Strish Phonology

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For its alpha release Strish orthography will be a variant of ASCII IPA.

Here is the phonemic inventory for Strish:

Vowels

  • /i/ - like "ee" in "see"
  • /I/ - like "i" in "it"
  • /e/ - like "ay" in "say" (without gliding towards the final /i/ sound)
  • /E/ - like "e" in "bet"
  • /a/ - like "a" in "father"
  • /A/ - like "a" in "cat"
  • /o/ - like "o" in "phone" (without gliding towards the final /u/ sound)
  • /O/ - like "au" in "caught"
  • /u/ - like "oo" in "food"
  • /U/ - like "oo" in "cook"
  • /@/ - like "u" in "cup"
  • /y/ - rounded /i/
  • /R/ - like "ur" in "hurt"; rhotic

The tense vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/, /y/, /R/ can all be parts of diphthongs. Not every combination of tense vowels forms a valid diphthong, but there are still too many valid combinations to comfortably try to list here.

Consonants

  • /p/ - like "p" in "put"
  • /b/ - like "b" in "but"
  • /f/ - like "f" in "foot"
  • /v/ - like "v" in "vase"
  • /m/ - like "m" in "mom"
  • /t/ - like "t" in "top"
  • /d/ - like "d" in "dot"
  • /n/ - like "n" in "no"
  • /s/ - like "s" in "sing"
  • /z/ - like "z" in "zoo"
  • /c/ - like "sh" in "shoe"
  • /j/ - like "s" in "pleasure"
  • /l/ - like "l" in "lap"
  • /r/ - trilled r
  • /k/ - like "k" in "keep"
  • /g/ - like "g" in "go"
  • /x/ - like "ch" in German "ach"
  • /'/ - glottal stop