First 25 Words of θəwəməθy (DeRamosh), a #NewLanguage

We're using the Swadesh list to come up with the first 207 words or so in DeRamosh.  Before we start, here are the letters of this new language's alphabet:  ə þ θ w y m.

ə = All vowels are schwas.
þ = Plosives are rarely used (only for curse words); spit.
θ = th sound.
w = w sound.
y = consonant-y sound.
m = m sound.
No hard consonants, like k.

Without further ado, the first 25 (26 words plus two phrases, really):

1. I = əyə /uh-yuh/
2. you (singular) = yəə /yuh-uh/
3. he = yə /yuh/; she = θə /thuh/; it = əθ /uhth/
4. we = wə /wuh/
   
5. you (plural) = yəə θəwə /yuh-uh thuh-wuh/ for two; yəə əww /yuh-uh oh/ for three or more.
   
6. they = θəyə /thuh-yuh/
   
7. this = yəθ /yuhth/
   
8. that = θəθ /thuhth/
   
9. here = yəwə /yuh-wuh/
   
10. there = θəwə /thuh-wuh/
11. who = wəyə /wuh-yuh/
    
12. what = wəyəθ /wuh-yuhth/
    
13. where = wəyəwə /wuh-yuh-wuh/
    
14. when = wəyəm /wuh-yuhm/
    
15. how = yəw /yoh/
    
16. not = məθ /muhth/
    
17. all = əww /oh/
    
18. many = məməyə /muh-muh-yuh/
    
19. some = θəmə /thuh-muh/
    
20. few = θəw /thoh/
    
21. other = əθəw /uh-thoh/
    
22. one = əm /uhm/
    
23. two = θəwə /thuh-wuh/
    
24. three = θəwəə /thuh-wuh-uh/
    
25. four = θəəw /thuh-oh/
    

Hmm...this linguistic evolution has created new sounds!  Apparently ə + w, when spoken together, makes a long-o sound, as in Oh! and boat.

We'll have to figure out stressed syllables (and perhaps, musical syllables), when we have homonyms and homophones.  With five (out of six) letters; it's bound to happen.

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