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CV(C)




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/r\/ cannot come after /p b k s z g X\ h/ or any retroflex consonants.
/r\/ cannot come after /p b k s z g X\ h/ or any retroflex consonants.
retroflex consonants can only come at the end of a word

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Phonology

Phonemes

/X-SAMPA/ /IPA/ <orthography>


Plosive /p b t d t` d` k g/ /p b t d ʈ ɖ k g/ <p b t d t` d` k g>

Nasal /m n n`/ /m n ɳ/ <m n n`>

Fricative /f v T D s z S Z C X\ h/ /f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ç ħ h/ <f v þ ð s z ş ż c x h>

Affricate /ts tS/ /ts tʃ/ <ts ç>

Approximant /r\ j/ /ɹ j/ <r j>

Lateral Approximant /l/ /l/ <l>


Close /i y u/ /i y u/ <ī y ū>

Close Lax /I U/ /ɪ ʊ/ <i u>

Close-Mid /e 2 o/ /e ø o/ <ē ö ō>

Mid Lax /@/ /ə/ <ë>

Open-Mid /E O/ /ɛ ɔ/ <e o>

Open Lax /{/ /æ/ <æ>

Open /A/ /ɑ/ <a>


short y i u ö ë e o a long ī ū ē ō æ


Diphthongs /OI aI aU/ <oi ai au >




Syllable Structure


CV(C)


Stress is on the first syllable




Allophones


All plosives become aspirated at the end of a word

[N] occurs at the end of words as an allophone of /n/

[J] occurs as an allophone of /n/ word medial

[dZ] is an allophone of /g/ that occurs medially




Phonotactics


No consonant clusters consisting of only fricatives,plosives or approximants

No consonant clusters involving nasals

The coda and onset cannot consist of more than two consonant sounds

There can be no double vowels sounds. vowels are either between two consonants or are diphthongs.

Approximants cannot begin a word. Approximants also have to have a Plosive or only the following fricatives /f v s z X\ h/.

/r\/ cannot come after /p b k s z g X\ h/ or any retroflex consonants.

retroflex consonants can only come at the end of a word