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|name = {{SUBPAGENAME}} | |name = {{SUBPAGENAME}} | ||
|nativename = ''Bri<sup> | |nativename = ''Bri<sup>B2-</sup> dreabh<sup>C0+</sup>'' | ||
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|setting = [[Verse:Mwail]] | |setting = [[Verse:Mwail]] | ||
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'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (Standard Bri: ''Bri<sup> | '''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (Standard Bri: ''Bri<sup>B2-</sup> dreabh<sup>C0+</sup>'' /ʙʲi<sup>B2-</sup> r̝aw<sup>C0+</sup>/) was the classical language of Mwail British Isles, belonging to the Keric family. By the year 4000, Bri served exclusively as a religious, ceremonial, and poetic language rather than a spoken one; it was a monosyllabic tonal language, with 24 tones realized via 24 different cantillation melodies. | ||
The native Bri script is a right-to-left logography (lines of text go from up to down). | The native Bri script is a right-to-left logography (lines of text go from up to down). | ||
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Nuclei: /a e i o u ə/ '''a/ea ae/e aoi/i o/eo u/iu w/iw''' (The first member of each pair indicates a broad initial, the second a slender one) | Nuclei: /a e i o u ə/ '''a/ea ae/e aoi/i o/eo u/iu w/iw''' (The first member of each pair indicates a broad initial, the second a slender one) | ||
Finals: 0 '''bh dh gh''' /0 w | Finals: 0 '''bh dh gh''' /0 w ð{{lowered}}ˠ j/ | ||
=== Tones === | === Tones === | ||
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| ''begh<sup>B2+</sup>'' | | ''begh<sup>B2+</sup>'' | ||
| ''gaoibh<sup>C2+</sup>'' | | ''gaoibh<sup>C2+</sup>'' | ||
| '' | | ''ndredh<sup>D2+</sup>'' | ||
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