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! Nasals | ! Nasals | ||
| m || || n || || || || | | m <Mm> || || n <Nn> || || || || | ||
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! Plosives | ! Plosives | ||
| b || || t d || tʃ < | | b <Bb> || || t <Tt> d <Dd> || tʃ <Ċċ> dʒ <J̇j>|| k <Kk>, ɡ <Gg> || q <ꟼq>|| ʔ <Qϱ> | ||
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! Fricatives | ! Fricatives | ||
| f || θ < | | f <Ff> || θ <Cc> ð <Jȷ> || s <Ss> z <Zz> || ʃ <Ṡṡ> ʒ <Żż> || || χ <Xx> || ħ~h <Ħħ> ʕ~ɦ <Hh> | ||
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! Trills | ! Trills | ||
| || || r || || || ʀ < | | || || r <Rr> || || || ʀ <Ṙṙ> || | ||
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!Liquids | !Liquids | ||
| || || l || j < | | || || l <Ll> || j <Yy> || w <Ww> || || | ||
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Revision as of 16:47, 25 November 2024
Puan | |
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Language family | Isolate |
Writing system | Puan Script? |
Official status | |
Spoken in | Kyawcenni Pua |
Speaker | |
Endonym | ??? |
Exonym | Puan, Pyuwan[1] |
Technical information | |
Language code | PYW |
The Puan or Pyuwan language /ˈpju.(w)ən/ (Kyawcenni: Bêde Pyuwane) is a language isolate spoken in eastern Archipelagia in the Kyawcenni territory of Kyawcenni Pua.
Phonology
Consonants
Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolo-Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
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Nasals | m <Mm> | n <Nn> | |||||
Plosives | b <Bb> | t d | tʃ <Ċċ> dʒ <J̇j> | k <Kk>, ɡ <Gg> | q <ꟼq> | ʔ <Qϱ> | |
Fricatives | f <Ff> | θ <Cc> ð <Jȷ> | s <Ss> z <Zz> | ʃ <Ṡṡ> ʒ <Żż> | χ <Xx> | ħ~h <Ħħ> ʕ~ɦ <Hh> | |
Trills | r <Rr> | ʀ <Ṙṙ> | |||||
Liquids | l <Ll> | j <Yy> | w <Ww> |
Vowels
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
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High | i, iː | u, uː | |
Mid | ə, əː | o, o: | |
Low | æ | ɑː |
Puan Script

Puan was planned to be written in the eponymous Puan Script, which was designed by Kyawcenni Quing Marcy I and was inspired by the Xadwg Script.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ “Pyuwan” is the Kyawcenni name of the language. This spelling is sometimes used in English to distinguish it from the Puan people.