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====Diphthongs==== | |||
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! colspan="6" | falling | |||
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|{{IPA|[aI~aI:]}}||ak'''ai'''||'red'||{{IPA|[aU~aU:]}}||t'''ao'''||[[Wikipedia:Tao|'the Tao']] | |||
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|{{IPA|[uj]}}||av'''ui'''||'today' || {{IPA|[uw]}}||d'''uu'''||'he/she is carrying' | |||
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! colspan="6" | rising | |||
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|{{IPA|[ja]}}||'''ia'''ia||'grandma'|| {{IPA|[wa]}}||q'''ua'''tre||'four' | |||
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|{{IPA|[jɛ]}}||ve'''ie'''m||'we see' || || || | |||
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Revision as of 07:06, 23 November 2010
Pronunciation
- Where ~ appears, it indicates free variation between phonemes.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i~i: (i) | u~u: (u) | |
| Mid | e~e: (e) | o~o: (o) | |
| Open | a~a: (a) |
Diphthongs
| falling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [aI~aI:] | akai | 'red' | [aU~aU:] | tao | 'the Tao' | |
| [uj] | avui | 'today' | [uw] | duu | 'he/she is carrying' | |
| rising | ||||||
| [ja] | iaia | 'grandma' | [wa] | quatre | 'four' | |
| [jɛ] | veiem | 'we see' | ||||
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | labial | ||||
| Nasal | m (m) | n (n) | ɲ (ny) | ||||
| Plosive | p~b (p) | t~ (t) | k~g (k) | kʷ~gʷ (ku) | ʔ (') | ||
| Fricative | s (s) | ʃ (s) | |||||
| Affricate | ts (ts) | tɬ (tl) | tʃ (ts) | ||||
| Approximant | l (l) | j (y) | w (u) | ||||
