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| '''Ciêng''' (''KEE-əng''; natively: /kīəŋ/, [[Windermere]]: ''Cieng'') is a tonal [[Ashanic languages|Ashanic]] language spoken in Tumhan, inspired by Vietnamese 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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| ==Diachronics==
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| TODO: cluster reflexes
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| Waaay before Grimm's law, thus b p were still voiced and tenuis stops > p + low resp. high tone classes
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| Khmmerization BEFORE tone split
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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 = 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 nr ng''' /m n (retro 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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| '''w r l j''' /w r l j/
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| -w- is an onglide
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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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| ==Sample text==
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| ===UDHR===
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| '''''Sôn khổ sây àng khen whồi tề tưr mì pòi rhành tề mốc sin. Tzôr jánh llao ngá phuộng tề pòi mông lla, àng thoàr nạt tzôr tsó thon sa may mì rhuỗr dàư khung rhửu.'''''
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| all person are_born then free and equal in state dignity and get right. they receive down ability reason and state think back, and must SUBJ they work act one to other in heart of love brother
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| ''All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.''
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| [[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Lakovic languages]]
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