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==Oyster languages== | ==Oyster languages== | ||
CONSONANTS: | |||
PLAIN PALATALIZED | PLAIN PALATALIZED | ||
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Rounded uvulars: qʷ hʷ | Rounded uvulars: qʷ hʷ | ||
VOWELS: | |||
a e i o u | |||
a̯ ɨ̯ | |||
The vowels in the lower row are ultrashort vowels, which are devoiced in some contexts, and are written with consonant symbols in the native alphabet. | |||
==Birch languages== | ==Birch languages== | ||
Revision as of 11:14, 8 September 2019
Oyster languages
CONSONANTS:
PLAIN PALATALIZED
Rounded bilabials: pʷ bʷ w Bilabials: p b m pʲ bʲ mʲ Alveolars: t d n s l tʲ dʲ sʲ Postalveolars: č ǯ ň š ł Palatals: ć ǵ ń ś y (ć ǵ ń ś y) Velars: k ġ ŋ x g kʲ Labiovelars: kʷ ġʷ xʷ gʷ Uvulars: q h Rounded uvulars: qʷ hʷ
VOWELS:
a e i o u a̯ ɨ̯
The vowels in the lower row are ultrashort vowels, which are devoiced in some contexts, and are written with consonant symbols in the native alphabet.
Birch languages
Bilabials: p m f w Alveolars: t n s l Postalveolars: š y Velars: k ŋ h g
There were four vowels, and the diphthongs /ai əi au əu/. The tone system was à/ă/ā and the schwa only occurred on the low tone.
