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-'''Gwnan''' /gʷnan/ is a [[Bjeheond]]ian language isolate inspired by Welsh, Old Chinese and Tibeto-Burman.
+'''Gwrengax''' (/gʷrengax/) is a [[Bjeheond]]ian language isolate inspired by Welsh, (Baxter-Sagart) Old Chinese, and Khasi. It is grammatically very similar to Modern [[Naeng]] and Vernacular [[Netagin]] but a bit less strictly head-initial, like Hmong.
-Ngwran tanchwlei be toh mang sicnagw, sy tw chyzell ham. Byrhong tych cwosra nsoi chyh netswll, namte asmad se ycwrim.
+Gibberish:
+Ŋwran tanxwlej be toh ma'aŋ siknagw, sy tu xyzell ham. Byrroŋ tyx kwosra nsoj xyh netsull, namte 'asmad se ykw'arij.
+Maxwell = a name
+*gwnax = hello
+*takrir = hello
+*erku = town, city; forms city names (can this be justified with Armenian-like sound changes from a proto-language?)
+*Erkwed, Erkwisŋwal = name of cities
+*xwahan = forest
+*dlowŋ = wheel
+*llymboj = horse
+*wok = good
+*'lats = livestock
+*lats = to sustain, to provide
+*kwa = stone
+*kykwa = boulder
+*wansem = plough
+*pruk = end
+*gemra = to live
+*aknull = paint, color
+*mnep = vase
+*be = past particle
+: pos
+: wyŋ
+: yhew
+: taxwi
+: azep
+: rynoj
+: kwlyŋ
+: tsil
+: masah
+: ŋwet
+==History==
+Gwrengax is believed to be the only surviving descendant of the pre-[[Lakovic]], pre-[[Idavic]] indigenous languages of Bjeheond.
 ==Phonology==
 ===Vowels===
-'''a e i o w y''' /a e i o u ɨ/
+'''a e i o u y''' /a e i o u ɨ/
+===Consonants===
+'''m n ŋ ŋw p t ts k kw ' b d z g gw s x xw h l r ll rr w''' /m n ŋ ŋʷ p t ts k kʷ ʔ b d dz g gʷ s x xʷ h l r ɬ r̥ w/
+/s ts dz/ palatalize to [ɕ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ] before /i/
+===Phonotactics===
+Allowed initial clusters are:
+*RR: mn ml mr nl nr ŋl ŋr ŋwl ŋwr 'l 'r
+*PR: pl pr tl tr kn kl kr kwn kwl kwr
+*BR: bl br dl dr gn gl gr gwn gwl gwr
+*FR: xn xl xr xwn xwl xwr xŋ xŋw
+Allowed finals are: -' -p -t -k -kw -b -d -g -gw -m -n -ŋ -l -r -j -w -s -ts
+Coda clusters are prohibited.
+== Syntax ==
+Should be like Hmong
+=== Pronouns ===
+pronouns:
+(sg du pl)
+: hoj, 'ra, kob
+: yp, ryws, llyj
+: piw, wek, xom'
+Possessive pronouns precde nouns: ''hoj ŋro'' 'my house'.