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#REDIRECT [[Fuomi Language]]
{{Infobox language
| name = Fuómî́
| nativename = Fuómî́'
| pronunciation = /fwɔ˨˩miʔ˦˥/
| states = a lot
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| familycolor = Morei
| fam2 = Early thingamajig
| fam3 = Classical thingamajig
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| ancestor = Old Fuómî́
| script = [[Morèi script]], [[Jozunian script]]
| nation =
| minority =
| agency = me
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'''Fuómî́''' is the most widely spoken Morèi language, spoken natively in the central states such as [[Kû́tế]], [[Dáutâ]] and [[Wàitên]], and throughout the wider region as a lingua franca. It is notable among the Morèi languages for having developed a rich tonal system.
==History==
==Varieties==
==Phonology==
The following tables show the consonants, vowels and tones of Fuómî́ in the standardised Dáutâ dialect:
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+Consonant phonemes in Fuómî́
!colspan=2|
![[Wikipedia:Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Wikipedia:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Wikipedia:Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Wikipedia:Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Wikipedia:Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
!colspan=2| [[Wikipedia:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| m
| n
|
| [ŋ]
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|-
!rowspan=2| [[Wikipedia:Stop consonant|Stop]]
! {{small|[[Wikipedia:Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]}}
| pʰ
| tʰ
| [tɕʰ]
| kʰ
|
|-
! {{small|[[Wikipedia:Aspirated consonant|unaspirated]]}}
| p
| t
| [tɕ]
| k
| ʔ
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
| f
| s
| [ɕ]
| x
|
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|
| ɹ
| j
| w
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|-
|}
[ŋ] is an allophone of /n/ before velar consonants; [tɕʰ] of /tʰ/ and /kʰ/, [tɕ] of /t/ and [ɕ] of /s/ and /h/ before /i/ or /j/.
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Vowel phonemes in Fuómî́
!colspan=2|
![[Wikipedia:Front vowel|Front]]
![[Wikipedia:Central vowel|Central]]
![[Wikipedia:Back vowel|Back]]
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Close vowel|Close]]
| i
|
| u
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Mid vowel|Mid]]
|
| ə
| ɔ
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Open vowel|Open]]
|
| a
|
|-
|}
In addition there are the ascending dipthongs /i̯ə/ and /u̯ɔ/ and the descending dipthongs /ei̯/, /ai̯/, /au̯/ and /ou̯/. Sequences of /ə/, /i/, /i̯ə/ or /ei̯/ followed by /ɹ/ are realised as [ɚ]; such sequences with all other vowels and dipthongs as [a˞].
===Tones===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Tones in Fuómî́
!Tone number
!Description
![[Wikipedia: Tone letter|Tone letter]]
!Example word
!IPA
!Meaning
|-
| 1
| Low
| ˧
| ge
| /kə˧/
| (prepositional marker)
|-
| 2
| High
| ˥
| tâ'
| /tʰaʔ˥/
| "citadel"
|-
| 3
| Low falling
| ˨˩
| gèun
| /kou̯n˨˩/
| "kill"
|-
| 4
| High falling
| ˥˩
| kầi
| /kʰai̯˥˩/
| "marriage"
|-
| 5
| Low rising
| ˩˨
| géu'
| /kou̯ʔ˩˨/
| "sorghum"
|-
| 6
| High rising
| ˦˥
| Kû́'
| /kʰuʔ˦˥/
| (a river)
|-
| 7
| Falling-rising
| ˧˨˦
| kěu'
| /kʰou̯ʔ˧˨˦/
| "asphalt"
|}
===Tone sandhi===
lol, lmao
===Phonotactics===
The structure of the Fuómî́ syllable is CV(F), where V includes dipthongs and the category of final consonants F includes only /n/, /ɹ/ and /ʔ/. /w/ and /j/ do not occur in initial position before the ascending dipthongs /i̯ə/ and /u̯ɔ/
==Grammar==
==Vocabulary==
==Writing systems==
[[Category:Languages]]
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