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Nàu m̌ dwēig Qěi-Mēung. 'I don't speak Wirne.'

Introduction

Wirne (Ŧaƨƨen-Müđel; pronounced Qěi-Mēung /qʰaɪ212 mɔʏŋ55/, dialectally Qě-Mēung /qʰeː31 mɔʏŋ24/) is a relatively conservative Wiebian lect descended from Middle Wiebian. It is a tonal language inspired by German, Buyang and Chinese.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
plain labialized plain labialized plain labialized plain labialized plain labialized
Nasal m /m/ mw /mʷ/ n /n/ nw /nʷ/ nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/ ngw /ŋʷ/
Stop tenuis b /p/ bw /pʷ/ d /t/ dw /tʷ/ dsch /tʃ/ g /k/ gw /kʷ/ ġ /q/ ġw /qʷ/ /ʔ/
aspirated p /pʰ/ pw /pʷʰ/ t /tʰ/ tw /tʷʰ/ tsch /tʃʰ/ k /kʰ/ kw /kʷʰ/ q /qʰ/ qw /qʷʰ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ z /θ/ zw /θʷ/ sch /ʃ/ schw /ʃʷ/ ch /x/ chw /xʷ/ r /χ/ rw /χʷ/ h /h/
voiced s /ð/ sw /ðʷ/
Approximant voiceless hw /ʍ/
voiced l /l/ j /j/ w /w/

Vowels

Wirne vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close i /ɪ/ ie /iː/ ü /ʏ/ ü, üh /yː/ u /ʊ/ u, uh /uː/
Mid e /ɛ/ e, eh /eː/ ö /œ/ ö, öh /øː/ o /ɔ/ o, oh /oː/
Near-open -r, -er /ɐ/
Open a /a/ a, ah /aː/

Diphthongs: au /aʊ/ äu, eu /ɔʏ/ ei /aɪ/

Tones

high modal = tone 2, high breathy = tone 3; low modal = tone 4, low breathy = tone 1

Grammar

Derivational morphology

Erhua

'Erhua' with the suffix -er / -r /-ɐ/ may occur.