /ɗ~d/ | ||||
| Fricative | plain | ß /s~z/ | s /ç~ʝ/ | g /x~ɣ/ | h /h/ | |
| prenasalized | nß /ⁿz/ | |||||
| Liquid | r /r/; l /l/ | ŕ /ɹ/ | ||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | j /j/ | ||||
- Notes
- Voiceless plosives are not aspirated.
- /ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg/ devoice to [ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk] word-finally.
- The fricatives ß s g are voiced intervocalically.
- Gemination is phonemic.
Vowels
Wiobian has short and long versions of the following monophthongs (except for /ə/ which only occurs in unstressed syllables). Long vowels are marked with a following h.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | ü /y/ | u /u/ |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | ö /ø/ | o /o/ |
| Mid | (e /ə/) | ||
| Open-mid | ä /ɛ/ | å /ɔ/ | |
| Open | a /a/ |
Diphthongs: ai au ei öü ou ia ie io iu üö uo
Prosody
Stress
Most of the time, the stress falls on the first syllable. Exceptions are verb prefixes and sesquisyllables.
Intonation
Phonotactics
The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)(C), where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
| Nominative | Nßäht | |
|---|---|---|
| Genitive | Nßähter | |
| Illative/Inessive | Nßähtel | |
| Elative | Nßähtels | |
| Allative/Adessive | Nßähten | |
| Dative | Nßähtene | |
| Ablative | Nßähtens | |
| Instrumental/Comitative | Nßähtemp | |
| Essive | Nßähtezz | |
| Translative | Nßähtenk | |
| Abessive | Nßähtmakk | |
Plurals are formed with nto-, so: Ntonßäht (trees), Ntonßähter (of trees), ...
Pronouns
| Pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| 1 | nkohz | tahs | |
| 2 | mei | wäll | |
| 3 | mpa (animate), mpi (inanimate) | ||
Verbs
Subject affixes
| Subject affixes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| 1 | nke- | te- | |
| 2 | ne- | le- | |
| 3 | - | ||
Derivational morphology
- be- = verbal prefix, borrowed from Wiebian