Fuómî́ language

Fuómî́
Fuómî́'
Pronunciation	/fwɔ˨˩mi(ʔ)˦˥/
Native to	a lot
Language family	Morei Early thingamajig Classical thingamajig Fuómî́
Early form	Old Fuómî́
Writing system	Morèi script, Jozunian script
Official status
Regulated by	me

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.

Phonology

The following tables show the consonants, vowels and tones of Fuómî́ in the standardised Dáutâ dialect:

Consonants

Consonant phonemes in Fuómî́

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		[ŋ]
Stop	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	[tɕʰ]	kʰ
	unaspirated	p	t	[tɕ]	k	ʔ
Fricative		f	s	[ɕ]	x
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

Vowel phonemes in Fuómî́

		Front	Central	Back
Close		i		u
Mid			ə	ɔ
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

Tones in Fuómî́

Tone number	Description	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"

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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/