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| ''ma'' &nbsp;'ghost'
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| '''huyền''' &nbsp; 'deep'
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|| '''Vēn''' &nbsp; 'heavy'
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| straight tone (short length)
|'''Vēn''' &nbsp; 'continuation'
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|˨˩ˀ
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| align="center" | {{IPA|◌̣}} ([[dot (diacritic)|dot below]])
| align="center" | {{IPA|◌̣}} ([[dot (diacritic)|dot below]])

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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

Rhavanese Phonetics

Name Description Contour Diacritic Example Sample vowel
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 ˧ˀ˦˥ ◌̃ (tilde)  'horse
nặng   'heavy' creaky low falling constricted (short length) ˨˩ˀ ◌̣ (dot below) mạ  'rice seedling'
Vēn   'continuation' straight tone (medium length) ˨˩ˀ ◌̣ (dot below)  'used before Tü to symbolize ownership of subject'