Central Canian

Introductory information about this language will go here.

Phonology

Consonants

/p/ /t/ /k/ - Fortis plosives

/b/ /d/ (/ŋ/)* - Lenis plosives

/m/ /n/ /ŋ/ - Nasals

/f/ /s/ /χ/ - Fortis fricatives

/v/ /z/ /ʁ/ - Lenis fricatives

/j/ /w/ - Approximants

(*) The voiced velar plosive assimilated into the velar nasal as the language evolved.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e*
Open		a

(*) /i/ lowers to this vowel when word-final.

Tones

Pitch	˨	˧	˥
Diacritic	à	(none)	á

Phonotactics

The syllable structure of Central Canian is CV(N). N may be any nasal, though it will tend to assimilate into the place of articulation of a following consonant. Additionally, consonants (except for approximants) can be geminated when not word-initial.

Orthography

All vowels are written here using the appropriate IPA symbol. The close front vowel is spelt "i" when not word-final, and "e" when it is.

Consonants are written using their IPA symbols, with the following exceptions:

/ŋ/ -> ğ

/χ/ -> x

/ʁ/ -> r

/j/ -> y