Trây

Trây /tʀɑj/ (natively prits Trây; Windermere: brits Dray) is a Vietnamese- and Old High German-inspired descendant of Classical Windermere; it is in a dialect continuum with Modern Windermere. It is official in the Venh Trây province of Wen Dămea.

p-, t- > b-, đ-; b, d > p, t

y, w > d, v

HGCS on final consonants: -p -t -k -f -th -ch > -f -tz -kh -p -t -c

e, o, ea, oa > e, o, iê, uô

i, u, ie, ua > ê, ô, i, u

ü, üe > y, y

Numbers: tuôn, rât, stêu, smac, myts, đâc, puôt, seb, luôi, thâp, zădau, sryc

svâc = mouth

scăy = forest

sci = star

prith > prêch 'autumn'

hălsieth > hozich 'warmth'

Phonology

"Nontonal Vietnamese"?

Consonants

m n ng /m n ŋ/

p t c ' /p t k ʔ/ (unaspirated)

b đ /ɓ ɗ/

ph th kh /f θ χ/

v d g /v ð ɣ/

z s x (as in Basque)

tz ts tx (as in Basque)

r l /ʀ~ɐ ɴ̆~ɴ/

Chain shift: -l > -ng > -nh?

-n > -nh after i, y, ê, e, a

-t > -ch after i, y, ê, e, a

Vowels

ă a â e ê i y o ô u /ə æ ɑ ɛ e i y ɔ o u/

iê uô /iə uə/

ai ây ăi oy ôy au âu ău eu êu

y is merged with i in some dialects.

Grammar

Auxiliaries

Tense auxiliaries

	I	thou	he	she	it	we (exc.)	we (inc.)	you (pl.)	they
mo (present)	mor	mos	mon	moz	mot	mots	mop	moi	mam
khiê (past)	khiêr	khiês	khiên	khiêz	khiêt	khiêts	khiêp	khiêi	khiêm
pe (future)	per	pes	penh	pez	pech	pets	pep	păy	pem

Emphatic auxiliaries: mor ri, mos sen, mon in ...

Sample text

UDHR, Article 1

TODO: This is just Modern Wdm with Trây sound changes

Khiêm tsor crot ăxiêng plum te thyr mêz hongtlâz tez imsên. Mâm hakh răphânhy dâz hongpăthên tez hongslit'â, te mot pđar thunuô sâm tăze phituôn măciêp năthâ mêz xăgor châsrap.

/χiəm tsɔɐ̯ kʁɔts əʃiəŋ pɴum tɛ θyɐ̯ mes .../