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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
=== Phoneme inventory ===
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricate || || || || || {{IPA|/ts/}} || || {{IPA|/tʃ/}} || {{IPA|/dʒ/}}
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<sup>1</sup>The exact quality of the rhotic is unknown. <br>
<sup>1</sup>The exact quality of the rhotic is unknown.
The velar nasal is long if intervocalic, and short otherwise.
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=== Allophony ===
The velar nasal is long if intervocalic, and short otherwise.<br><br>
The short unvoiced plosives are voiced if intervocalic.<br><br>
The liquid is a rhotic at the beginning of a word and before /w/, but [l] in other positions.
=== Phonological constraints ===
The syllable structure of Proto-Kunnurūjungo is (O)V(C) where C is any short consonant and V is any single vowel or diphthong. /j/ and /w/ do not count as consonants, but as a part of a diphthong.<br><br>
The geminated or long consonant can only appear intervocalically, and count as being in two syllables at once. The onset of such a consonant belong to the same syllable as the vowel preceding it, while the release of the consonant belong to the same syllable as the vowel following it.


== Romanization ==
== Romanization ==
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The voiced plosives which are actually allophones of the unvoiced ones, are represented in the romanization.
The voiced plosives and the lateral are represented in the romanization, even though they are not phonemic.

Revision as of 05:58, 22 April 2010

Proto-Kunnurūjungo
Pronounced: /-kunːu*ruːdʒuŋːo/
Timeline and Universe:
Species: Human
Spoken:
Total speakers:
Writing system:
Genealogy:
Typology
Morphology: Agglutinative
Morphosyntax: Ergative
Word order: SOV
Credits
Creator: Qwynegold
Created: April 2010

Phonology

Phoneme inventory


Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Alveolar Post-alv. Velar Glottal
Nasal /m/ /n/ /ŋ/
Plain Plosive /p/ [b] /t/ [d] /k/ [ɡ]
Asp. or Gem. Plosive /pː/ /pʰ/ /tː/ /tʰ/ /kː/ /kʰ/
Plain Fricative /f/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/
Long Fricative /sː/
Affricate /ts/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/
Rhotic /*r/1
Lat. Approximant [l]
Long Lat. Approximant [lː]

1The exact quality of the rhotic is unknown.

Monophthongs
Front Back
High /i/ /y/ /u/ /uː/
Mid /e/ /ø/ /o/ /oː/
Low /ɑ/
Diphthongs
Front-Front Front-Back Back-Front Back-Back
High /ju/ /juː/ /wi/ /wy/ /wuː/
Mid /je/ /jo/ /joː/ /we/ /ue/ /wø/ /wo/
Opening Low /jɑ/ /wɑ/
Closing Low /ɑi/ /ɑu/

Allophony

The velar nasal is long if intervocalic, and short otherwise.

The short unvoiced plosives are voiced if intervocalic.

The liquid is a rhotic at the beginning of a word and before /w/, but [l] in other positions.

Phonological constraints

The syllable structure of Proto-Kunnurūjungo is (O)V(C) where C is any short consonant and V is any single vowel or diphthong. /j/ and /w/ do not count as consonants, but as a part of a diphthong.

The geminated or long consonant can only appear intervocalically, and count as being in two syllables at once. The onset of such a consonant belong to the same syllable as the vowel preceding it, while the release of the consonant belong to the same syllable as the vowel following it.

Romanization

A a, B b, Ch ch, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, Kk kk, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Ng ng, Nn nn, O o, Ō ō, Ö ö, P p, Ph ph, Pp pp, R r, S s, Sh sh, Ss ss, T t, Th th, Ts ts, Tt tt, U u, Ū ū, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Letter Pronunciation
A a ɑ
B b b
Ch ch
D d d
E e e
F f f
G g ɡ
H h h
I i i
J j
K k k
Kh kh
Kk kk
L l l
Ll ll
M m m
N n n
Ng ng ŋ
Nn nn
O o o
Ō ō
Ö ö ø
P p p
Ph ph
Pp pp
R r *r
S s s
Sh sh ʃ
Ss ss
T t t
Th th
Ts ts ts
Tt tt
U u u
Ū ū
Ü ü y
W w w
Y y j
Z z z
Zh zh ʒ

The voiced plosives and the lateral are represented in the romanization, even though they are not phonemic.