Verse:Mwail/Bri
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Bri was the classical language of Mwail British Isles, belonging to the Keric family. In the year 4000, Bri served as a religious, ceremonial, and poetic language; it was a monosyllabic tonal language, with 24 tones realized via 24 different cantillation melodies.
Phonology of 5th Millenium Bri
Initials
(The first member of each pair indicates a broad initial, the second a slender one)
- Null: 0 /ʔ j/
- Stops: b /pˠ pʲ/ d /t̪ˠ tʲ/ g /k kʲ/
- Trills: br /ʙˠ ʙʲ/ dr /rˠ r̝ʲ/ gr /ʀ ʀʲ/
- Nasals: m /mˠ mʲ/ n /n̪ˠ nʲ/ ng /ŋ ŋʲ/
- Nasal trills: mbr /ⁿʙˠ ⁿʙʲ/ ndr /ⁿrˠ ⁿr̝ʲ/ ngr /ⁿʀ ⁿʀʲ/
- Approximants: zh /ɻ ʐ/
Rimes
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 ðˠ j/
Tones
| A (null or resonant coda) | B (glottal stop coda) | C (fricative coda) | D (voiceless stop coda) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glottalized initial | plain | A0P | B0P | C0P | D0P |
| prenasalized | A0N | B0N | C0N | D0N | |
| Modal initial | plain | A1P | B1P | C1P | D1P |
| prenasalized | A1N | B1N | C1N | D1N | |
| Breathy initial | plain | A2P | B2P | C2P | D2P |
| prenasalized | A2N | B2N | C2N | D2N | |