Nordaþ phonology

This article deals with representing the graphemes and their phonetic values in the Nordaþ language.

Nordaþ language
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Vowels

The following table represents Nordaþ vowels and diphthongs. It also reveals vowel placements (back/front/middle).

Grapheme/Diphthong	Standard IPA Value	Northeastern IPA Value	Back-Vowel	Front-Vowel	Middle-Vowel
a	a	ɑ	+	-	-
ai	aɪ	aɪ	-	-	+
ä	æ	ɛ	-	+	-
äu	aʊ	aʊ	-	-	+
e	ɛ	ə	-	+	-
ë	e	e	-	+	-
i	i	i	-	+	-
ï	ɪ	ɪ	-	-	+
o	o	o	+	-	-
oi	ɔɪ	ɔy	-	-	+
u	u	u	+	-	-
y	y	y	-	+	-

Consonants

This table deals with the graphemes and IPA realisations of the graphemes. Unlike with vowels, there are no front, back, or middle consonants realised.

Grapheme	IPA Value
b	b
c	tʃ
d	d
f	f
g	g
h	h
j	j
k	k
l	l
m	m
n	n
ng	ŋ
p	p
r	ɾ (ɹ is used following short vowels and at the end of syllables which are not followed by a vowel sound. If they are and the proceeding sound to the 'r' is a long/middle vowel, then ɾ is used instead)
s	s
š	ʃ
t	t
þ	θ/ð
v	v
w	w
z	z
ž	ʒ