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|setting = [[Verse:Lõis]]
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|nativename = 漢語
|nativename = 漢語
|pronunciation = /θál ʕɔ̂/
|pronunciation = /θálʕɔ̂/
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|date =  
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|script= Chinese script, vocalized Hebrew script
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|familycolor=sino-tibetan
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'''Sino-Tiberian''' (漢語 /θál ʕɔ̂/) is a divergent descendant of Old Chinese with a Tiberian Hebrew-inspired phonology. It is the only surviving descendant of Old Chinese that is monosyllabic and tonal. It can be written in the vocalized Hebrew alphabet with cantillation marks for tones.
'''Sino-Tiberian''' (漢語 ''þalH⁺ȝoX⁻'' /θálʕɔ̂/) is a divergent descendant of Old Chinese with a Tiberian Hebrew-inspired phonology.
 
==Todo==
 
Min-like doublets from Middle Sino-Tiberian / Middle Chinese?
 
Tone sandhi/word tones?
 
Voiceless resonants


Numbers:
Numbers:


1 ʔit > אִיט ʔit -
<poem>
2 ni[j]-s > נִי niH-
1 ʔit > ʔit -
3 srum/sram > שָם šåm-
2 ni[j]-s > niH-
4 s.lij-s > ש‍ִי šiH- or maybe śiH-
3 srum/sram > šom-
5 C.ŋˁaʔ > עָה ȝåX+
4 s.lij-s > śiH-
5 C.ŋˁaʔ > ȝoX+
6 luk-
6 luk-
7 tsit-
7 sit-
8 hat-
8 at-
9 kuX- (qoph initial)
9 quX-
10 tgəp > daP- (P is another tone that comes from loss of final p)
10 tgəp > daP- (P is another tone that comes from loss of final p)
 
</poem>
4, 5, 9, 10 trigger begadkefat


==Diachronics==
==Diachronics==
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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Initials===
===Initials===
Initials = Tiberian Hebrew + /ɬ/
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width: 500px; "
! colspan="2" |
! |Labial
! |Alveolar
! |Palatal
! |Velar
! |Laryngeal
! |Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
! <small>voiced</small>
| |'''m''' /m/
| |'''n''' /n/
| |
| |
| |
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|-
! <small>voiceless</small>
| |'''hm'''
| |'''hn'''
| |
| |
| |
| |
|-
! rowspan="3" |Plosive
! <small>voiceless</small>
|'''p''' /p/
|'''t''' /t/
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|'''k''' /k/
|
| /ʔ/
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|'''b''' /b/
|'''d''' /d/
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|'''g''' /g/
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|-
! <small>emphatic</small>
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|'''ṭ''' /tʼ/
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|'''q''' /kʼ/
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Spirant
! <small>voiceless</small>
|'''f''' /f/
|'''þ''' /θ/
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|'''x''' /x/
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|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|'''v''' /v/
|'''ð''' /ð/
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|'''γ''' /ɣ/
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|-
! rowspan="3" |Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
|
|'''s''' /s/
|'''š''' /ʃ/
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|'''ħ''' /ħ/
|'''h''' /h/
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
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|'''z''' /z~dz/
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|-
! <small>emphatic</small>
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|'''ṣ''' /tsʼ/
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|-
! colspan="2" |Trill
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|'''r''' /r~ɾ/, '''hr'''
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|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
|
| '''l''' /l/, '''hl''' /ɬ/
| '''y''' /j/
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|colspan=2| '''għ''' /ʕ~ɦ/
|}


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts.
Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts, written i ie e a o uo u = /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/


===Finals===
===Finals===
-m -n -3 -l -y -w -t -k
-m -n -3 -l -y -w -t -k
=== Tones ===
Historically 8: {0 X H P} x {+- voicing}, but merged into 5


[[Category:Sinitic languages]][[Category:Sino-Tibetan languages]]
[[Category:Sinitic languages]][[Category:Sino-Tibetan languages]]
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