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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Initials===
===Initials===
{| 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/
| |
| |
| |
| |
|-
! <small>voiceless</small>
| |'''hm'''
| |'''hn'''
| |
| |
| |
| |
|-
! rowspan="3" |Plosive
! <small>voiceless</small>
|'''p''' /p/
|'''t''' /t/
|
|'''k''' /k/
|
|'''q''' /ʔ/
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|'''b''' /b/
|'''d''' /d/
|
|'''g''' /g/
|
|
|-
! <small>emphatic</small>
|
|'''ṭ''' /tˁ/
|
|'''q''' /q/
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Spirant
! <small>voiceless</small>
|'''f''' /f/
|'''þ''' /θ/
|
|'''x''' /x/
|
|
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|'''v''' /v/
|'''ð''' /ð/
|
|'''γ''' /ɣ/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="3" |Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
|
|'''s''' /s/
|'''š''' /ʃ/
|
|'''ħ''' /ħ/
|'''h''' /h/
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|
|'''z''' /z~dz/
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|
|
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|-
! <small>emphatic</small>
|
|'''ṣ''' /tsˁ/
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|
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|-
! colspan="2" |Trill
|
|'''r''' /r~ɾ/, '''hr'''
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
|
| '''l''' /l/, '''hl''' /ɬ/
| '''j''' /j/
|
|colspan=2| '''għ''' /ʕ~ɦ/
|}
Initials = Tiberian Hebrew + /ɬ/
Initials = Tiberian Hebrew + /ɬ/



Revision as of 02:29, 2 September 2021

Mono-Tiberian
漢語
Pronunciation[/θál ʕɔ̂/]
Created byIlL
SettingVerse:Lõis
Sino-Tibetan
  • Sinitic
    • Old Chinese
      • Mono-Tiberian

Sino-Tiberian (漢語 /θál ʕɔ̂/) 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:

1 ʔit > ʔit -
2 ni[j]-s > niH-
3 srum/sram > šåm-
4 s.lij-s > śiH-
5 C.ŋˁaʔ > ȝåX+
6 luk-
7 tsit-
8 hat-
9 quX-
10 tgəp > daP- (P is another tone that comes from loss of final p)

Diachronics

  • Voiceless nasals > /f θ x/

Phonology

Initials

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Laryngeal Glottal
Nasal voiced m /m/ n /n/
voiceless hm hn
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ q /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
emphatic /tˁ/ q /q/
Spirant voiceless f /f/ þ /θ/ x /x/
voiced v /v/ ð /ð/ γ /ɣ/
Fricative voiceless s /s/ š /ʃ/ ħ /ħ/ h /h/
voiced z /z~dz/
emphatic /tsˁ/
Trill r /r~ɾ/, hr
Approximant l /l/, hl /ɬ/ j /j/ /ʕ~ɦ/

Initials = Tiberian Hebrew + /ɬ/

Vowels

Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts, written i e è a å o u = hiriq tzere segol patach qamatz holam shuruq

Finals

-m -n -3 -l -y -w -t -k

Tones

Historically 8: {0 X H P} x {+- voicing}, but merged into 5