Foeian language

Foeian
Fözüq Füzöb
Pronunciation	[ˈɸœzyˀ]
Region	Vaniua
Ethnicity	Foeian people
Native speakers	29 million  (2020-2022)
Language family	Ryamaian Vaniuan Western Vaniuan Foeic Foeian
Early forms:	Proto-Ryamaian Proto-Vaniuan Proto-Western Vaniuan Old Foeian Middle Foeian Foeian
Dialects	Northern Foeian Southern Foeian
Writing system	Vaniuan script
Official status
Official language in	Fukota
Regulated by	Royal Institute of Foeian Language
CWS code	QFZ

Foeian (Füzöb; Fözüq, [ˈɸœzyˀ]) is a Foeic language within the Western Vaniuan branch of the Vaniuan language family.

Classification

Linguists classify Foeian language as a Vaniuan language, specifically as a Foeic language belonging to the Western Vaniuan branch of the Ryamaian language family. The closest relative to the Foeian language is the Buwcm language, spoken in Aq, Köq and Ö regions.

Foeian is divided into two dialects: Northern Foeian and Southern Foeian. Standard Foeian is based on the Southern dialect of the city of Cöqsü.

Phonology

Phonemes

Northern Foeian phonemes

	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p		t		k	ʔ
Fricative	ɸ	θ	s z	ɕ	x
Affricate			t͡s	t͡ɕ
Approximant			r	j	w

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i y iˀ yˀ		u uˀ
Mid	ɛ œ ɛˀ œˀ	ɜ ɜˀ	ɔ ɔˀ
Open	æ æˀ	a aˀ	ɑ ɑˀ