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There are five '''consonants''': | There are five '''consonants''': | ||
*<m n> are straightforward [m n]. | *<m n> are straightforward [m n]. They have syllabic counterparts. | ||
*<h> is generally [ɦ]. Can become a voiceless nasal when occurring before the syllabic nasals. [j] is an acceptable variant before a vowel. | *<h> is generally [ɦ]. Can become a voiceless nasal when occurring before the syllabic nasals. [j] is an acceptable variant before a vowel. | ||
*<f> varies within the [ɸ ~ ʍ ~ β ~ w] ballpark. It does | *<f> varies within the [ɸ ~ ʍ ~ β ~ w] ballpark. It does not occur word-initially. | ||
*<:> (yes, a colon) is a glottal stop [ʔ]. There is no contrast with a zero initial (never written in that position). | *<:> (yes, a colon) is a glottal stop [ʔ]. There is no contrast with a zero initial (never written in that position). | ||
As well as one true '''vowel''', written as <-> (a dash). The quality may be anything from a nasal shwa [ə̃] to your average [a]. There is contrastiv length, written by two dashes. | As well as one true '''vowel''', written as <-> (a dash). The quality may be anything from a nasal shwa [ə̃] to your average [a]. There is contrastiv length, written by two dashes. A word-final vowel is not written. | ||
A word can only consist of syllables with a vowel, or syllables without. | |||
In a vocalic word, three consonant clusters are possible across syllables: <mf hm hn>. Adjacent long or closed syllables are disallowed, as are final vowels. | |||
A non-vocalic word has a maximum lenght of two syllables, of the structure (glottal consonant)+(nasal consonant)+(optional word-final glottal stop). A syllable without a following glottal stop (coda or internasalic) is somewhat longer in duration and written with a duplicated nasal consonant. So for example <hmm>, <mmhn:> or <hn:nn>, but not <mhn> or <hm>. | |||
Revision as of 15:41, 9 March 2009
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There are five consonants:
- <m n> are straightforward [m n]. They have syllabic counterparts.
- <h> is generally [ɦ]. Can become a voiceless nasal when occurring before the syllabic nasals. [j] is an acceptable variant before a vowel.
- <f> varies within the [ɸ ~ ʍ ~ β ~ w] ballpark. It does not occur word-initially.
- <:> (yes, a colon) is a glottal stop [ʔ]. There is no contrast with a zero initial (never written in that position).
As well as one true vowel, written as <-> (a dash). The quality may be anything from a nasal shwa [ə̃] to your average [a]. There is contrastiv length, written by two dashes. A word-final vowel is not written.
A word can only consist of syllables with a vowel, or syllables without.
In a vocalic word, three consonant clusters are possible across syllables: <mf hm hn>. Adjacent long or closed syllables are disallowed, as are final vowels.
A non-vocalic word has a maximum lenght of two syllables, of the structure (glottal consonant)+(nasal consonant)+(optional word-final glottal stop). A syllable without a following glottal stop (coda or internasalic) is somewhat longer in duration and written with a duplicated nasal consonant. So for example <hmm>, <mmhn:> or <hn:nn>, but not <mhn> or <hm>.
