Literature talk:Hansu Hansuen

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Hansu Hansuen ("Courtly Wiebian") is the standard lect of Wiebian, and has the most speakers of any Wiebian lect. It's inspired by Mandarin.

Phonology

Initials

Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Plosive tenuis b /p/ d /t/ g /k/
aspirated p /pʰ/ t /tʰ/ k /kʰ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ s /s/ sh /ʂ/ x /ɕ/ h /x/
voiced v /v/ σ /z/ r /ʐ/ ξ /ʑ/
Affricate tenuis z /ts/ zh /tʂ/ j /tɕ/
aspirated c /tsʰ/ ch /tʂʰ/ q /tɕʰ/
Approximant l /l/

Rimes

Same as Mandarin

Tones

ā á à = high, rising, falling