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

Many speakers in the capital merge /kʀ/ with /kʰʀ/ and /xʀ/. Some dialects merge /ʀ/ and /ŋ/ into /ŋ/.

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				aa /aː/	a /ɑ/

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/

Tones

• Mid: raa /ʀāː/ [ʀaː˧] 'easy'
• Low: ràa /ʀàː/ [ʀaː˨˩] 'loud'
• Falling: râa /ʀâː/ [ʀaː˥˩˩] 'fruit'
• High: ráa /ʀáː/ [ʀaː˥] 'white'
• Rising: raaʔ /ʀǎː/ [ʀaː˨˩˦] 'vase'

Grammar

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