Tchwerian

Letters

• T: Trabe > tˁɑɑp > độp
• G: Galst > galʔ > kawʔ > cạu > cậu
• K: Kohl > kool > koow (h -p m) > củ > cử
• I: *ii > ai > ai > aa > ở
• W: Wier > vjaʔ > vaʔ > vạ > vợ
• N: Narch > naaç > naaj (l -p b) > noi > nôi
• U: uu > au > au > ea > ả
• Ü: yy > ay > ay > ee > ẻ
• Q: Kried > qˁeit > keit (h +p g) > kiệt > kịt
• L: Lecken > *Leck > EMW lek > LMW lek (l -p g) > lẹc > lặc
• P: Pfut > faut > ... > vát
• C: Ang > ʔaŋ > ỏng
• E: ee > ii > ii > ởi?
• Ŧ: Ŧeib > ǃaip > ǃaip > ǃxáp > ǃxướp
• J: Jamm > dẳm
• F: Fitt - pretty sure it's vết
• O: oo > uu > uu > yy > ỉ
• Ö: øø > yy > yø > uê?
• M: Mersch > maa (l -p b) > ma > mơ
• D: Dachel > EMW daxu > LMW ɗoo (l -p b) (with compensatory lengthening) > đu? > đư
• Đ: Đruche > EMW g!ˁoux > !ow (l +p b) > !xẻo > !xảo?
• R: Rift > EMW ʕeft > ʔew (l +p g) > êu > eo
• S: Schnade > nʰeit > ... > nít
• ß: Descherschnader > *descher Schnade > đây nít
• H: Hammel > hamu > hom (h -p m) > hỏm > hổm
• B: Bruog > EMW bˁook > ɓook (l +p +g) > buộc? > buộc

Numbers

1. wahm: vỉm
2. descher: đay
3. narg: nộc
4. mul: mào
5. nelsch: nối
6. stuom: thỉm
7. rut: ứt
8. lorz: loa
9. pfarb: vốp
10. kior: rả

LMW > Early Reber Wiobian

An Bhlaoighne-style tone mergers

h -p b: 55
h -p g: 33
h -p m: 14
l -p b: 51
l -p g: 22
l -p m: 31
+phar:
h +p b: 31
h +p g: 22
h +p m: 55
l +p b: 14
l +p g: 51
l +p m: 33

Tone shift

• 55 > 35
• 51 > 55

Vowel shifts

aa > iê
a > e
ɑ ɑɑ > a aa
o lowers to ɔ
e centralizes to â
or back and lower to ă?
ɑ > ă too

you're using viet orthography!

nice
since i have no ʌ
i'll do əa > o
and u > ô

what's the source of əa?
phar'd C + Vr
i.e. ClVr or CrVr

grüer?
co31 /kɔ31/

nice!

brüder becomes po31 however
I like it better than czöi

ou meng zi czoi should become the reading of alle menschen werden brüder
yes
i'll change the reading
i > ê as in NCVS (and as in PMK > Vietnamese if I'm not mistaken: *splin > trên)


sort of

yes

but it doesn't shift e->i
now closing diphthongs become monophthongs in closed syllables

maybe southern american english?

just for that vowel (pen-pin

ai > ee is too transparent

yes

french, sanskrit, ...
ai > ajə > iə?

good
i'll do aa > ajə > ai in another wiob lect

or maybe ai > ee > iə
dayum good

yes!
au ay > uô ươ?

by symmetry

that's good

what about inuktitut gib for a wiob lect?
instead of CW
yes better than cw
wa wo > oă uơ
viet only has /w/-onglide
not /j/-onglides
or: wa ɥa wo ɥø > oa oe uâ uê
ja je jo is a bit of a problem
i'll use it to palatalize /x/?
to gi

yes
/x/ > g
southern vietnam has <qu> = /w/
ej ow øy > i u ư in closed syllables