Verse:Mwail/Qua
In Hmøøh, Þhea Kï /θeə̯˧ ki˥/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country Þhea Lga̗y off the southwestern coast of the continent Kjàt Må̀. Þhea Kï has a complex tone system even for a Kjàt Må̀ language, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It belongs to a dialect continuum but otherwise has no known relatives.
Todo
- Zhea Kha̱y /ɻeə̯˧ xɑj˨/ (Kha̱y is an honorific; zhea is 'rose' and a female given name): inventor of primodality in Hmøøh
- þhi̬ xə̬a lê, xə̬a lê = thank you
Phonology
Inventory
A syllable always has the structure IRT, where I = initial, R = rime, and T = tone. 3520 possible syllables
Rimes (10):
i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iə̯/eə̯/ɨə̯
i/e/ə/a/ey/əy/ay/ia/ea/əa
Initials (32):
m/n̪/n/ɳ/p/t̪/t̪s̪/t/ts̠/tʃ/ʈ/ʈʂ/k/ʔ/f/θ/s̪/θ̠/s̠/ʃ/ʂ/x/h/l̪/l/r/ɭ/ɻ/ʟ/ɰ/j/w
m/nh/n/nr/p/th/tz/t/ts/tx/tr/tsr/k/0/f/þh/z/þ/s/x/sr/kh/h/lh/l/r/lr/zh/lg/g/y/w
Tones (11):
˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˧˩/˨˩˨/˨˧˨
ä/ā/a/a̱/a̤/a̗/á/à/a̖/a̬/â
Awkwords input
C: m*7/nh*6/n*7/nr*5/p*6/th*6/tz*6/t*7/ts*7/tx*6/tr*5/tsr*5/k*7/ *7/f*6/þh*5/z*7/þ*5/s*7/x*6/sr*5/kh*6/h*6/lh*6/l*7/r*7/lr*5/zh*6/lg*5/g*6/y*7/w*7
R: ä/ā/a/a̱/a̤/a̗/á/à/a̖/a̬/â/äy/āy/ay/a̱y/a̤y/a̗y/áy/ày/a̖y/a̬y/ây/ë/ē/e/e̱/e̤/e̗/é/è/e̖/e̬/ê/ëy/ēy/ey/e̱y/e̤y/e̗y/éy/èy/e̖y/e̬y/êy/ëa/ēa/ea/e̱a/e̤a/e̗a/éa/èa/e̖a/e̬a/êa/ïa/īa/ia/i̱a/i̤a/i̗a/ía/ìa/i̖a/i̬a/îa/ï/ī/i/i̱/i̤/i̗/í/ì/i̖/i̬/î/ə̈/ə̄/ə/ə̱/ə̤/ə̖/ə́/ə̀/ə̗/ə̬/ə̂/ə̈a/ə̄a/əa/ə̱a/ə̤a/ə̖a/ə́a/ə̀a/ə̗a/ə̬a/ə̂a
Vocabulary
Þhea Kï is generally purist.