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Revision as of 14:45, 18 April 2008

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasals m n ŋ ɴ
Voiceless plosivs p t ts k q ʔ
Voiced plosivs b d
Voiceless fricativs f θ s x χ h
Voiced fricativs v ð z
Approximants w l r j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Hi i, y u
Mid e ə o
Lo a~ɑ

Development from Proto-Persian'

  • intervocalic stop lenition
    • b d → v ð
    • p t k q → b d g ʁ
  • loss of aspiration
    • ʰp ʰt ʰk ʰq → p t k q
    • pʰ tʰ kʰ qʰ → f θ x χ
  • high vowels
    • ɪ ʊ → i u
    • ɪː ʊː → əj əw
    • ɪj ʊj → iː uj
    • ɪw ʊw → iw u
  • umlaut
    • i → y / _Cu
  • loss of difthongs in _w
    • iw → yː
    • ew → eː, sometimes → øː → joː
    • æw → æː
    • ow → uː
  • æː ɒː → oː (both)
  • ʁ → ð or null
  • final plosivs lost
  • palatalization
    • k ɡ x → ts z s before front vowels & /j/
    • tj → ts