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===Vowel harmony=== | ===Vowel harmony=== | ||
==Orthography | ==Orthography== | ||
Below is a table of the IPA sounds of Velyan, with transcription. | Below is a table of the IPA sounds of Velyan, with transcription. | ||
{| | {| | ||
!IPA || Letter | !IPA||Letter | ||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|a}}||a | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|æ}}|ä | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|c}}||c | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|e}}||e | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|ɛ}}||ɛ | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|h}}||h | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|i}}||i | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{IPA| | |{{IPA|j}}||j | ||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|k}}||k | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|l}}||l | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|ʎ}}||ll | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|m}}||m | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|n}}||n | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|ɲ|}}||ñ | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|ƞ}}||ƞ | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|o}}||o | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|œ}} | |||
|{{IPA|ø}}||ö | |||
|} | |} | ||
Notes: | |||
#Palatalised, labialised, and aspirated consonants, and tone marks, are not shown. These are explained below. | |||
#Long vowels and geminate consonants are written double, e.g. ''aa'', ''bb''. | |||
Revision as of 10:49, 7 July 2007
Velyan is one of the two main classical languages of the continent Pellargos, on the planet Máa. Máa is an alternate Earth planet.
Phonology
Vowels
There are 12 vowels, each of which can be short or long.
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | ||||||
| High | i | y | u | |||||||
| Near-high | ||||||||||
| High-mid | e | ø | o | |||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Low-mid | ɛ | œ | ɔ | |||||||
| Near-low | æ | |||||||||
| Low | a | |||||||||
Consonants
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | n | ||||||||||||||
| Palatalised Nasal | mʲ | nʲ | ŋʲ | |||||||||||||||
| Labialised Nasal | mʷ | nʷ | ɲʷ | nʷ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | c | k | q | |||||||||||||
| Aspirated Plosive | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ||||||||||||||
| Palatalised Plosive | pʲ | tʲ | kʲ | qʲ | ||||||||||||||
| Labialised Plosive | pʷ | tʷ | cʷ | kʷ | qʷ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | s | (ʃ) | (x) | h | ||||||||||||||
| Palatalised Fricative | sʲ | ʃʲ | (xʲ) | (hʲ) | ||||||||||||||
| Labialised Fricative | sʷ | ʃʷ | (xʲ) | (hʷ) | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | ʍ | ð | j | ||||||||||||||
| Palatalised Approximant | ʋʲ | ðʲ | ||||||||||||||||
| Labialised Approximant | ðʷ | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | rː | |||||||||||||||||
| Aspirated Trill | rːʰ | |||||||||||||||||
| Palatalised Trill | rːʲ | |||||||||||||||||
| Labialised Trill | rːʷ | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Aspirated Flap | ɾʰ | |||||||||||||||||
| Palatalised Flap | ɾʲ | |||||||||||||||||
| Labialised Flap | ɾʷ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||
| Palatalised Lateral Approximant | lʲ | |||||||||||||||||
| Labialised Lateral Approximant | lʷ | |||||||||||||||||
Vowel harmony
Orthography
Below is a table of the IPA sounds of Velyan, with transcription.
| IPA | Letter | |
|---|---|---|
| a | a | |
| ä | ||
| c | c | |
| e | e | |
| ɛ | ɛ | |
| h | h | |
| i | i | |
| j | j | |
| k | k | |
| l | l | |
| ʎ | ll | |
| m | m | |
| n | n | |
| ɲ | ñ | |
| ƞ | ƞ | |
| o | o | |
| œ | ø | ö |
Notes:
- Palatalised, labialised, and aspirated consonants, and tone marks, are not shown. These are explained below.
- Long vowels and geminate consonants are written double, e.g. aa, bb.
