Vietnamese (Yarphese Dialect)

Setting
The Yarphese Dialect of Vietnamese (Yarphese Spelling: Tıếng Yật Phờı, Traditional Spelling: Tiếng Viẹt Phời) is the official language of the Grand Yarphese Republic. After the Yarphese Civil War, it was decided that the traditional Yarphese language would be replaced as the official language of the republic. Trầng Chùp Long (formerly Tranh Chup-yar) commissioned a new variety of Vietnamese made for the Grand Yarphese Republic. Phang Văng Huông's modification of the Saigon dialect of Vietnamese was selected a few days later.

Consonants

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! colspan="2" | ! Bilabial ! Labiodental ! Dental ! Retroflex ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal ! colspan=2 | Nasal ! rowspan=2 align=center | Plosive and Affricate ! unaspirated ! glottalized ! colspan=2 | Fricative ! colspan=2 | Approximant ! colspan=2 | Trill
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 * (ng)
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 * (ng)
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 * (ng)
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 * (tr)
 * (ch)
 * (k, q, c)
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 * (ch)
 * (k, q, c)
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 * (b)
 * (đ)
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 * (ph)
 * (x)
 * (s)
 * (kh)  (g)
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 * (kh)  (g)
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 * (y)
 * (u)
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 * (y)
 * (u)
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Vowels

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! ! Front ! Central ! Back ! Close ! Close-mid ! Open-mid ! Open
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 * , (ı),  (y)
 * (ư)
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 * (ê)
 * (â) (ơ)
 * (ô)
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 * (e)
 * (o)
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 * (ă)   (a)
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Diphthongs

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! align="center" | Centralizing Diphthongs ! align="center" | Front Diphthongs/ Triphthongs ! align="center" | Back Diphthongs/ Triphthongs
 * align="center" | (ıa)
 * align="center" | (ơı)
 * align="center" | (ıu)
 * align="center" | (ưa)
 * align="center" | (ây)
 * align="center" | (eu)
 * align="center" | (ua)
 * align="center" | (aı)
 * align="center" | (eo)
 * align="center" | (ay)
 * align="center" | (ơu)
 * align="center" | (ưı)
 * align="center" | (âu)
 * align="center" | (uı)
 * align="center" | (ao)
 * align="center" | (ôı)
 * align="center" | (au)
 * align="center" | (oı)
 * align="center" | (ưu)
 * align="center" | (ươı)
 * align="center" | (ıêu)
 * align="center" | (uơı)
 * align="center" | (ươu)
 * }
 * align="center" | (ôı)
 * align="center" | (au)
 * align="center" | (oı)
 * align="center" | (ưu)
 * align="center" | (ươı)
 * align="center" | (ıêu)
 * align="center" | (uơı)
 * align="center" | (ươu)
 * }
 * align="center" | (ươı)
 * align="center" | (ıêu)
 * align="center" | (uơı)
 * align="center" | (ươu)
 * }
 * align="center" | (uơı)
 * align="center" | (ươu)
 * }

Notes:

The diphthong is written: The diphtong is written:
 * 1) ıa in open syllables: = mıá 'sugar cane' (note: open syllables end with a vowel; closed syllables end with a consonant);
 * 2) ıê before a consonant: = mıếng 'piece';
 * uya in open syllables: = khuya 'late at night';
 * uyê before a consonant: = khuyên 'to advise';

The diphthong and  is written:
 * 1) ua in open syllables: = mua 'to buy';
 * 2) uô before a consonant: = muôn 'ten thousand'.

The diphthong and  is written:
 * 1) ưa in open syllables: = mưa 'to rain';
 * 2) ươ before consonants: = mương 'irrigation canal'.

/waː/, /wɛ/, /wa/ and /we/ are written as "oa," "oe," "oă" and "oê" after a consonant, but "ua," "ue," "uă" and "uê" alone or after "q."

/kw/ is always written as "qu." /k/ is written as "c," unless it is before ı, e, or ê, when it is written as "k."

/g/ and /ŋ/ are usually written as g and ng, but they are written as gh and ngh before ı, e, ê, or y.

G is pronounced /ʒ/ before ı, ê, y, and e, /ɣ/ elsewhere

Tones
There are five tones. Vietnamese traditionally had six, but the ngã and hỏi tones were naturally merged in the Saigon dialect. Thus, the hỏi tone was removed because it is more difficult to type on a computer. In addition, some of the tones were edited slightly to make things easier for speakers of other Yarphese languages, such as Thai. Currently there are five tones:

ngang: level tone, unmarked (a), tone contour 33

sắc: high tone, marked with an acute accent (á), tone contour 35

huyền: low tone, marked with a grave accent (à), tone contour 21

ngã: rising, creaky tone, marked with a tilde (ã), tone contour 14

nạng: low, short glottalized, with a dot below (ạ), tone contour 1ʔ, pronounced half as long as other tones

The tone mark is always placed on the core vowel, meaning the consonant pronounced the longest.

Phonotactics
A syllable is in the form consonant, vowel or diphthong, and final consonant at most, although the consonants may be omitted. Only centralizing diphthongs are allowed with final consonants.

A syllable can only have three parts:

1) a beginning consonant

2) a nuclear diphthong or vowel

3) a final consonant

A triphthong or front or back diphthong may not accompany a final consonant.

The codas /t/ and /n/ may only occur after ı, e, or ê.

Basic Grammar
The grammar is essentially the same as that of Vietnamese, except new revolutionary phrases and idioms have been introduced.

Vocabulary

 * mèo — cat
 * chó — dog
 * ngườı — person
 * tıếng — language, speech
 * cây — tree
 * cháy — fire
 * nước — water
 * đấc — earth
 * yấy — paper
 * gỗ — wood
 * cơm — rice
 * bán mì — bread
 * nhà — house
 * yờı — sky
 * ngày — day
 * đêm — night
 * măc ngày — sun
 * măc trăng — moon
 * húng quế — basil
 * tráı cây — fruit

Toponyms

 * Cộng Hoà Phờı Oai Nghiêm — Grand Yarphese Republic
 * Sàı Gòng — Saigon
 * Cung Ðắp — Bangkok
 * Sừng Phêu — Singapore
 * Tươı Răng — Kuala Terengganu
 * Hơ Oaı — Tavoy
 * Ngày Trược — Ngachuak Port
 * Trờı Thàn Phố Trầng Chúp Long — Tranh Chup-yar City
 * Hàm Hổ — Sihanoukville