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Revision as of 14:14, 13 July 2021

Nhai
Rhavanese, Rhavan Speak
Native toRhavanese Flag.png Rhava
EthnicityRhavanese
Native speakers
30,000,000
Huang
  • Eastern
    • Nhai
Standard forms
Northern (standard script)
Dialects
  • Northern
  • Central
  • Southern
  • Traditional
  • Formal
Official status
Official language in
Rhava
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Nhai is the official language of Rhava and is a part of the Huang family tree. Nhai is separated into to writing scripts, ancient and standard. In modern day cities only standard is taught, but in rural areas ancient is taught.

Rhavanese Letters

letter sound
ă ah
aa ah (elongated)
â uh
ä ay
e ai(r)
ê ey
ë ooh-weh
o awh (back of throat)
ô oh
ơ owh (front of mouth)
ö er
u ooh
ư uwh (front of mouth)
ü ooh-weeh
y eeh
b buh
c cuh
d yuh
đ duh
g yuh (south), zhuh
h hah (whisper)
j juh
k ka
l luh
m muh
n nuh
p puh
q wuh
r vuh (north), ruh (roll tongue)
s shuh
t tuh (soft)
v yuh (south), vuh
x suh
y yuh

Rhavanese Phonology

Initial consonants

Initial consonants which exist only in the Northern dialect are in red, while those that exist only in the Southern dialect are in blue.

Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ/nh/ ŋ/ng//
Stop/
Affricate
tenuis (p) t ʈ/tr/ c/ch/ k (ʔ/oi/)
aspirated /th/
glottalized ɓ/b/ ɗ/d/
Fricative voiceless f/ph/ s ʂ/sh/ x/kh/ h
voiced v/y/ z ɣ/gh/
Approximant l j/y/ w
Rhotic ɹ/r/ (trilled)

Rhavanese Phonetics

Name Description Diacritic Example
ngang   'level' mid level (no mark) ma  'ghost'
huyền   'deep' low falling (often breathy) ◌̀ (grave accent)  'but'
sắc   'sharp' high rising ◌́ (acute accent)  'cheek, mother (southern)'
hỏi   'questioning' mid dipping-rising ◌̉ (hook above) mả  'tomb, grave'
ngã   'tumbling' creaky high breaking-rising ◌̃ (tilde)  'horse
nặng   'heavy' falling ◌̣ (dot below) mạ  'rice seedling'
Vēn   'continuation' straight tone (medium length) ◌̣ (straight line above)  'used before Tü to symbolize ownership of subject'