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|+caption | '''Table of | |+caption | '''Table of Emegi vowels''' | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]] | ||
| e || ə || | | e || ə || o | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Open-mid vowel|Open mid]] | |||
| ɛ || || ɔ | |||
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! [[Wikipedia:Open vowel|Open]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Open vowel|Open]] | ||
| a || || | | a æ || || | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]] | ||
! [[Wikipedia:Labiodental consonant|Labiodental]] | |||
! [[Wikipedia:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] | ||
! [[Wikipedia:Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]] | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Stop consonant|Plosive]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Stop consonant|Plosive]] | ||
| p b | | p b || || t d || || k g || ʔ | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Nasal consonant|Nasal]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Nasal consonant|Nasal]] | ||
| m | | m || || n || || ŋ || | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Flap consonant|Flap]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Flap consonant|Flap]] | ||
| | | || || ɾ || || || | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Fricative consonant|Fricative]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Fricative consonant|Fricative]] | ||
| | | || v || s z || ʃ || x || h | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Lateral consonant|Lateral]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Lateral consonant|Lateral]] | ||
| || | | || || l || || || | ||
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== Old to Mid-Emegi == | === Old to Mid-Emegi === | ||
Intervocalic lenition. | Intervocalic lenition. | ||
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/a/s following voiceless consonants begin to shift to /æ/. | /a/s following voiceless consonants begin to shift to /æ/. | ||
== Mid to early modern Emegi == | === Mid to early modern Emegi === | ||
Loss of final schwa. | Loss of final schwa. | ||
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/ɨ/ begins to shift to /ə/ | /ɨ/ begins to shift to /ə/ | ||
== Early modern Emegi == | === Early modern Emegi === | ||
Initial devoicing occurs | Initial devoicing occurs | ||
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Non-initial /t/ and /d/ dentalised | Non-initial /t/ and /d/ dentalised | ||
== Modern Emegi == | === Modern Emegi === | ||
/ħ/ replaces /h/ initially in most dialects, including the standard language, under Arabic influence. | /ħ/ replaces /h/ initially in most dialects, including the standard language, under Arabic influence. | ||
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| P || /p/ | | P || /p/ | ||
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| R || / | | R || /ɾ/ | ||
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| S || /s/ | | S || /s/ | ||
Revision as of 16:49, 22 July 2009
Emegi is effectively a modern descendant of a conworld equivalent of Sumerian, which in this case existed around 50BC. This is highly subject to change.
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Open mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a æ |
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ʔ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Fricative | v | s z | ʃ | x | h | |
| Lateral | l |
Old to Mid-Emegi
Intervocalic lenition.
Merging of rhotics /r/ and /ɾ/.
/s/ and /z/ begin to merge into /z/.
Aspiration of /t/.
/u/s following voiced consonants begin to shift to /o/.
/i/s following voiced consonants begin to shift to /ɨ/.
/e/ and /o/ become /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ after voiced consonants.
/a/s following voiceless consonants begin to shift to /æ/.
Mid to early modern Emegi
Loss of final schwa.
Replacement of liaison /t/ with /ʔ/.
Overaspiration of initial /t/ leads to development into /s/.
Development of /w/ via word-initial l-vocalisation.
/t/ and /d/ velarised before back vowels.
/ɨ/ begins to shift to /ə/
Early modern Emegi
Initial devoicing occurs
Non-initial /t/ and /d/ dentalised
Modern Emegi
/ħ/ replaces /h/ initially in most dialects, including the standard language, under Arabic influence.
Orthography
Consonants
| Letter | IPA |
|---|---|
| B | /b/ |
| D | /d/ |
| C | /x/ |
| G | /g/ |
| H | /h/ |
| J | /ħ/ |
| K | /k/ |
| L | /l/ |
| M | /m/ |
| N | /n/ |
| Ň | /ŋ/ |
| P | /p/ |
| R | /ɾ/ |
| S | /s/ |
| Š | /s/ |
| T | /t/ |
| V | /v/ |
| W | /w/ |
Vowels
| Letter | IPA |
|---|---|
| a | /a/ |
| aa | /æ/ |
| e | /ɛ/, /ə/ |
| eu | /e/ |
| o | /ɔ/ |
| ou | /o/ |
| u | /u/ |
