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== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
=== | === Vowels === | ||
==== Phonemes ==== | |||
/a e i o u y/ <a e i o u y> | /a e i o u y/ <a e i o u y> | ||
=== | ==== Allophony ==== | ||
All vowels (except /a/) have a lax counterpart: /e/ - [ɛ], /i/ - [ɪ], /o/ - [ɔ], /u/ - [ʊ] and /y/ - [ʏ]. Lax vowels appear instead of the tense ones | All vowels (except /a/) have a lax counterpart: /e/ - [ɛ], /i/ - [ɪ], /o/ - [ɔ], /u/ - [ʊ] and /y/ - [ʏ]. Lax vowels appear instead of the tense ones | ||
# always in closed syllables; e.g. emnathon [ | # always in closed syllables; e.g. emnathon [⁸ɛm.na.tʰɔn] | ||
# in the syllable following a stressed vowel; e.g. Thesome [ | # in the syllable following a stressed vowel; e.g. Thesome [⁸tʰe.zɔ.mɛ] | ||
# in the last syllable of a word; e.g. deromi [ | # in the last syllable of a word; e.g. deromi [⁸de.ɾɔ.mɪ] | ||
Word final [ɛ] may be realised as [ə] in fast speech: Thesome / | Word final [ɛ] may be realised as [ə] in fast speech: Thesome /⁸tʰe.zɔ.mə/ | ||
When the penultimate syllable is stressed, the vowel is usually pronounced longer; contrast deromi [ | When the penultimate syllable is stressed, the vowel is usually pronounced longer; contrast deromi [⁸de.ɾɔ.mɪ] with derthi [⁸dɛːɾ.tʰɪ] | ||
=== Diphthongs === | |||
==== Phonemes ==== | |||
/aɪ eɪ ɔɪ aʊ/ <ai ei eu/oi au> | |||
/ɔɪ/ is written <eu> in the first syllable of a word, <oi> anywhere else; probably a sound change that has occurred in an earlier stage but that has been undone. | |||
==== Glide Insertion ==== | |||
When another vowel follows a diphthong, | |||
# in formal speech diphthongs ending in /ɪ/ add a /j/-glide before the next vowel whereas after /aʊ/ a /w/ is added. | |||
# in colloquial speech diphthongs become (long) monophthongs with a glide onset on the following syllable. | |||
E.g. andromeía: 1. [an.dɾo.⁸meɪ.ja] 2. [an.dɾo.⁸meː.ja] and Sauos: 1. [⁸saʊ.wɔs] 2. [⁸saː.wɔs] | |||
== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||
=== Verbal Morphology === | === Verbal Morphology === | ||
Revision as of 10:50, 25 March 2008
Thesome ["tʰezome] is a constructed language. It is similiar to Ancient Greek in terms of phonology and Finnish in terms of morphology.
Phonology
Vowels
Phonemes
/a e i o u y/ <a e i o u y>
Allophony
All vowels (except /a/) have a lax counterpart: /e/ - [ɛ], /i/ - [ɪ], /o/ - [ɔ], /u/ - [ʊ] and /y/ - [ʏ]. Lax vowels appear instead of the tense ones
- always in closed syllables; e.g. emnathon [⁸ɛm.na.tʰɔn]
- in the syllable following a stressed vowel; e.g. Thesome [⁸tʰe.zɔ.mɛ]
- in the last syllable of a word; e.g. deromi [⁸de.ɾɔ.mɪ]
Word final [ɛ] may be realised as [ə] in fast speech: Thesome /⁸tʰe.zɔ.mə/ When the penultimate syllable is stressed, the vowel is usually pronounced longer; contrast deromi [⁸de.ɾɔ.mɪ] with derthi [⁸dɛːɾ.tʰɪ]
Diphthongs
Phonemes
/aɪ eɪ ɔɪ aʊ/ <ai ei eu/oi au>
/ɔɪ/ is written <eu> in the first syllable of a word, <oi> anywhere else; probably a sound change that has occurred in an earlier stage but that has been undone.
Glide Insertion
When another vowel follows a diphthong,
- in formal speech diphthongs ending in /ɪ/ add a /j/-glide before the next vowel whereas after /aʊ/ a /w/ is added.
- in colloquial speech diphthongs become (long) monophthongs with a glide onset on the following syllable.
E.g. andromeía: 1. [an.dɾo.⁸meɪ.ja] 2. [an.dɾo.⁸meː.ja] and Sauos: 1. [⁸saʊ.wɔs] 2. [⁸saː.wɔs]
