Naeng

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

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		f 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		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 yw /ai aɨ au eu əɨ/

Tones

Every syllable may have either high tone or low tone. High tone is marked with an acute accent (high tone /ə́/ is transcribed as ẃ).

Phonotactics

Only V, CV, and CVC are allowed as syllables.