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'''Thesome''' ["tʰezome] is a language. | '''Thesome''' ["tʰezome] is a constructed language. It is similiar to Ancient Greek in terms of phonology and Finnish in terms of morphology. | ||
== Phonology == | |||
=== Vowel Phonemes === | |||
/a e i o u y/ <a e i o u y> | |||
=== Vowel Allophony === | |||
All vowels (except /a/) have a lax counterpart: /e/ - [ɛ], /i/ - [ɪ], /o/ - [ɔ], /u/ - [ʊ] and /y/ - [ʏ]. Lax vowels appear instead of the tense ones | |||
# always in closed syllables; e.g. emnathon ["ɛm.na.tʰɔn] | |||
# in the syllable following a stressed vowel; e.g. Thesome ["tʰe.zɔ.mɛ] | |||
# in the last syllable of a word; e.g. deromi ["de.ɾɔ.mɪ] | |||
Word final [ɛ] may be realised as [ə] in fast speech: Thesome /"tʰe.zɔ.mə/ | |||
When the penultimate syllable is stressed, the vowel is usually pronounced longer; contrast deromi ["de.ɾɔ.mɪ] with derthi ["dɛ:ɾ.tʰɪ] | |||
== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||
=== Verbal Morphology === | === Verbal Morphology === | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 25 March 2008
Thesome ["tʰezome] is a constructed language. It is similiar to Ancient Greek in terms of phonology and Finnish in terms of morphology.
Phonology
Vowel Phonemes
/a e i o u y/ <a e i o u y>
Vowel Allophony
All vowels (except /a/) have a lax counterpart: /e/ - [ɛ], /i/ - [ɪ], /o/ - [ɔ], /u/ - [ʊ] and /y/ - [ʏ]. Lax vowels appear instead of the tense ones
- always in closed syllables; e.g. emnathon ["ɛm.na.tʰɔn]
- in the syllable following a stressed vowel; e.g. Thesome ["tʰe.zɔ.mɛ]
- in the last syllable of a word; e.g. deromi ["de.ɾɔ.mɪ]
Word final [ɛ] may be realised as [ə] in fast speech: Thesome /"tʰe.zɔ.mə/ When the penultimate syllable is stressed, the vowel is usually pronounced longer; contrast deromi ["de.ɾɔ.mɪ] with derthi ["dɛ:ɾ.tʰɪ]
