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|/i y/ ''i y'' || || /ɯ u/ ' | |/i y/ ''i y'' || || /ɯ u/ 'ə w'' | ||
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* The /ə/ sound is usually dropped completely when the unstressed syllable containing ''a e'' is directly before the stressed syllable. | * The /ə/ sound is usually dropped completely when the unstressed syllable containing ''a e'' is directly before the stressed syllable. | ||
* When unstressed and at the end of a word, ''a e o u'' are raised to /ɐ ɪ ʊ ʏ/, respectively. | * When unstressed and at the end of a word, ''a e o u'' are raised to /ɐ ɪ ʊ ʏ/, respectively. | ||
* ''i | * ''ə i w y'' are pronounced as /ɰ j w ɥ/, respectively, when before, after, or in between vowels. | ||
* A diaeresis is added to ''i | * A diaeresis is added to ''ə i w y'' in situations where they aren’t pronounced as /ɰ i w ɥ/, respectively. | ||
* Doubled vowels have a longer sounds. | * Doubled vowels have a longer sounds. | ||
Revision as of 12:16, 26 January 2012
Current conlang.
Phonology and Orthography
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatalized Postalveolar | Palatal | Labialized Palatal | Velar | Labaialized Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | /m/ m | /n/ n | /ɲ/ ṅ | /ŋ/ ŋ | |||||
Plosive | /p b/ p b | /t d/ t d | /ʔ/ h | ||||||
Fricative | /ɸ β/ f v | /θ ð/ þ ð | /s z/ s z | /ɕ ʑ/ ṡ ż | /ç ʝ/ k̇ ġ | /x ɣ/ k g | |||
Affricative | /ts dz/ c x | /tɕ dʑ/ ċ ẋ | |||||||
Approximant | /j/ i | /ɥ/ y | /ɰ/ ı | /w/ w | |||||
Tap | /ɾ/ r | ||||||||
Lateral Fricative | /ɬ ɮ/ kl gl | ||||||||
Lateral Approximant | /l/ l | /ʎ/ l̇ |
- Consonants with the dot accent can’t appear before a vowel. When the corresponding sound is before a vowel, it’s written without the accent and an i next to the consonant. (e.g. maṡ+a=masia).
- r at the end of a word is pronounced as /ð/.
- The approximants aren’t pronounced correspondingly when in between two consonants.
- When a voiced and voiceless consonant are right next to each other, they both become voiceless.
- p t are the end of a word pronounced as /p̚ t̚/, respectively.
- g in between two of the same vowel is silent.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | /i y/ i y | /ɯ u/ 'ə w | |
Close-Mid | /e ø/ e u | /o/ o | |
Open | /a/ a |
- When unstressed, a e are realized as both /ə/.
- The /ə/ sound is usually dropped completely when the unstressed syllable containing a e is directly before the stressed syllable.
- When unstressed and at the end of a word, a e o u are raised to /ɐ ɪ ʊ ʏ/, respectively.
- ə i w y are pronounced as /ɰ j w ɥ/, respectively, when before, after, or in between vowels.
- A diaeresis is added to ə i w y in situations where they aren’t pronounced as /ɰ i w ɥ/, respectively.
- Doubled vowels have a longer sounds.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close-Mid | /øʏ/ ᵫ | /oɪ/ œ | |
Open | /aɪ/ æ |
Stress
Stress normally falls on the first syllable of a word. However, there is irregular stress. This is denoted by an acute accent on that specific syllable's vowel to show the irregularity.