Dawetidish

Dawetidish is the official language of the Republic of Dawetid (Dávḕtʹə́d M̥jìnk̥vók). This country is currently led by President Quark Hsuan-doong (K̥vák J̥hvándùŋ).

Classification and Dialects
Standard Dawetidish is based on the dialect of Trungking (T̥ruŋkiŋ), the capital of the Republic of Dawetid.

Vowels
Sounds in parentheses occur as allophones of other sounds or appear in loanwords.

Alphabet
Letters in red are used almost only in loanwords.

Phonotactics

 * All syllables must have an initial consonant. If there is no consonant, the glottal stop [ʔ] is assumed.
 * Syllable codas are one of the following: a nasal consonant, a voiceless unaspirated stop (plosive) (except for the glottal stop), or one of [j] [w]. The exception to this rule is the special diphthong [aɯ̯].

Example text
vā́dī zø̂yqū̌ yítcī̂ pɔ̂ŋ-lə̀. Ŋī̂ keŋ qàŋ-lə̀ zǐm nãy, líp-lə̀ tʹā-də̀ pw̄n. K̥vā́ kim cʹǖ̀ sæŋ t̥rw̄̂ mō̂-yə̀ má kʹǣ̂, lá k̥vā́ mav-lə̀, sæŋ dẃkhī̀ yít-ká nūn-də̀ są̌-p̥yáp. K̥vā́ másây sîn sæŋ rə̄̀ líp. K̥vā́ kɔ́m-də̀ k̥ʹrvâylàk hī̀ kʹuŋy̥hə̄-də̀ k̥ʹrvâylàk. K̥vā́ qī̊́ k̥vā́-t̥rw̄̂ vī̀ líp ŋī̂. K̥vā́ yā̃·· kɔ́m-də̀ k̥ʹyúŋpō̂ keŋ p̥yátt̥rín cèŋ yítká zìtbĩŋ. Máyī̃ pw̄n bē-dō̊̀ k̥vā́-də̀ m̥hə̄ k̥loŋ-də̀ kʹuŋy̥hə̄. Dàv sæŋ t̥rw̄̂ qẽnzǎy sw̄̌ y̥vī̀yít-də̀ k̥rǣ́. K̥vā́ k̥rǣ́t̥ʹvát-də̀ gī̀dãy p̥lâŋ-lə̀ lít-ká tʹâŋ. K̥vā́-də̀ lèŋqòn … cuŋyō … yī̃-lə̀ bìŋq̥vā̀, są̌-də̀ pʹàn, máyī̃ tamsim, máyī̃ l̥yvī̃. Ŋī̂ d̥rī̀yū̌ k̥vā́-də̀ sim, máyī̃ ŋī̂-də̀ sæŋq̥vàt zǐm tʹûŋkʹṓ. Cī́ ñā̀m ŋī̂ · ŋā̀ k̥rvan ŋī̂ – m̥yũŋ ŋī̂ k̥yū̀ l̥yvī̃ rū̀ ną̀ k̥vā́-də̀ m̥yē̊̃. K̥vā́ máxīn sáŋsãŋ máyī̃ ŋī̂ kʹī́lē̃-də̀ m̥yòysêv · ŋī̂ sw̄̌ tʹensī́-də̀ m̥yē̊̃ · ŋī̂ ceŋcʹáy-də̀ sintʹḗ · ŋī̂ dɔ̄̂-də̀ sim də̀ qěŋp̥yúk. Ŋī̂ hī̀ zø̀nbō̌. K̥vá mō̂-yə̀ máhī̀. K̥vā́ lav są̌. Ñèn, sìtcêy, k̥vā́ keŋ są̌-lə̀.