Nemuti: Phonology

Introduction

• The Nemuti are divided into two nations, one north of the jungle and one south of the jungle. They speak the same language but there are some differences in their pronunciations. The following tables set out the these two different pronunciations.

Nemuti Phonology

Table of Phonemes

MOA	nasals				stops							sibilants				fricatives			tap		affricates				approximants			vowels
IPA	/m/	/n/	/ŋ/		/p/	/b/	/t/	/d/	/k/	/g/		/s/ (/θ/)	/z/ (/ð/)	/ʃ/		/ɸ/	/h/		/ɾ/ (/ʁ/)		/ʦ/	/ʧ/	/ʤ/		/j/	/w/		/i/	/e/	/ä/	/o/	/u/ (/ɯ/)
Latin	m	n	ŋ		p	b	t	d	k	g		s	z	x		f	h		r		ſ ſ	c	j		y	w		i	e	a	o	u
Nemuti	Γ	F	E		T	Ŧ	Ⴙ	Ⴌ	Ⴈ	ꟻ		X	Ӿ	ⵅ		Y	Ұ		Ш		ⵡ	Η	Π		ᗐ	ᗑ		ᛁ	ᛚ	ᚫ	ᐃ	ᐁ
Devanagari	म	न	ङ		प	ब	त	ड	क	ग		स	स़	श		फ	ह		र		त्स	च	ज		य	व		इ / पि	ए / पे	अ / पा	ओ / पो	उ / पु
Cyrillic	М м	Н н	Ӈ ӈ		П п	Б б	Т т	Д д	К к	Г г		С с	З з	Ш ш		Ф ф	Һ һ		Р р		Ц ц	Ч ч	Џ џ		Й й	Ў ў		И и	Э э	А а	О о	У у
Name	ma	na	ŋa		pa	ba	ta	da	ka	ga		sa	za	xa		fa	ha		ra		ſa	ca	ja		ya	wa		i	e	a	o	u

Note

• The alphabet is ordered according to the position of the letters on this table, first the nasals, then the stops, etc.
• The Devanagari script is treated as an alphabet, not an abugida, in Nemuti by using the letter < ा > /ā/ to represent /a/.

Table of Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	Voiced	<m> /m/	<n> /n/					<ŋ> /ŋ/
Stops	Voiceless	<p> /p/	<t> /t/					<k> /k/
	Voiced	<b> /b/	<d> /d/					<g> /g/
Sibilant Fricative	Voiceless			<s> /s/	<x> /ʃ/
	Voiced			<z> /z/
Non-sibilant Fricative	Voiceless	<f> /ɸ/	(<þ> /θ/)							<h> /h/
	Voiced		(<ð> /ð/)						(<r> /ʁ/)
Tap	Voiced			<r> /ɾ/
Affricate	Voiceless			<ſ> /ʦ/		<c> /ʧ/
	Voiced					<j> /ʤ/
Approximant	Voiced						<y> /j/	<w> /w/

Note:

• Phonemes in parentheses indicate the pronunciations in southern Nemuti.

Table of Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	<i> /i/		<u> /u/ (/ɯ/)
Close-mid	<e> /e/
Open-mid			<o> /o/
Open		<a> /a/

Note:

• Phoneme in parentheses indicates the pronunciation in southern Nemuti.