Naeng

Naeng /ʈʼətʼɔhɛ́/ is a language spoken by the Naeng people in Hussmauch. It is inspired by Naquian, Welsh and Hmong.

Numbers

• 1: if /hì/
• 2: qe /qɛ/ (Expected reflex: qhe)
• 3: qa /qa/
• 4: mai /mai/
• 5: paid /pái/
• 6: ytlef /ətɬɛ̀/
• 7: tshytw /tʂʼətɨ/
• 8: phâd /pʼą̂/
• 9: txhau /tsʼau/
• 10: qâti /qą́ti/
• 11: chwtxheu /kʼɨtsʼeu/
• 12: txheu /tsʼeu/

Phonology

Consonants

48 consonants.

Naeng consonants

		Labial	Dental		Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
			central	lateral
Nasal	plain	m m	n n̪		rn ɳ		ng ŋ
	glottalized	mh mʼ	nh n̪ʼ		rnh ɳʼ		ngh ŋʼ
Stop	tenuis	p p	t t̪		r ʈ	ć c	c k	q q	h ʔ
	aspirated	b pʰ	d t̪ʰ		dr ʈʰ	ǵ cʰ	g kʰ	gq qʰ
	ejective	ph pʼ	th t̪ʼ		rh ʈʼ	ćh cʼ	ch kʼ	qh qʼ
Fricative		ff f	z s̻	ll ɬ̪	s ʂ	x ɕ			h
Affricate	tenuis		tz t̪s̻	tl t̪ɬ̪	ts ʈʂ	tx tɕ
	aspirated		dz t̪sʰ	dl t̪ɬ̪ʰ	ds ʈʂʰ	dx tɕʰ
	ejective		tzh t̪s̻ʼ	tlh t̪ɬ̪ʼ	tsh ʈʂʼ	txh tɕʼ
Approximant		w w		l l	rl ɭ	y j

Vowels

Naeng has 7 oral and 7 nasal vowels.

i w u e y o a /i ɨ u ɛ ə ɔ a/, î ŵ û ê ŷ ô â /ĩ ɨ̃ ũ ɛ̃ ə̃ ɔ̃ ã/

Diphthongs:

ai aw au ew yw /ai aɨ au eu əɨ/

Tones:

• unmarked: mid
• -d: high
• -f: low

Phonotactics

Only V and CV are allowed as syllables.