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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The Fortunatian alphabet has | The Fortunatian alphabet has 20 letters. There are also four digraphs which are not considered part of the alphabet, but probably should be. | ||
a [a] | a [a] | ||
b [b] | b [b] | ||
c [k] before /a/, /o/, /u/, /y/ | c [k] before /a/, /o/, /u/, /y/ | ||
d [d] | d [d] | ||
e [e, | |||
g [ | e [e, ɛ] | ||
g [ʤ] | |||
f [f] | f [f] | ||
h [etymological, or diaeresis marker] | h [etymological, or diaeresis marker] | ||
i [i], [j] before another vowel | i [i], [j] before another vowel | ||
m [m] | m [m] | ||
n [n] | n [n] | ||
o [ | |||
o [ə] | |||
p [p] | p [p] | ||
qu [k] before /e/, /i/ | qu [k] before /e/, /i/ | ||
r [r] | r [r] | ||
s [s] | s [s] | ||
t [t] | t [t] | ||
u [u] | u [u] | ||
x [ | |||
y [ | x [ʃ] | ||
y [ɨ] | |||
Non-Alphabetic Digraphs | Non-Alphabetic Digraphs | ||
au [o] | au [o] | ||
ch [ | |||
ch [ʧ] | |||
hu [w] - this can (rarely) occur before a consonant | hu [w] - this can (rarely) occur before a consonant | ||
nh [ | |||
nh [ɲ] | |||
Revision as of 19:02, 20 August 2010
Fortunatian is a Romance language, with Etruscan and Guanche substrates, spoken in the Fortunate Islands (our world's Canary Islands). This is a description of Classical Fortunatian (fl. 12c ACE).
Phonology
The Fortunatian alphabet has 20 letters. There are also four digraphs which are not considered part of the alphabet, but probably should be.
a [a]
b [b]
c [k] before /a/, /o/, /u/, /y/
d [d]
e [e, ɛ]
g [ʤ]
f [f]
h [etymological, or diaeresis marker]
i [i], [j] before another vowel
m [m]
n [n]
o [ə]
p [p]
qu [k] before /e/, /i/
r [r]
s [s]
t [t]
u [u]
x [ʃ]
y [ɨ]
Non-Alphabetic Digraphs
au [o]
ch [ʧ]
hu [w] - this can (rarely) occur before a consonant
nh [ɲ]
