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*[q] is an allophone of [k] and [ġ] and only appears in front of [ʀ]: '''krromo''' ['qʀɔmʌ] ''come'' (participle). | *[q] is an allophone of [k] and [ġ] and only appears in front of [ʀ]: '''krromo''' ['qʀɔmʌ] ''come'' (participle). | ||
*[ʀ] developed from Germanic '''*kw''' > Old Upper Imstian '''chw'''. It is not an allophone of original [r]: ''' | *[ʀ] <rr> developed from Germanic '''*kw''' > Old Upper Imstian '''[χw] <chw>'''. It is not an allophone of original [r]: '''krroit''' ['qʀoɪt] ''had'' (participle) vs. '''krottzo''' ['krɔʦ:ʌ] ''to scratch''. | ||
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| ||colspan="2"|Front ||colspan="2"|Front Central || colspan="2"|Back-to-mid || colspan="2"|Back | |||
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| || Unround || Rounded || Unrounded || Rounded || Unround || Rounded || Unrounded || Rounded | |||
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| High || '''i''' (i) || || || || || || || '''u''' (u) | |||
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| Near-close || || || '''ɪ''' (i) || || || '''ʊ''' (u) | |||
|- | |||
| Open-mid || '''ɛ''' (e) || || || || || || '''ʌ''' (o) || '''ɔ''' (o) | |||
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*[ɪ] and [ʌ] are allophones of [i] and [ɔ] in unstressed syllables: '''progrom''' [prʌ'ġrɔm] ''program'' vs '''progromiero''' [prʌġrʌ'miɪ̯rʌ] ''to program'' | |||
*[ɛ] becomes [ɪ] if unstressed: '''telfo''' ['tɛlfʌ] ''phone'' vs. '''tilfoniero''' [tɪlfʌn'iɪ̯rʌ] ''to phone'' | |||
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Revision as of 11:44, 8 June 2009
This site describes the phonology of Upper Imstian tending to the local idiom of Imst (Iisch, adj. iischlorisch). As mentioned in the main article, there is no official orthography used for the language. Nevertheless here it is tried to establish one based partly on German.
Consonants
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | ḅ (b) | t | ḍ (d) | k | ġ (g) | q (g, k) | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v (w) | s | ʃ (sch) | χ (ch) | |||||||||||
| Affricate | pf | ʦ (tz) | ʧ (tsch) | |||||||||||||
| Approximants | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ (rr) | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
- [q] is an allophone of [k] and [ġ] and only appears in front of [ʀ]: krromo ['qʀɔmʌ] come (participle).
- [ʀ] <rr> developed from Germanic *kw > Old Upper Imstian [χw] <chw>. It is not an allophone of original [r]: krroit ['qʀoɪt] had (participle) vs. krottzo ['krɔʦ:ʌ] to scratch.
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Front Central | Back-to-mid | Back | |||||||
| Unround | Rounded | Unrounded | Rounded | Unround | Rounded | Unrounded | Rounded | |||
| High | i (i) | u (u) | ||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ (i) | ʊ (u) | ||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ (e) | ʌ (o) | ɔ (o) | |||||||
- [ɪ] and [ʌ] are allophones of [i] and [ɔ] in unstressed syllables: progrom [prʌ'ġrɔm] program vs progromiero [prʌġrʌ'miɪ̯rʌ] to program
- [ɛ] becomes [ɪ] if unstressed: telfo ['tɛlfʌ] phone vs. tilfoniero [tɪlfʌn'iɪ̯rʌ] to phone
