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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
 
| lingua =
 
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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]
 
|
 
|-
 
!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
 
|
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
[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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