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[[Neck Thai/Lexicon|Lexicon]]
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (native name ''dòai Nék-thijʔ'' /ɗɔ̀ːj nék.tʰăj/) is a [[Tie–Dye languages|Tie–Dye language]] with over 50 million speakers. It is the official language of Neck Thailand (''Nékthijmien'')
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (native name ''dòai Nék-thijʔ'' /ɗɔ̀ːj nék.tʰăj/) is a [[Tie–Dye languages|Tie–Dye language]] with over 50 million speakers. It is the official language of Neck Thailand (''Nékthijmien'')
==Todo==
*''Phlét Kwaai'' = Capital of Neck Thailand
==Diachronics==
==Diachronics==
===Proto-Tie to Proto-Neckic===
===Proto-Tie to Proto-Neckic===
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| '''m''' /m/
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''nǃx''' /ŋǃ/
|  
|  
|  
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
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| '''p''' /p/
| '''p''' /p/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''ǃx''' /ǃ/
|  
| '''tj''' /tɕ/
| '''tj''' /tɕ/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''k''' /k/
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| '''ph''' /pʰ/
| '''ph''' /pʰ/
| '''th''' /tʰ/
| '''th''' /tʰ/
| '''ǃxh''' /ǃʰ/
|  
| '''tjh''' /tɕʰ/
| '''tjh''' /tɕʰ/
| '''kh''' /kʰ/
| '''kh''' /kʰ/
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|}


Allowed initial clusters: '''pl, phl, pr, phr, vl, vr, tr, thr, ǃxhr, kl, khl, kr, khr, kw, khw'''
Allowed initial clusters: '''pl, phl, pr, phr, vl, vr, tr, thr, schr, kl, khl, gl, kr, khr, gr, kw, khw'''


Some dialects pronounce /r/ as a uvular trill [ʀ] - in these dialects, /pʀ pʰʀ/, /tʀ tʰʀ/ and /kʀ kʰʀ/ are merged, and /ǃʀ/ is often pronounced as [ǃ].
Some dialects pronounce /r/ as a uvular trill [ʀ] - in these dialects, /pʀ pʰʀ/, /tʀ tʰʀ/ and /kʀ kʰʀ/ are merged, and /ǃʀ/ is often pronounced as [ǃ].
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|-
|'''iauw'''
|'''iauw'''
|{{IPA|/iaw/}}
|{{IPA|/iɐw/}}
|-
|-
|'''oeai'''
|'''oeai'''
|{{IPA|/uaj/}}
|{{IPA|/uɐj/}}
|-
|-
|'''uai'''
|'''uai'''
|{{IPA|/ʉaj/}}
|{{IPA|/ʉɐj/}}
|}
|}


===Tones===
===Tones===
Standard Neck Thai uses 5 tones.
Standard Neck Thai uses 5 tones.
*Mid: ''raa'' /ʀāː/ [ʀaː˧] 'easy'
*Mid: ''raa'' /rāː/ [raː˧] 'easy'
*Low: ''ràa'' /ʀàː/ [ʀaː˨˩] 'loud'
*Low: ''ràa'' /ràː/ [raː˨˩] 'loud'
*Falling: ''râa'' /ʀâː/ [ʀaː˥˩˩] 'fruit'
*Falling: ''râa'' /râː/ [raː˥˩˩] 'fruit'
*High: ''ráa'' /ʀáː/ [ʀaː˥] 'white'
*High: ''ráa'' /ráː/ [raː˥] 'white'
*Rising: ''raaʔ'' /ʀǎː/ [ʀaː˨˩˦] 'vase'
*Rising: ''raaʔ'' /rǎː/ [raː˨˩˦] 'vase'


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
[[File:Neck Thai_script.png]]<!--
Neck Thai is written in a version of the [[Tergetian]] abugida.
Neck Thai is written in a version of the [[Tergetian]] abugida.


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*_{2i} = /ɯː/
*_{2i} = /ɯː/
*_{2i}∞ = /ɯːɐ/
*_{2i}∞ = /ɯːɐ/
-->


==Grammar==
==Grammar==
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Loanwords from [[Ancient Wiebian]]:
Loanwords from [[Ancient Wiebian]]:
*''hét'' 'queen, lady' (< Ancient Wiebian ''Heste'' /ˈhɛstə/ 'wife')
*''hét'' 'queen, lady' (< Ancient Wiebian ''Heste'' /ˈhɛstə/ 'wife')
Loanwords from [[Tergetian]]:
*''!xheeuwʔ'' 'chalice' (< Tergetian ''ŧèabh'')


==Numbers==
==Numbers==
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Tie–Dye languages]]
[[Category:Tie languages]]
[[Category:Hussmauch]]