Neckthai

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Neckthai
Nékthij
Created by	IlL
Setting	Ħérestem
Native speakers	50 million (2200 v.C.)
Language family	Isolate Neckthai

Neckthai (native name Nékthij) is the official language of Nekthijmien or Neckthailand (the demonym in English is Necktie).

• p sp b > p ph b (might get this into cwiob > mwiob)
• p sp b > ph za-p b (i don't like this)
• p sp b > p/b za-p ph (thai)
• p sp b > p za-p b

so i will do s palatal fric > z sch > sch

Phonology

Consonants

Initials

Neckthai initials
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		ng /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t/	tj /tɕ/	k /k/		/ʔ/
	aspirated	ph /pʰ/	th /tʰ/	thj /tɕʰ/	kh /kʰ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/
Fricative		v /f/	z /s/		g, sch /x/		h /h/
Trill/App.		w /w/		j /j/		r /ʀ~ʁ/
Lat. app.			l /l/

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

Finals

Neckthai finals
		Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal	Laryngeal
Nasal		m [m]	n, l [n]	ng, r [ŋ]
Plosive		p [p̚]	t [t̚]	k [k̚]	' [ʔ]
Trill/App.		(uw [w])		(i [j])

Vowels

Monophthongs

Neckthai monophthongs

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ie /iː/	u /ɯᵝ/	uu /ɯᵝː/		oe /uː/
Close-mid	e /e/	ee /eː/	eo /ɤ/	eu /ɤː/	o /o/	oo /oː/
Open-mid	æ /ɛ/	ae /ɛː/			å /ɔ/	ao /ɔː/
Open			a /a/	aa /aː/

Diphthongs

Long		Short
Neckthai	IPA	Neckthai	IPA
aai	/aːj/	ij	/aj/
aauw	/aːw/	ouw	/aw/
ia	/iːa/	ia'	/ia/
–	–	ieuw	/iw/
oea	/uːa/	oea'	/ua/
oei	/uːj/	–	–
eeuw	/eːw/	euw	/ew/
aeuw	/ɛːw/	–	–
ua	/ɯːa/	ua'	/ɯa/
eui	/ɤːj/	ui	/ɤj/
aoi	/ɔːj/	–	–
ooi	/oːj/	oi	/oj/

Triphthongs

Neckthai	IPA
iauw	/iaw/
oeai	/uaj/
uai	/ɯaj/

Grammar

The syntax is very German-like, except that there is no case or number.