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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Wieber-Müđel'' (''jidd moon'') or ''Reber-Müđel'' (''lidd moon'')) is a lect of Modern [[Wiebian]] with a large number of tones. {{PAGENAME}} is inspired by Chinese and Kam (Dong).
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Wieber-Müđel'' (''jidd moon'') or ''Feiden-Müđel'' (''??? moon'')) is a lect of Modern [[Wiebian]] with a large number of tones. {{PAGENAME}} is inspired by Chinese and Kam (Dong).
==Numbers==
==Numbers==
*1: ''wahm'' /jɛŋ21/
*1: ''wahm'' /jɛŋ21/
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===Tones===
===Tones===
Reber Wiebian has 10 tones.
Feisen Wiebian has 10 tones.


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Tchwerian
Wieber-Müđel
Pronunciation[/jiʔ˨ mɔŋ˩˧/]
Created byIlL
SettingHussmauch
Language codes
ISO 639-3qwb
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Tchwerian (Wieber-Müđel (jidd moon) or Feiden-Müđel (??? moon)) is a lect of Modern Wiebian with a large number of tones. Tchwerian is inspired by Chinese and Kam (Dong).

Numbers

  • 1: wahm /jɛŋ21/
  • 2: disser /tʂɨ41/
  • 3: narg /nɛʔ33/
  • 4: đauf /ǃy41/
  • 5: säl /si21/
  • 6: stuhm /tʂɔŋ55/
  • 7: rut /ʔɔʔ11/
  • 8: lerz /laː41/
  • 9: pfarb /pʰɛʔ44/
  • 10: kier /kʰiː55/

Historical phonology

Middle Wiebian

Middle Wiebian initials
Labial Alveolar Retroflex Click Velar Glottal
Nasal voiceless /m̊/ /n̊/ /ɳ̊/ /ŋ̊!/ /ŋ̊/
voiced /m/ /n/ /ɳ/ /ŋ!/ /ŋ/
Stop tenuis /p/ /t/ /ʈ/ /ǃ/ /k/ /ʔ/
aspirated /pʰ/ /tʰ/ /ʈʰ/ /ǃʰ/ /kʰ/
voiced /b/ /d/ /ɖ/ /ɡǃ/ /ɡ/
Spirants voiceless /f/ /θ/ /ɧ/ /x/ /h/
voiced /ð/ /ɧ̬/ /ɣ/
Sibilants voiceless /s/ /ʂ/
voiced /z/ /ʐ/
Approximant voiceless /ʍ/ /l̥/
voiced /w/ /l/


Middle Wiebian vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close /i/ /iː/ /y/ /yː/ /u/ /uː/
Mid /e/ /eː/ /ø/ /øː/ /əː/ /ɔ/ /oː/
Open /æ/ /æː/ /ɑ/ /ɑː/

Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/

Tones:

  • (-p m)
  • (-p b)
  • (-p g)
  • (+p m)
  • (+p b)
  • (+p g)

Final changes

  • Vowels lengthen before ŋ: ɑŋ æŋ eŋ iŋ oŋ øŋ uŋ yŋ > ɑːŋ æːŋ eːŋ iːŋ oːŋ øːŋ uːŋ yːŋ
  • -ŋ! > -ŋ
  • stops > ʔ; nasals > ŋ

Retroflex/slender split

  • ɑ merger with ɔ, ɑː merger with aː
  • ai ~ iː > iː in open syllables, aː in closed syllables
  • a(ː) ~ ja(ː) > a(ː)
  • e ~ je/i > ei
  • əː ~ eː > ɛ
  • au ~ ay > ɔ
  • o(ː) ~ ø(ː) > œ
  • u(ː) ~ y(ː) > y
  • u(ː)a ~ y(ː)a > uː
  • uo ~ yø > ou
  • aiɐ ~ iːa > ja
  • auɐ ~ oyɐ > wa
  • ʔ > ʔ / r
  • k > k / t͡ɕ
  • ʈ > k / tʂ
  • θ > ʂ / t
  • ! > ! / |
  • ɧ > r / r
  • t > tʂ / ts
  • p > p / pj
  • n > ɳ / n
  • ɳ > ŋ
  • l > l / l or j depending on dialect
  • r > l

Phonemic inventory

In this article, the phonemic values are also given in a pinyin.

Initials

Feisen Wiebian initials
Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Click Palatal Velar Glottal
plain pal. dental retroflex
Nasal m /m/ mj /mʲ/ n /n/ nzy /ŋǀ/ ny /ŋ!/ ng /ŋ/
Stop/Affricate tenuis b /p/ bj /pʲ/ dz /ts/ d /t/ dzs /ʈʂ/ dzy /ǀ/ gy /ǃ/ dzj /tɕ/ g /k/ /ʔ/
aspirated p /pʰ/ pj /pʰʲ/ c /tsʰ/ t /tʰ/ cs /ʈʂʰ/ cy /ǀʰ/ ty /ǃʰ/ cj /tɕʰ/ k /kʰ/
Fricative f /f/ sz /s/ s /ʂ/ szj /ɕ/ ch /x/ h /h/
Approximant w /w/ l /l/ j /j/

Vowels

Tchwerian vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded short long
Close i /i/ ü /y/ [ɨ] [ɨː] u /u/
Mid e /ɛ/ ö /œ/ o /ɔ/
Open a /a/ á /aː/

Diphthongs: é ő ó /ei øy ou/; /eiŋ øyŋ ouŋ/ = [eŋ~ẽĩ øŋ~ø̃ỹ oŋ~õũ]

Allowed finals -w, -j, -ʔ, -ŋ; øj, øw > øy. The pinyin indicates the nasal final by doubling the vowel letter.

Notes
  • /i/ and /y/ retract to [ɨ] after retroflexes and retroflex clicks.
  • Glottal stop and nasal finals may assimilate to the next consonant.

Tones

Feisen Wiebian has 10 tones.

Tchwerian tone reflexes from Middle Wiebian (1 = lowest; 5 = highest)
  Modal final Breathy final Glottalized final Stop final
Voiceless initial -phar 55 -s 53 -t 44 -tt ʔ44
+phar -l 424 -f 35 -d 33 -dd ʔ33
Voiced initial -phar -n 21 -z 31
+phar -z 31 -v 13 -b 11 -bb ʔ11

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Syntax