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In [[Verse:Angai]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''bry lleqâs Dylethyzz'' CLF language Dylath-ADJ) is an extremely conservative Trans-Sarnathian language (branch of the Akya-Woms family including the monosyllabic tonal language [[Zzean]]) with a Welsh-like grammar and aesthetic. Dylathian and its closest relatives are spoken in the Dylathian plateau and the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Dylathian and its neighboring relatives are vital for reconstructing the early history of the Trans-Sarnathian branch.

In [[Verse:Angai]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''bry lleqâs Dylethyzz'' /prə ɬeʔaːs{{ret}} CLF language Dylath-ADJ) is an extremely conservative Trans-Sarnathian language (branch of the Akya-Woms family including the monosyllabic tonal language [[Zzean]]) with a Welsh-like grammar and aesthetic. Dylathian and its closest relatives are spoken in the Dylathian plateau and the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Dylathian and its neighboring relatives are vital for reconstructing the early history of the Trans-Sarnathian branch.

Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (Tibetan Buddhism ~~clone~~).

Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (a version of Tibetan Buddhism).

PTS tilakt- -> Dylath

== Phonology ==

~~Generally Welshy phonology but with ejectives and affricates; penultimate stress with vowel alternations attesting to earlier ultimate stress~~

=== Consonants ===

* '''m n l r ll rh''' /m n l r ~~(Welsh ll) (Welsh rh)~~/

* '''m n l r ll rh''' /m n l r ɬ r̥/

* '''b d dz g gw''' /p t ts k kw/

* '''b d dz g gw''' /p t ts k kʷ/

* '''p t tz c cw''' /~~ph th tsh kh kwh~~/

* '''p t tz c cw''' /pʰ tʰ tsʰ kʰ kʷʰ/

* '''pq tq tzq cq cwq ''' /~~p' t' ts' k' kw'~~/

* '''pq tq tzq cq cwq ''' /pʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ kwʼ/

* '''ff th z s ch chw h q''' /f θ s s{{ret}} x xw h ʔ/

* '''ff th z s ch chw h q''' /f θ s s{{ret}} x xʷ h ʔ/

* '''f dd zz w''' /v ð z w/

* ~~ff th ch chw ll rh~~ are ~~weakly glottalized~~

;Notes

* Final stops are optionally released

* All consonants are longer and more fortis than in English. In fact, they're so fortis that final stops are optionally released unlike in the language's monosyllabic tonal relatives.

=== Vowels ===

'''i e u y a w o''' /i e ɨ ə a u o/; long '''î ê û ŷ â ŵ ô'''

=== Stress ===

Stress is consistently penultimate.

== Grammar ==

"Colloquial Welsh with classifiers"

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-In [[Verse:Angai]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''bry lleqâs Dylethyzz'' CLF language Dylath-ADJ) is an extremely conservative Trans-Sarnathian language (branch of the Akya-Woms family including the monosyllabic tonal language [[Zzean]]) with a Welsh-like grammar and aesthetic. Dylathian and its closest relatives are spoken in the Dylathian plateau and the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Dylathian and its neighboring relatives are vital for reconstructing the early history of the Trans-Sarnathian branch.
+In [[Verse:Angai]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''bry lleqâs Dylethyzz'' /prə ɬeʔaːs{{ret}}  CLF language Dylath-ADJ) is an extremely conservative Trans-Sarnathian language (branch of the Akya-Woms family including the monosyllabic tonal language [[Zzean]]) with a Welsh-like grammar and aesthetic. Dylathian and its closest relatives are spoken in the Dylathian plateau and the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Dylathian and its neighboring relatives are vital for reconstructing the early history of the Trans-Sarnathian branch.
-Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (Tibetan Buddhism clone).
+Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (a version of Tibetan Buddhism).
 PTS tilakt- -> Dylath
 == Phonology ==
-Generally Welshy phonology but with ejectives and affricates; penultimate stress with vowel alternations attesting to earlier ultimate stress
 === Consonants ===
-* '''m n l r ll rh''' /m n l r (Welsh ll) (Welsh rh)/
+* '''m n l r ll rh''' /m n l r ɬ r̥/
-* '''b d dz g gw''' /p t ts k kw/
+* '''b d dz g gw''' /p t ts k kʷ/
-* '''p t tz c cw''' /ph th tsh kh kwh/
+* '''p t tz c cw''' /pʰ tʰ tsʰ kʰ kʷʰ/
-* '''pq tq tzq cq cwq ''' /p' t' ts' k' kw'/
+* '''pq tq tzq cq cwq ''' /pʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ kwʼ/
-* '''ff th z s ch chw h q'''  /f θ s s{{ret}} x xw h ʔ/
+* '''ff th z s ch chw h q'''  /f θ s s{{ret}} x xʷ h ʔ/
 * '''f dd zz w''' /v ð z w/
-* ff th ch chw ll rh are weakly glottalized
+;Notes
-* Final stops are optionally released
+* All consonants are longer and more fortis than in English. In fact, they're so fortis that final stops are optionally released unlike in the language's monosyllabic tonal relatives.
 === Vowels ===
 '''i e u y a w o''' /i e ɨ ə a u o/; long '''î ê û ŷ â ŵ ô'''
+=== Stress ===
+Stress is consistently penultimate.
 == Grammar ==
 "Colloquial Welsh with classifiers"