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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Elimyen is written using an abugida script (an abugida is a script where each character represents a consonant and vowel together). There are characters for each consonant-vowel pair (and lone vowel) below, except for 'du', 'tu' and 'yi', which do not appear in the language. There is also some overlap between s/z and dh/th, which are considered individual phonemes. The absence of a vowel following a consonant is indicated explicitly. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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Revision as of 12:12, 31 October 2006
Elimyen is an agglutinative conlang.
Phonology
Elimyen is written using an abugida script (an abugida is a script where each character represents a consonant and vowel together). There are characters for each consonant-vowel pair (and lone vowel) below, except for 'du', 'tu' and 'yi', which do not appear in the language. There is also some overlap between s/z and dh/th, which are considered individual phonemes. The absence of a vowel following a consonant is indicated explicitly.
Consonants
| Letter | IPA symbol(s) |
|---|---|
| b | b |
| d | d |
| dh | ð |
| g | ɡ |
| j | dʒ |
| k | k |
| l | l |
| m | m |
| n | n |
| p | p |
| r | ɾ |
| s | s |
| sh | ʃ |
| t | t |
| th | θ |
| v | v |
| y | j |
| z | z |
Consonants
| Letter | IPA symbol(s) |
|---|---|
| a | æ, ɑ |
| e | ɛ |
| i | i |
| o | ɒ |
| u | ʌ, ʊ |
