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 NgerupicA large language family from the Akulanen region of Sahar.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup 'people'.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup 'people'.
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] | ||||||||||
