Wirne

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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 and Buyang.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
plain lab. plain lab. plain lab. plain lab. plain lab.
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

for vowels I might keep MW vowels except /æ æː/ and /ɑ ɑː/ merge into /a aː/

i have to reinterpret /ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː/ into Vr

> err, irr, ier, ehr, orr, urr, uhr, ohr, örr, ürr, ühr, öhr?
what about /əː/?
i'll merge it with /aː/

i might write the /aː/ from /əː/ as <ahr>

/j/ /w/ <-j -w> (ai and au are true nuclei)

qei sounds good
Partartian will have breathy voice btw
i'll give the rzaimy-like language a different name
final fricative > breathy (with compensatory lengthening) > falling tone
Qêi

there's no glottalized tone class unlike in RW (treated the same as breathy tone)
(high, low ) x (modal, breathy) = 4 tones

nice
maybe 4 tones as in mandarin

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