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Cernelian reflects limited vowel harmony between the vowels ''-o-'' (back) and ''-e-'' (front), otherwise the Proto-Finnic vowel harmonies ''*o'' : ''*ö'' displaced by Cernelian ''o'' : ''e'', and ''*u'' : ''*y'' become Proto-Cernelian yers ''*ъ'' and ''*ь'' that often deleted in some positions. | |||
Revision as of 00:20, 11 October 2021
Phonetics
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Post-alveolar | Alveo-palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Palatal | Plain | Palatal | |||||
| Nasal | /m/ | /mʲ/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | |||
| Stop | /p b/ | /pʲ bʲ/ | /t d/ | /k ɡ/ | /kʲ ɡʲ/ | /ʔ/ | ||
| Affricate | /t͡s d͡z/ | /t͡ʂ d͡ʐ/ | /t͡ɕ d͡ʑ/ | |||||
| Fricative | /f v/ | /fʲ vʲ/ | /s z/ | /ʂ ʐ/ | /ɕ ʑ/ | /x/ | /xʲ/ | |
| Tap | /r/ | |||||||
| Approximant | /l/ | /j/ | /w/ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | /i/ | /ɨ/ | /u/ | |
| Mid | Plain | /ɛ/ | /ɔ/ | |
| Nasal | /ɛ̃/ | /ɔ̃/ | ||
| Open | /a/ | |||
Cernelian reflects limited vowel harmony between the vowels -o- (back) and -e- (front), otherwise the Proto-Finnic vowel harmonies *o : *ö displaced by Cernelian o : e, and *u : *y become Proto-Cernelian yers *ъ and *ь that often deleted in some positions.
