Xuni Kwang [XKWAN]
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Mbuƅ Goзƞ Šuƅƞ [ᵐbūˀ gó̞̃ ɕū̃ˀ]*
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Mbuƅ Goзƞ Šuƅƞ [ᵐbūˀ gó̞̃ ɕū̃ˀ]*
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
Quaxin XunOfficial
Quaxin XunOfficialSpecies
Human/humanoid
About Xuni Kwang
A Kwang language spoken in Quaxin Xun. It is highly divergent from other Kwang varieties due to chain shifts affecting both the rime and onset.
Features include:
- CV syllable structure
- ballistic syllables
- Zhuang-style tone letters
- tons and tons of prenasalization
- Hmong-Mien-style ABAC compounding
- more complex classifier system system than
Standard Kwang but less complex than 
Middle Kwang
Features include:
- CV syllable structure
- ballistic syllables
- Zhuang-style tone letters
- tons and tons of prenasalization
- Hmong-Mien-style ABAC compounding
- more complex classifier system system than
Standard Kwang but less complex than Middle Kwang
Sample of Xuni Kwang[view] Soз raзƞ čeз huз zaчƞ roзƞ daƅƞłoз aƅčiз.
The red hot sun rose in the cold blue sky. [view all texts]
The red hot sun rose in the cold blue sky. [view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeNgerupic
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Wa Ñi
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Proto-Kwang
⤷ Middle Kwang
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Xuni Kwang
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Wa Ñi⤷
Proto-Kwang⤷
Middle Kwang⤷
Xuni Kwang[view] About NgerupicWith over one hundred languages and approximately 500 million speakers in total, the Ngerupic languages comprise one of the largest language families on Sahar, spoken predominantly in Akulanen, Soltenna, and the Terminian Dominion. Countries with Nge...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
| Plosive | p | b ᵐb | t | d ⁿd | k | g ᵑg | ʔ | |||||
| Fricative | s | ɕ | ɦ | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z ⁿd͡z | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ ⁿd͡ʑ | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
| Blends | tɬ | dɮ | ndɮ |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ | ||||
| Open | ä | |||||
| Polyphthongs | äu | äi |
OtherTones:
1 (unmarked) - low rising
ƨ - low ballistic
з - high
ч - mid falling
ƽ - low creaky
ƅ - mid ballistic
ƞ - nasalization (can combine with all tones)
1 (unmarked) - low rising
ƨ - low ballistic
з - high
ч - mid falling
ƽ - low creaky
ƅ - mid ballistic
ƞ - nasalization (can combine with all tones)
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Xuni Kwang. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Xuni KwangOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | AJ aj/äi/ | AW aw/äu/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d/ | DŁ dł/dɮ/ | Ee/e̞/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/ɦ/ | Ii/i/ |
| Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | MB mb/ᵐb/ | Nn/n/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | ND nd/ⁿd/ | NDŁ ndł/ndɮ/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NGG ngg/ᵑg/ | NŽ nž/ⁿd͡ʑ/ |
| NZ nz/ⁿd͡z/ | Oo/o̞/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/ʔ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TŁ tł/tɬ/ | Uu/u/ |
| Yy/j/ | Žž/d͡ʑ/ | Zz/d͡z/ | Łł/ɬ/ | Ƅƅ/̄ˀ/ | Ƞƞ/̃/ | Ƨƨ/̀ˀ/ | Ƽƽ/̰̀/ | Зз/́/ | Чч/᷆/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
