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The '''Puan''' or '''Pyuwan''' language /ˈpju.(w)ən/ ([[Kyawcenni language|Kyawcenni]]: ''Bêde Pyuwane'') is a language isolate spoken in eastern [[Archipelagia]] in the [[Kingdom of Kyaw Cen|Kyawcenni]] territory of [[Kyawcenni Pua]]. | The '''Puan''' or '''Pyuwan''' language /ˈpju.(w)ən/ ([[Kyawcenni language|Kyawcenni]]: ''Bêde Pyuwane'') is a language isolate spoken in eastern [[Archipelagia]] in the [[Kingdom of Kyaw Cen|Kyawcenni]] territory of [[Kyawcenni Pua]]. | ||
The name ''Puan'' was used because nobody else had used that name, so Kyawcenni Puans just kinda stole it, lmao. | |||
Not much is known about the language and it is still being researched. The most active researcher of the Puan language is [[Marcy Sheikah]]. The Puan script was supposed to be the writing system for the language, but it has since been scrapped because of falsely assumed facts about the language's phonology or something. | |||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
Revision as of 18:06, 25 November 2024
| Puan | |
|---|---|
| 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.
The name Puan was used because nobody else had used that name, so Kyawcenni Puans just kinda stole it, lmao.
Not much is known about the language and it is still being researched. The most active researcher of the Puan language is Marcy Sheikah. The Puan script was supposed to be the writing system for the language, but it has since been scrapped because of falsely assumed facts about the language's phonology or something.
Phonology
Consonants
The romanization written in angle brackets includes both capitalizations of the letter.
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar (Hard) | Alveolar (Soft) | Postalveolar/Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasals | m <Mm> | n <Nn> | nʲ <NJ nȷ> | |||||
| Plosives | (p <Pp>)¹ b <Bb> |
t <Tt> d <Dd> |
tʲ <TJ tȷ> | tʃ <Ċċ> dʒ <Ġġ> |
k <Kk> ɡ <Gg> |
q <ꟼq> | ʔ <Qϱ> | |
| Fricatives | f <Ff> | θ <Cc> ð <Ðđ> |
s <Ss> z <Zz> |
sʲ <SJ sȷ> | ʃ <Ṡṡ> ʒ <Żż> |
χ <Xx> | ħ~h <Ħħ> ʕ~ɦ <Hh> | |
| Trills | r <Rr> | ʀ <Ṙṙ> | ||||||
| Liquids | l <Ll> | lʲ <LJ lȷ> | j <Jj> | w <Ww> |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i, iː <i, ī/y> | u, uː <u, ū> | |
| Mid | ə, əː <e, ē> | o, o: <o, ō> | |
| Low | æ <a> | ɑː <ā> |
¹Only found in Kyawcenni loanwords
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.