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| :[[Ciêng/Lexicon]]
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| '''Ciêng''' (''KEE-əng''; natively: /kīəŋ/, [[Windermere]]: ''Cieng'') is a tonal [[Ashanic languages|Ashanic]] language spoken in Tumhan, inspired by Vietnamese, English and Welsh. ("What if Vietnamese were rhotic?") It is closely related to [[Windermere/Classical|Classical Windermere]] but is not a direct descendant of it.
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| Numbers: thon, rhã, ziêu, chôi, mượr, tảy
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| whếp = light
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| whì = dust
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| Rhìa whươn mì Whền Whết Mer = I live in Whehli (means something different with different tones)
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| lieb "to put" ~ lliệm
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| dưan tlẹ = to thank in Ciêng?
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| tlẹ could be cognate to tănlea "to refuse", dưan is cognate to Windermere şän
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| chổi = reflexive pronoun
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| thỏi = learn (~ snoach)
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| rêng = net
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| truồng = long
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| '''m n ng''' /m n ŋ/
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| '''p t tr tl c qu''' /p t tʂ tl k kw ʔ/ (/ʔ/ not written)
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| '''ph th ch wh''' /f θ χ χw/
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| '''z s rh ll h''' /s ʃ ʂ~r̥ ɬ h/
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| '''tz ts''' /ts tʃ/
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| '''r l d''' /r l j/
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| ===Vowels===
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| '''ă a â e ê i o ô u ư ao eo êu aư ai oi ôi ia/iê iêu ua/uô uôi ươi ăr ar er ir or ur âr''' /a ɑ: ɜ ɛ e~ɪ~ɛɪ i~ɪj ɔ o~əʏ u: ɨ: aʊ ɛʊ eʊ aʏ aɪ ɔɪ oɪ iə iəw uə uəj æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ oɹ oɹ əɹ/
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| ===Tones===
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| 6 tones of Viet
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