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=Phonology= | =Phonology= | ||
==Phoneme Inventory== | ==Phoneme Inventory== | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
<table width="700px"> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>Bilabial</td> | |||
<td>Labiodental</td> | |||
<td>Labiovelar</td> | |||
<td>Alveolar</td> | |||
<td>Post-alveolar</td> | |||
<td>Palatal</td> | |||
<td>Velar</td> | |||
<td>Glottal</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Nasal</td> | |||
<td>m</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>n</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Plosive</td> | |||
<td>p b</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>t d</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>k g</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Affricate</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>ʧ (ch) ʤ (dj)</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Fricative</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>f v</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>s z</td> | |||
<td>ʃ (sh) ʒ (j)</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>h</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Approximant</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>w</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>j (y)</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Tap</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>ɾ (r)</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Lat. Approx.</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td>l</td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
<td></td> | |||
</tr></table> | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
<table width="300px"> | <table width="300px"> | ||
<tr> | <tr> | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 1 June 2006
Writing System
The writing system of mabri is both logographic and syllabic, i.e., each syllable represents a distinct morpheme and is uniquely written with a grapheme.
Romanization
Phonology
Phoneme Inventory
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Labiovelar | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |||||
| Affricate | ʧ (ch) ʤ (dj) | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ (sh) ʒ (j) | h | ||||
| Approximant | w | j (y) | ||||||
| Tap | ɾ (r) | |||||||
| Lat. Approx. | l |
Vowels
| Vowel | Stressed | Unstressed | Verbal |
| a | a | a, ə | ã |
| e | ɛ | e | ẽ |
| i | i | i | ĩ |
| o | ɔ | o | õ |
| u | u | u | ũ |
