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* When unstressed, ''a e'' are realized as both /ə/.
* The /ə/ sound is usually dropped completely when the unstressed syllable containing ''a e'' is directly before the stressed syllable.
* When unstressed and at the end of a word, ''a e o u'' are raised to /ɐ ɪ ʊ ʏ/, respectively.
* ''i ı w y'' are pronounced as /j ɰ w ɥ/, respectively, when before, after, or in between vowels.
* A diaeresis is added to ''i ı w y'' in situations where they aren’t pronounced as /j ɰ w ɥ/, respectively.
* Doubled vowels have a longer sounds.


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Revision as of 01:06, 29 December 2011

Current conlang.

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatalized Postalveolar Palatal Labialized Palatal Velar Labaialized Velar Glottal
Nasal /m/ m /n/ n /ɲ/ /ŋ/ ŋ
Plosive /p b/ p b /t d/ t d /ʔ/ h
Fricative /ɸ β/ f v /θ ð/ þ ð /s z/ s z /ɕ ʑ/ ṡ ż /ç ʝ/ k̇ ġ /x ɣ/ k g
Affricative /ts dz/ c x /tɕ dʑ/ ċ ẋ
Approximant /j/ i /ɥ/ y /ɰ/ ı /w/ w
Trill /r/ r
Lateral Fricative /ɬ ɮ/ kl gl
Lateral Approximant /l/ l /ʎ/

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close /i y/ i y /ɯ u/ ı w
Close-Mid /e ø/ e u /o/ o
Open /a/ a
  • When unstressed, a e are realized as both /ə/.
  • The /ə/ sound is usually dropped completely when the unstressed syllable containing a e is directly before the stressed syllable.
  • When unstressed and at the end of a word, a e o u are raised to /ɐ ɪ ʊ ʏ/, respectively.
  • i ı w y are pronounced as /j ɰ w ɥ/, respectively, when before, after, or in between vowels.
  • A diaeresis is added to i ı w y in situations where they aren’t pronounced as /j ɰ w ɥ/, respectively.
  • Doubled vowels have a longer sounds.
Front Central Back
Close-Mid /øʏ/ /oɪ/ œ
Open /aɪ/ æ