Fudasi: Phonology

Introduction

• The Fudasi are divided into two nations, one north of the jungle and one south of the jungle. They speak the same language but there are some differences in their pronunciations. The following tables set out the these two different pronunciations.

Fudasi Phonology

Table of Phonemes

POA	labial					dental				alveolar					post- alveolar		palato- alveolar			palatal		velar				glottal			vowels
IPA	/m/	/p/	/b/	/ɸ/		/n/	/t/	/d/		/s/ (θ)	/z/ (ð)	/ɾ/ (ʁ)	/ʦ/		/ʃ/		/ʧ/	/ʤ/		/j/		/k/	/g/	/w/		/ʔ/	/h/		/i/	/e/	/ä/	/o/	/ɯ/
Latin	m	p	b	f		n	t	d		s	z	r	ṡ		x		ċ	j		y		k	g	w		‘	h		i	e	a	o	u
Devanagari	म	प	ब	फ		न	त	ड		स	स़	र	त्स		श		च	ज		य		क	ग	व		हं	ह		इ	ए	अ	ओ	उ
Name	ma	pa	ba	fa		na	ta	da		sa/þa	za/ða	ra	ṡ		xa		ċa	ja		ya		ka	ga	wa		‘a	ha		i	e	a	o	u

Note

• The alphabet is ordered according to the position of the letters on this table, first the labials, then the dentals, etc.

Table of Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	Voiced	<m> /m/	<n> /n/
Stops	Voiceless	<p> /p/	<t> /t/					<k> /k/		<‘> /ʔ/
	Voiced	<b> /b/	<d> /d/					<g> /g/
Sibilant Fricative	Voiceless			<s> /s/	<x> /ʃ/
	Voiced			<z> /z/
Non-sibilant Fricative	Voiceless	<f> /ɸ/	(<þ> /θ/)1							<h> /h/
	Voiced		(<ð> /ð/)						(<r> /ʁ/)
Tap	Voiced			<r> /ɾ/
Affricate	Voiceless			<ṡ> /ʦ/		<ċ> /ʧ/
	Voiced					<j> /ʤ/
Approximant	Voiced						<y> /j/	<w> /w/

Notes:

• ¹Phonemes in parentheses indicate the pronunciations in southern Fudasi.

Table of Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	<i> /i/		<u> /ɯ/
Close-mid	<e> /e/
Open-mid			<o> /o/
Open		<a> /a/