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Cernelian reflects limited vowel harmony between the vowels ''-o-'' (back) and ''-e-'' (front), otherwise the Proto-Finnic vowel harmonies ''*o'' : ''*ö'' displaced by Cernelian ''o'' : ''e'', and ''*u'' : ''*y'' become Proto-Cernelian yers ''*ъ'' and ''*ь'' that often deleted in some positions.

Revision as of 00:20, 11 October 2021

Phonetics

Consonants

Labial Dental Post-alveolar Alveo-palatal Velar Glottal
Plain Palatal Plain Palatal
Nasal /m/ /mʲ/ /n/ /ɲ/ /ŋ/
Stop /p b/ /pʲ bʲ/ /t d/ /k ɡ/ /kʲ ɡʲ/ /ʔ/
Affricate /t͡s d͡z/ /t͡ʂ d͡ʐ/ /t͡ɕ d͡ʑ/
Fricative /f v/ /fʲ vʲ/ /s z/ /ʂ ʐ/ /ɕ ʑ/ /x/ /xʲ/
Tap /r/
Approximant /l/ /j/ /w/

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close /i/ /ɨ/ /u/
Mid Plain /ɛ/ /ɔ/
Nasal /ɛ̃/ /ɔ̃/
Open /a/

Cernelian reflects limited vowel harmony between the vowels -o- (back) and -e- (front), otherwise the Proto-Finnic vowel harmonies *o : displaced by Cernelian o : e, and *u : *y become Proto-Cernelian yers and that often deleted in some positions.