IlL/Spare pages 1/4 is a Wiebic language inspired by Irish and Chinese. It's a monosyllabic tonal language with palatalized consonants and initial consonant mutations.
Phonology
Initials
Consonant phonemes
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Labial
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Dental
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Alveolar
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Velar
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Laryngeal
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| broad
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slender
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broad
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slender
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broad
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slender
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slender
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broad
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| Nasal
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voiceless
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ʰmˠ |
ʰmʲ
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ʰn̪ˠ |
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ʰnʲ
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(ʰɲ) |
(ʰŋ)
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| voiced
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mˠ |
mʲ
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n̪ˠ |
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nʲ
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ɲ |
ŋ
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Stop
/Affricate
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plain
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pˠ |
pʲ
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t̪ˠ |
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tʲ
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c |
k
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ʔ
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| tense
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pˠ˭ |
pʲ˭
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t̪ˠ˭ |
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tʲ˭
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c˭ |
k˭
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| voiced
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bˠ |
bʲ
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d̪ˠ |
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dʲ
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ɟ |
g
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| Fricative
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voiceless
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fˠ |
fʲ
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θˠ |
θʲ
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sˠ |
sʲ
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ç |
x
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h
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| voiced
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vˠ |
vʲ
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ðˠ |
ðʲ
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zˠ |
zʲ
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j |
ɣ
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| Trill
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voiceless
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ʰrˠ |
ʰrʲ
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| voiced
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rˠ |
rʲ
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| Approximant
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voiceless
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ʰl̪ˠ |
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ʰlʲ
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| voiced
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l̪ˠ |
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lʲ
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Vowels
/a i o u aː eː iː oː uː iə uə/ a/ea i/oi/ui o u á/eá é í/aoi ó/eo ú/iú ia ua
Finals
/p t k m n ŋ r j w/ ⟨b d g m n l r igh bh⟩
Tones
rising, mid, falling (superscript numbers?)
Short vowels may be toneless
Morphology
| Masculine definite mutations
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Singular
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Plural
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| Def. nom.
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h-prothesis |
lenition
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| Def. acc.
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eclipsis |
h-prothesis
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| Def. gen.
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lenition |
eclipsis
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| Feminine definite mutations
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Singular
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Plural
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| Def. nom.
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lenition |
eclipsis
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| Def. acc.
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h-prothesis |
lenition
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| Def. gen.
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eclipsis |
h-prothesis
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| Neuter definite mutations
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Singular
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Plural
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| Def. nom.
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eclipsis |
h-prothesis
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| Def. acc.
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lenition |
eclipsis
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| Def. gen.
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h-prothesis |
lenition
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| gaoi 'tree' - masculine
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Singular
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Plural
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| Def. nom.
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an gaoi |
na ghaoi
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| Def. acc.
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an ngaoi |
na gaoi
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| Def. gen.
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an ghaoi |
na ngaoi
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| crùaigh 'thought' - feminine
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Singular
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Plural
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| Def. nom.
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an chrùaigh |
na gcrùaigh
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| Def. acc.
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an crùaigh |
na chrùaigh
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| Def. gen.
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an gcrùaigh |
na crùaigh
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| trú 'book' - neuter
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Singular
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Plural
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| Def. nom.
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an dtrú |
na trú
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| Def. acc.
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an thrú |
na dtrú
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| Def. gen.
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an trú |
na thrú
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