Vietnamese (Yarphese Dialect)

Setting
The Yarphese Dialect of Vietnamese (Yarphese Spelling: Tiếng Yẹt Phay, Traditional Spelling: Tiếng Viẹt Phay) 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 ! Postalveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal ! colspan=2 | Nasal ! rowspan=3 align=center | Plosive and Affricate ! unaspirated ! aspirated ! 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, k)
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 * (ch)
 * (k, q, k)
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 * (th)
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 * (th)
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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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 * , (i),  (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" | (ia)
 * align="center" | (ơi)
 * align="center" | (iu)
 * align="center" | (ưa)
 * align="center" | (ây)
 * align="center" | (eu)
 * align="center" | (ua)
 * align="center" | (ai)
 * align="center" | (eo)
 * align="center" | (ay)
 * align="center" | (ơu)
 * align="center" | (ưi)
 * align="center" | (âu)
 * align="center" | (ui)
 * align="center" | (ao)
 * align="center" | (ôi)
 * align="center" | (au)
 * align="center" | (oi)
 * align="center" | (ưu)
 * align="center" | (ươi)
 * align="center" | (iêu)
 * align="center" | (uơi)
 * align="center" | (ươu)
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 * align="center" | (ôi)
 * align="center" | (au)
 * align="center" | (oi)
 * align="center" | (ưu)
 * align="center" | (ươi)
 * align="center" | (iêu)
 * align="center" | (uơi)
 * align="center" | (ươu)
 * }
 * align="center" | (ươi)
 * align="center" | (iêu)
 * align="center" | (uơi)
 * align="center" | (ươu)
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 * align="center" | (uơi)
 * align="center" | (ươu)
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Notes:

The diphthong is written: The diphtong is written:
 * 1) ia in open syllables: = mía 'sugar cane' (note: open syllables end with a vowel; closed syllables end with a consonant);
 * 2) iê before a consonant: = miếng '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 i, 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 i, e, ê, or y.

G is pronounced /ʒ/ before i, ê, 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 i, e, or ê.

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

Example text (UDHR, Article I)
Tấc cã mọi ngươi sin ra đều được tự yo yà bìn đẵng yề nhâng phẫm yà quyền lợi. Mọi cong người đều được tạo hoá bang cho lý trí yà lương tâm yà cầng phãi đối xữ với nhau trong tìn ang em.

(Yarphese usually has more divergence to Vietnamese, but this is an official text, so it is the same except in spelling)

Vietnamese, traditional spelling
Tất cả mọi ngươi sinh ra đều được tự do và bình đǎ̀ng về nhân phẩm và quyền lợi. Mọi con người đều được tạo hóa ban cho lý trí và lương tâm và cần phải đối xử với nhau trong tình anh em.

Universal Decleration of Human Rights, article one.

English
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.