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===Phonemic Inventory=== | ===Phonemic Inventory=== | ||
====Consonants==== | ====Consonants==== | ||
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====Orthography==== | ====Orthography==== | ||
Orthography is phonemic. | |||
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!colspan=10| ''Vowels'' | |||
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| a || e || i || o || oh || ö || r || u || uh || ü | |||
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| /ɑ/ || /e/ || /i/ || /ɔ/ || /o/ || /ø/ || /ʌ/ || /u/ || /ʊ/ || /y/ | |||
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!colspan=13| ''Consonants'' | |||
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| b || p || ph || pw || m || d || t || th || tw || n || s || sh || x | |||
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| /p/ || /pʼ/ || /pʰ/ || /pʷ/ || /m/ || /t/ || /tʼ/ || /tʰ/ || /tʷ/ || /n/ || /s/ || /ʃ/ || /x/ | |||
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| dʼ || tʼ || tʼh || tʼw || ny || g || k || kh || kw || ng || l || ƛ || q | |||
|- style="background: #ccf; height: 1.8em; vertical-align: middle;" | |||
| /c/ || /cʼ/ || /cʰ/ || /cʷ/ || /ɲ/ || /k/ || /kʼ/ || /kʰ/ || /kʷ/ || /ŋ/ || /l/ || /tɬ/ || /ʔ/ | |||
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Spelling changes to reflect changes in pronunciation such as internal [[sandhi]]. [[Geminate]]d vowels and consonants are spelled double; in digraphs the first letter is doubled (e.g., ssh, nny, uuh). | |||
The letter ''r'' is strictly vocalic and has no consonantal value. | |||
''W'' is mainly used as in digraphs as a sign of labialization, but does occur in some loanwords by itself; by those unfamiliar with [w] proper it is pronounced [ʔʷ]. | |||
===Internal [[Sandhi]]=== | ===Internal [[Sandhi]]=== | ||
Latest revision as of 07:28, 15 March 2005
<< Trentish
Phonemic Inventory
Consonants
| labial | alveolar | palatal | velar | glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plosive | p pʼ pʰ (pʷ?) | tʼ tʰ tʷ | c cʰ cʷ | k kʼ kʰ kʷ | ʔ |
| nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| lateral | l tɬ | ||||
| fricative | s ʃ | x |
Vowels
| i y | ʊ u |
| e ø | o |
| ʌ ɔ | |
| ɑ |
Orthography
Orthography is phonemic.
| Vowels | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | e | i | o | oh | ö | r | u | uh | ü |
| /ɑ/ | /e/ | /i/ | /ɔ/ | /o/ | /ø/ | /ʌ/ | /u/ | /ʊ/ | /y/ |
| Consonants | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | p | ph | pw | m | d | t | th | tw | n | s | sh | x |
| /p/ | /pʼ/ | /pʰ/ | /pʷ/ | /m/ | /t/ | /tʼ/ | /tʰ/ | /tʷ/ | /n/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /x/ |
| dʼ | tʼ | tʼh | tʼw | ny | g | k | kh | kw | ng | l | ƛ | q |
| /c/ | /cʼ/ | /cʰ/ | /cʷ/ | /ɲ/ | /k/ | /kʼ/ | /kʰ/ | /kʷ/ | /ŋ/ | /l/ | /tɬ/ | /ʔ/ |
Spelling changes to reflect changes in pronunciation such as internal sandhi. Geminated vowels and consonants are spelled double; in digraphs the first letter is doubled (e.g., ssh, nny, uuh).
The letter r is strictly vocalic and has no consonantal value.
W is mainly used as in digraphs as a sign of labialization, but does occur in some loanwords by itself; by those unfamiliar with [w] proper it is pronounced [ʔʷ].
Internal Sandhi
Word-level
- Trentish words can only end in a vowel or a nasal. Stops and /l/ occurring at the end of a word are nasalized, thus /thɑk/ "wear" becomes [thɑŋ]. /ʔ/ and the other consonants are dropped.
Syllable-level
Syllable-final
- Plain voiceless consonants disappear, lengthening the previous vowel:
- /xlɔʔ/ "washed, clean" → [xlɔɔkʷʌ] "be washed".
- Ejectives and /l/ turn to nasals as at the word level:
- /tʰɔl/ "upon" → [tʰɔŋkʷʌ] "be on top of".
- Labialized consonants reduce to [w]:
- /kitʷ/ COLL → [kiwcʷecʷe] "set of journeys".
- Aspirated consonants fricativize:
- /pʼɑlɑkʰ/ "hate" → [pʼɑlɑxpʼɑlɑŋ] "grudge".
Syllable-initial after a nasal
- Aspirated stops are ejectivized by a preceding original nasal:
- /tʰɑŋ/ "wear" → [xɑntʼɑŋ] "wear that"
- Labialized stops inherit preceding nasality:
- /cʷe/ "go" → [xɑnɲʷe] "go up yonder".
- Plain stops are aspirated by a preceding nasal:
- /pɑ/ TOP → [xɑnpʰɑ] "yonder"
- Ejective stops geminate a preceding nasal:
- /pʼɑlɑŋ/ "hate" → [xɑmmɑlɑŋ] "hate that"
Syllable-inital after /ɲ/
- /ɲl/ > [ɲʎ]
- /ɲx/ > [ɲç]
- /ɲm/ > [ɲmʲ] etc.
