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| '''stops''' || align=center| p|p| b* || || align=center| t<t> d* || || || align=center| k<k> g* || align=center| (ʔ)
| '''stops''' || align=center| p|p| b* || || align=center| t<t> d* || || || align=center| k<k> g* || align=center| (ʔ)
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| '''fricatives''' || align=center| ɸ* β* || align=center| θ<3> ð* || align=center| s|s| z* || align=center|ʃ<ş> ʒ* || || align=center| x<x> ɣ* || align=center| h[h]
| '''fricatives''' || align=center| ɸ* β* || align=center| θ<3> ð* || align=center| s"s" z* || align=center|ʃ<ş> ʒ* || || align=center| x<x> ɣ* || align=center| h<h>
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| '''nasals''' || align=center| m<m> || || align=center| n<n> || || align=center| ŋ*
| '''nasals''' || align=center| m<m> || || align=center| n<n> || || align=center| ŋ*

Revision as of 07:34, 2 October 2009

Asterisks mark sounds not fully represented with the orthography, brackets show how sounds are represented

labial dental alveolar post-alveolar palatal velar glottal
stops p|p| b* t<t> d* k<k> g* (ʔ)
fricatives ɸ* β* θ<3> ð* s"s" z* ʃ<ş> ʒ* x<x> ɣ* h<h>
nasals m<m> n<n> ŋ*
liquids r* l<l>
glides w<w> y<y>

[p t k x ʃ s l θ t͡s t͡ʃ] → [β d g ɣ ʒ z r ð d͡z d͡ʒ] In between vowels, when a consonant is before the final vowel of a word, it is often devoiced allowing possibilities like [ɸ]. After nasals and liquids [p] just become [b], rather than [β].

Brackets show how sounds are written, asterisks show sounds that usually only follow after velar consonants

Monophthongs of Pataari
Front Central Back
long short long short long short
Close iː<ii> ɪ"i" uː<uu>* ʊ"u"*
Mid ɛː <ee> ɛ<e> ɔː<oo> ɔ<o>
Open ɑː<aa> ɑ<a>

Dipthongs: [ei] [ɔu] [ie] and [ai] shown as <ei, ou, ie, ai>


Prosody and Stress

A heavy syllable is defined as one with a diphthong, long vowel, or one that closes with a consonant. There are no superheavy syllables (though, there are some rare exceptions) within Pataari, as in one that has a diphthong or long vowel and closes with a consonant. So, with VV beeing a diphthong, the sylable structure follows as:
V | CV
VV | CVV
VC | CVV
A word must at least have two light syllables or one heavy one, and never end with a consonant. Stress is marked by a higher pitch on either the first heavy syllable or first light syllable if there are no heavy syllables are within the word. Every following heavy syllable carries secondary stress after that, or every other light syllable -- the final light syllable is never stressed.