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[[{{PAGENAME}}/Mór fîl|Llyn gweim dô fyn Mór fîl (This page in Humpback Whelsh)]]
[[{{PAGENAME}}/Mór fîl|Llyn gweim dô fyn Mór fîl (This page in Humpback Whelsh)]]


'''Humpback Whelsh''' (''Mór fîl'' /mor˨˥ vil˦˥˩/) is a minority language in [[Verse:Bjeheond|Bjeheond]], spoken in the region of Humpback Wales. It's a tonal language with a Welsh aesthetic.
'''Humpback Whelsh''' (''Mór vîl'' /mor˨˥ vil˦˥˩/) is a minority language in [[Verse:Bjeheond|Bjeheond]], spoken in the region of Humpback Wales. It's a tonal language with a [[Gussnish]] aesthetic.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
Humpback Whelsh uses these consonants:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2"  |
!  Labial
!  Dental
!  Alveolar
!  Postalveolar
!  Palatal
!  Velar
! Labiovelar
!  Glottal
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! rowspan="2" | Nasal
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''mh''' /m̥/
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| '''nh''' /n̥/
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| '''ngh''' /ŋ̊/
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! <small>voiced</small>
| '''m''' /m/
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| '''n''' /n/
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| '''ng''' /ŋ/
| '''ngw''' /ŋʷ/
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! rowspan="2" | Plosive
! <small>aspirated</small>
| '''p''' /pʰ/
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| '''t''' /tʰ/
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| '''c''' /kʰ/
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! <small>unaspirated</small>
| '''b''' /p/
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| '''d''' /t/
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| '''g''' /k/
| '''gw''' /kʷ/
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! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''ff, ph''' /f/
| '''th''' /θ/
| '''s''' /s/
| '''si''' /ʃ/
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| '''ch''' /χ/
| '''chw''' /xʷ/
| '''h''' /h/
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! <small>voiced</small>
| '''f''' /v/
| '''dd''' /ð/
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! rowspan="2" | Trill
! <small>voiceless</small>
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| '''rh''' /r̥/
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! <small>voiced</small>
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| '''r''' /r/
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! rowspan="2" | Approximant
! <small>voiceless</small>
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| '''ll''' /l̥~ɬ/
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! <small>voiced</small>
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| '''l''' /l/
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| '''i''' /j/
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| '''w''' /w/
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|}
Unlike in Welsh, the consonants written '''mh nh ngh''' are true voiceless nasals.
====Finals====
Humpback Whelsh allows these finals: -b, -d, -g, -m, -n, -ng, -l and -r. The first three are unreleased stops /-p̚ -t̚ -k̚/.
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="1" |
! colspan="1" | Front
! colspan="1" | Central
! colspan="1" | Back
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!Close
| '''i''' /i/ || '''y''' /ɨ/ || '''w''' /w/
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!Mid
| '''e''' /e/ || (ə) || '''o''' /o/
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!Open
| || '''a''' /a/ ||
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Diphthongs || colspan="3" | Second component
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! First component || front || central || back
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! close
| '''wy''' /ʊi/
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| '''iw''' /ɪu/, '''yw''' /ɨu/
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! mid
| '''ei''' /əi/, '''oe''' /ɔi/
| '''eu''' /əɨ/
| '''ew''' /ɛu/
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! open
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| '''ae''' /aɨ, ɑːɨ/
| '''aw''' /au/
|}
The schwa /ə/ is written '''y''' and shows up in unstressed words.
===Tones===
===Tones===


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===Mutations===
===Mutations===
Humpback Whelsh uses three kinds of initial consonant mutations for derivational purposes: the soft (''chweul teb mỳng''), the nasal (''chweul teb nhẁd'') and the aspirate (''chweul teb sŷr'') mutations.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Consonant !! b !! d !! g !! gw !! p !! t !! c !! ll !! rh !! m
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| Soft || f || dd || Ø || w || b || d || g || l || r || f
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| Nasal || m || n || ng || ngw || mh || nh || ngh || ll || rh || m
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| Aspirate || b || d || g || gw || ph || th || ch || ll || rh || m
|}
==Morphology==
==Morphology==


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