Archive:Thuun

Thuun
Tuum
Pronunciation	[tʉ:m]
Native speakers	~ 300 000  (2015)
Language family	East-Mirarian Proto-Kuoggvi Northern (L) Kuoggvi Thuun
Writing system	Kuoggvi / Mahavic
Official status
Official language in	Uvanga
CWS code	UO1

Background

Thuun (Tuum /tʉ:m/) is the primary language of Uvanga, and is distantly related to Mahavic and Elipo-Sucaelian. It has over 100 phonemic vowels but only 10 phonemic consonants.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Epiglottal	Glottal
Nasal	m			n		[ɳ]		ŋ
Plosive	p [b]			t [d]		[ʈ]		k [g]
Fricative				s	[ʃ]	[ʂ]						[h]
Affricate
Approximant							j
Trill
Flap or tap						[ɽ]
Lateral fric.
Lateral app.				l
Lateral flap

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	i i: i:: y y: y::		[ɨ ɨ: ɨ::] ʉ ʉ: ʉ::		u [u: u::]
Near-close		[ɪ] [ʏ]	[ɪ̈] [ʊ̈]	[ɯ] [ʊ]
Close-mid	e e: e:: ø ø: ø::				ɤ ɤ: ɤ:: [o] o: o::
Mid
Open-mid	[ɛ] [œ]				[ʌ] [ɔ]
Near-open	æ æ: æ::
Open					ɑ ɑ: ɑ::

These vowels can combine to form up to almost 80 phonemic polyphthongs, including length distinctions.