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Latest revision as of 20:48, 1 November 2012
Ęndehl is a colllang by Fenhl, Ienpw III, and ##conlang members TooManyToasters (aka Linguifex) and Uiri.
Phonology
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | b | t | d | k | g | q | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | β | s | x | χ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximants | ɹ | j | ʁ | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
- before l/ɹ/ʁ, /b/ is realized as [p].
- the affricate /ts/ is realized as [tʃ].
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | ||||||
| High | i | u | ||||||||
| Near-high | ||||||||||
| High-mid | e | o | ||||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Low-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||||
| Near-low | æ | |||||||||
| Low | ɑ | |||||||||
- [æ] and [a] are in free variation.
- Vowels occur in the usual high tone and a phonemically distinct low tone. /ə/ is toneless and usually pronounced on the same tone as the high-tone vowels.
Syllable structure
The structure of Ęndehl syllables can be described in pseudo-awkwords-code as:
(C(L))V(s/l/N)
with the following parameters:
- C=any consonant, or any of the affricates [ts/kx]
- L=l/ɹ/ʁ
- N=m/n/ŋ
- V=any vowel
Stress
alternating (iambic/trochaic) stress centered on the penultimate syllable
Orthography
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