Fuomi Language

Fuomi
Fuómî́'
Pronunciation	/fu̯ɔ˨˩miʔ˦˥/
Native to	a lot
Language family	Morei Moraisic Feimiic Fuomi
Early form	Old Fuomi
Writing system	Morèi script, Jozunian script
Official status
Regulated by	me

Fuomi is the most widely spoken Morèi language, spoken natively in the central states such as Kute, Dauta and Waiten, and throughout the wider region as a lingua franca. It is notable among the Morèi languages for having developed a rich contour tone system.

Phonology

The following tables show the consonants, vowels and tones of Fuomi in the standardised Dauta dialect:

Consonants

Fuomi Consonants

		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

Fuomi Vowels

		Front	Central	Back
Close		i		u
Mid			ə	ɔ
Open			a

In addition there are the opening diphthongs /i̯ə/ and /u̯ɔ/ and the closing diphthongs /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 diphthongs as [a˞].

Tones

Tones in Fuomi

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"

Tone sandhi

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Phonotactics

The structure of the Fuomi syllable is CV(F), where V includes diphthongs and the category of final consonants F includes only /n/, /ɹ/ and /ʔ/. /w/ and /j/ do not occur in initial position before the opening diphthongs /i̯ə/ and /u̯ɔ/.

Writing systems

The Morèi script has been used to write the Moraisic languages since 767 CE, adsfdjkljdjk

Fuomi can also be written in the Jozunian script, for reasons . The following table shows the correspondences between Dauta Fuomi sounds and the Roman and Jozunian orthographies.

Consonant	Roman	Jozunian	Vowel	Roman	Jozunian
m	m		a	a
n, [ŋ]	n		ə	e
pʰ	p		i	i
p	b		ɔ	o
tʰ	t		u	u
t	d		i̯ə	ie, ye (word-initially)
[tɕʰ]	q		u̯ɔ	uo, wo (word-initially)
[tɕ]	j		ei̯	ei
kʰ	k		ai̯	ai
k	g		au̯	au
ʔ	'		ou̯	eu
f	f
s	s
[ɕ]	x
x	h
ɹ	r
j	y
w	w

In addition, the following diacritics are used to mark tone:

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