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| '''Old Tsjoen''' was an older form of [[Tsjoen]], spoken ca. -100~300 fT (around the time of Old [[Wiobian]]).
| | Omůj is a Czech inspired isolate spoken in Bjeheond. Grammar-wise it's similar to Windermere and Hlou. |
| ==Todo==
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| *''*nkwaadj'' 'song, chant' > Old Tsj. ''gváj'' 'poem' > Modern Tsj. ''gvae'' 'poem' (cognate to Wb. Nquahdj)
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| *''*peunta'' 'love' > Old Tsj. ''pjóda'' > ''pjoda'' 'love' (literary) (cognate to Wb. piont)
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| *''*hweuta'' 'sky' > Old Tsj. ''hvjóta'' > ''hvjota'' 'cloud'
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| *''*muuntu'' 'other' > Old Tsj. ''múdu'' > ''mud'' 'other' (~ Wb. muhnt)
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| ==Phonology==
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| Old Norse-Middle Chinese hybrid gib
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| ===Consonants===
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
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| |+ '''{{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Dental
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| ! | Alveolar
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| ! | Medial
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| ! | Palatal
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| ! | Velar
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| | '''n''' /n/
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| | '''ng''' /ŋ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Plosive
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''p''' /p/
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| | '''t''' /t/
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| | '''k''' /k/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''b''' /b/
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| | '''d''' /d/
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| | '''g''' /g/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Fricative
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''f''' /f/
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| | '''θ''' /θ/
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| | '''s''' /s/
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| | '''x''' /ɬ/
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| | '''h''' /x~h/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''β''' /β/
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| | '''δ''' /δ/
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| | '''z''' /z/
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| | '''γ''' /ɣ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Affricate
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''ts''' /ts/
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| | '''dz''' /dz/
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| | '''v''' /w/
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| | '''r''' /r/
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| | '''l''' /l/
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| | '''ζ''' /ɻ/
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| | '''j''' /j/
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| *In Modern Tsjoen, /β ð ɣ/ merged with /b d g/ word-initially and was lost in other environments. /dz/ merged with /z/ and /zj/ merged with /ɻ/.
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| */ŋ/ and clusters with /ŋ/ were allowed word-initially, unlike in Modern Tsjoen.
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| ===Vowels===
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| Old Tsjoen probably had 9 short and long monophthongs.
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
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| ! colspan="2" |Front
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| ! rowspan="2" |Central
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| ! rowspan="2" |Back
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| ! style="width: 45px; " |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! style="width: 45px; " |<small>rounded</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /i/, '''í''' /iː/
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| | '''y''' /y/, '''ý''' /yː/
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| | '''u''' /u/, '''ú''' /uː/
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| ! style="" |Mid
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| | '''e''' /e/, '''é''' /eː/
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| | '''ø''' /ø/, '''ǿ''' /øː/
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| | '''ə''' /ə~ɨ/, '''ə́''' /əː/
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| | '''o''' /o/, '''ó''' /oː/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''æ''' /ɛ/, '''ǽ''' /ɛː/
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| | '''á''' /ɑː/
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| ====Diphthongs====
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| Numerous '''-j''' and '''-w''' diphthongs (some from PWio -dj and -hw)
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| ==Morphology==
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| Old Tsjoen morphology was more complex than modern Tsjoen. Modern Tsjoen is analytic as a result of influence from the [[Hlou-Shum languages]] and more recently [[Rhythoed]].
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| ==Syntax==
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