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

(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

The following lists the native names of the 24 tones:

Native names of tones

		A (null or resonant coda)	B (glottal stop coda)	C (fricative coda)	D (voiceless stop coda)
Glottalized initial (0)	plain (P)	ndridhA0P	baeB0P	zheaD0P	doghC0P
	prenasalized (N)	braoiA0N	driwdhB0N	dreoC0N	dwghD0N
Modal initial (1)	plain (P)	eodhA1P	aoidhB1P	zhiuC1P	ngrughD1P
	prenasalized (N)	beaA1N	zhobhB1N	debhC1N	gaedhD1N
Breathy initial (2)	plain (P)	ngwA2P	mbraghB2P	ndreC2P	nabhD2P
	prenasalized (N)	geadhA2N	beghB2N	gaoibhC2N	dreghD2N