Fuómî́ language

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Fuómî́
Fuómî́'
Pronunciation/fu̯ɔ˨˩miʔ˦˥/
Native toa lot
Morei
  • Moraisic
    • Feimiic
      • Fuómî́
Early form
Old Fuómî́
Morèi script, Jozunian script
Official status
Regulated byme

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

Fuómî́ Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n [ŋ]
Stop aspirated [tɕʰ]
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

Fuómî́ Vowels
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"

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

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

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

Consonant Roman Jozunian Vowel Roman Jozunian
m m a a
n, [ŋ] n ə e
p i i
p b ɔ o
t u u
t d i̯ə ie, ye (word-initial)
[tɕʰ] q u̯ɔ uo wo (word-initial)
[tɕ] j ei̯ ei
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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