Verse:Mwail/Bri

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

• 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

Finals: (null) 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