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== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
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Kelanian contains 21 consonantal phonemes. The majority, 13, of these are stops. It has labial, dental and velar aspirated and unaspirated stops, both voiced and unvoiced, as well as the glottal stop '''3''', as in "uh-oh". There is only 1 fricative, '''s'''. The remaining 7 are sonorants. It has three nasals, '''m''', '''n''', and '''ñ''' (pronounced as is "ri'''ng'''", not as in Spanish "pi'''ñ'''ata"), each inherently linked to a certain group of stops ('''m''' with the labials, '''n''' with the dentals, and '''ñ''' with the velars). There are two liquids, '''l''' and '''r''', and two semivowels '''w''' and '''y'''. | |||
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|| ||Labial||Dental||Palatal||Velar||Glottal | |||
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||Stops, unaspirated||'''p''' '''b'''||'''t''' '''d'''|| ||'''k''' '''g'''||'''3''' | |||
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||Stops, aspirated||'''ph''' '''bh'''||'''th''' '''dh'''|| ||'''kh''' '''gh'''|| | |||
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||Fricatives|| ||'''s'''|| || || | |||
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||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''|| ||'''ñ'''|| | |||
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||Lateral|| ||'''l'''|| || || | |||
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||Trill|| ||'''r'''|| || || | |||
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||Semivowels||'''w'''|| ||'''y'''|| || | |||
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=== Vowels === | |||
There are 5 vowels, '''a''', '''e''', '''i''', '''o''', and '''u''', which can all be short or long. Long vowels are written with a macron, '''ā''', '''ē''', '''ī''', '''ō''', '''ū'''. The two mid vowels, '''e''' and '''o''', are tense when they are long, /e: o:/ and lax when they are short /ɛ ɔ/. | |||
{| | |||
|| ||Front||Central||Back | |||
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||Close||'''i'''|| ||'''u''' | |||
|- | |||
||Mid||'''e'''|| ||'''o''' | |||
|- | |||
||Open|| ||'''a'''|| | |||
|} | |||
There are also 8 diphthongs, essentially treated as long vowels. They are formed when '''i''' follows '''a''', '''e''', '''o''', or '''u''' and when '''u''' follows '''a''', '''e''', '''o''', or '''i'''. The first element becomes long (the macron isn't written), and the second becomes a semivowel, '''ai ei oi ui au eu ou iu''' are /a:j e:j o:j u:j a:w e:w o:w i:w/. | |||
=== Phonotactics === | === Phonotactics === | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 7 July 2007
| Kelanian | |
| Spoken in: | |
| Timeline/Universe: | |
| Total speakers: | ??? |
| Genealogical Classification: | (Proto-Language) |
| Basic word order: | OSV, free |
| Morphological type: | agglutinating > fusional |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | fluid-S |
| Created by: | |
| Andre | 2007 |
Phonology
Consonants
Kelanian contains 21 consonantal phonemes. The majority, 13, of these are stops. It has labial, dental and velar aspirated and unaspirated stops, both voiced and unvoiced, as well as the glottal stop 3, as in "uh-oh". There is only 1 fricative, s. The remaining 7 are sonorants. It has three nasals, m, n, and ñ (pronounced as is "ring", not as in Spanish "piñata"), each inherently linked to a certain group of stops (m with the labials, n with the dentals, and ñ with the velars). There are two liquids, l and r, and two semivowels w and y.
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
| Stops, unaspirated | p b | t d | k g | 3 | |
| Stops, aspirated | ph bh | th dh | kh gh | ||
| Fricatives | s | ||||
| Nasals | m | n | ñ | ||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Semivowels | w | y |
Vowels
There are 5 vowels, a, e, i, o, and u, which can all be short or long. Long vowels are written with a macron, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū. The two mid vowels, e and o, are tense when they are long, /e: o:/ and lax when they are short /ɛ ɔ/.
| Front | Central | Back | |
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
There are also 8 diphthongs, essentially treated as long vowels. They are formed when i follows a, e, o, or u and when u follows a, e, o, or i. The first element becomes long (the macron isn't written), and the second becomes a semivowel, ai ei oi ui au eu ou iu are /a:j e:j o:j u:j a:w e:w o:w i:w/.
