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This site describes the phonology of Upper Imstian tending to the local idiom of Imst ('''Iisch''', ''adj.'' ''' iischlorisch'''). As mentioned in the main article, there is no official orthography used for the language. Nevertheless here it is tried to establish one based partly on German. | This site describes the phonology of Upper Imstian tending to the local idiom of Imst ('''Iisch''', ''adj.'' ''' iischlorisch'''). As mentioned in the main article, there is no official orthography used for the language. Nevertheless here it is tried to establish one based partly on German. | ||
=Consonants= | ==Consonants== | ||
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*[ʀ] <rr> developed from Germanic '''*kw''' > Old Upper Imstian '''[χw] <chw>'''. It is not an allophone of original [r]: '''krroit''' ['qʀoɪt] ''had'' (participle) vs. '''krottzo''' ['krɔʦ:ʌ] ''to scratch''. | *[ʀ] <rr> developed from Germanic '''*kw''' > Old Upper Imstian '''[χw] <chw>'''. It is not an allophone of original [r]: '''krroit''' ['qʀoɪt] ''had'' (participle) vs. '''krottzo''' ['krɔʦ:ʌ] ''to scratch''. | ||
==Vowels== | |||
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*[ɪ] and [ʌ] are allophones of [i] and [ɔ] in unstressed syllables: '''progrom''' [prʌ'ġrɔm] ''program'' vs '''progromiero''' [prʌġrʌ'miɪ̯rʌ] ''to program'' | *[ɪ] and [ʌ] are allophones of [i] and [ɔ] in unstressed syllables: '''progrom''' [prʌ'ġrɔm] ''program'' vs '''progromiero''' [prʌġrʌ'miɪ̯rʌ] ''to program'' | ||
*[ɛ] becomes [ɪ] if unstressed: '''telfo''' ['tɛlfʌ] ''phone'' vs. '''tilfoniero''' [tɪlfʌn' | *[ɛ] becomes [ɪ] if unstressed: '''telfo''' ['tɛlfʌ] ''phone'' vs. '''tilfoniero''' [tɪlfʌn'iɪrʌ] ''to phone'' | ||
< | ===Diphthongs=== | ||
Diphthongs only appear in stressed position. <br> | |||
'''uo''' [uɔ]: '''luo''' ['luɔ] ''wo watch'' <br> | |||
'''ou''' [ɔʊ]: '''lou''' ['lɔʊ] ''lamb'' <br> | |||
'''eu''' [ɛʊ]: '''leubi''' ['lɛʊḅɪ] ''lambs'' <br> | |||
'''ie''' [iɪ]: '''kostriero''' ['kʌ'ʃtriɪrʌ] ''to castrate'' | |||
Revision as of 12:15, 8 June 2009
This site describes the phonology of Upper Imstian tending to the local idiom of Imst (Iisch, adj. iischlorisch). As mentioned in the main article, there is no official orthography used for the language. Nevertheless here it is tried to establish one based partly on German.
Consonants
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | ḅ (b) | t | ḍ (d) | k | ġ (g) | q (g, k) | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v (w) | s | ʃ (sch) | χ (ch) | |||||||||||
| Affricate | pf | ʦ (tz) | ʧ (tsch) | |||||||||||||
| Approximants | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ (rr) | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
- [q] is an allophone of [k] and [ġ] and only appears in front of [ʀ]: krromo ['qʀɔmʌ] come (participle).
- [ʀ] <rr> developed from Germanic *kw > Old Upper Imstian [χw] <chw>. It is not an allophone of original [r]: krroit ['qʀoɪt] had (participle) vs. krottzo ['krɔʦ:ʌ] to scratch.
Vowels
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Front Central | Back-to-mid | Back | |||||||
| Unround | Rounded | Unrounded | Rounded | Unround | Rounded | Unrounded | Rounded | |||
| High | i (i) | u (u) | ||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ (i) | ʊ (u) | ||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ (e) | ʌ (o) | ɔ (o) | |||||||
- [ɪ] and [ʌ] are allophones of [i] and [ɔ] in unstressed syllables: progrom [prʌ'ġrɔm] program vs progromiero [prʌġrʌ'miɪ̯rʌ] to program
- [ɛ] becomes [ɪ] if unstressed: telfo ['tɛlfʌ] phone vs. tilfoniero [tɪlfʌn'iɪrʌ] to phone
Diphthongs
Diphthongs only appear in stressed position.
uo [uɔ]: luo ['luɔ] wo watch
ou [ɔʊ]: lou ['lɔʊ] lamb
eu [ɛʊ]: leubi ['lɛʊḅɪ] lambs
ie [iɪ]: kostriero ['kʌ'ʃtriɪrʌ] to castrate
