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=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
{| border=1
!POA
|align=center| Labials
|align=center| Dentals
|align=center| Emphatics
|align=center| Velars
|align=center| Uvulars
|align=center| Glottals
|-
  ! Tenuis stops
|align=center| p /p/
|align=center| t /t/
|align=center| ṭ /tˤ/
|align=center| k /k/
|align=center| q /q/
|align=center| ? /ʔ/
|-
  ! Lenis stops
|align=center| b /b/
|align=center| d /d/
|align=center| ḍ /dˤ/
|align=center| g /g/
|align=center| ḡ /ɢ/
|-
  ! Fortis stops
|align=center| ph /pʰ/
|align=center| th /tʰ/
|align=center| ṭh /tˤʰ/
|align=center| kh /kʰ
|align=center| qh /qʰ/
|-
  ! Fricatives
|align=center| f /f/
|align=center| s /s/
|align=center| ç /ç/
|align=center| x /x/
|align=center| ẋ /χ/
|align=center| h /h/
|-
  ! Nasals
|align=center| m /m/
|align=center| n /n/
|-
  ! Liquids
|align=center|
|align=center| l /l/, r /r/
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
  ! Glides
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center| y /j/
|align=center| w /w/
|}


=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===

Revision as of 12:57, 20 October 2007

Archaic Imperial (AI) is the name given to the earliest attested ancestor of Modern Standard Imperial. The corpus of AI texts is fairly small: some runic carvings, and the Imperial Law Code of the Temple; the language has been reconstructed based on its daughter and sister languages with a fair degree of confidence.

Phonology

Consonants

POA Labials Dentals Emphatics Velars Uvulars Glottals
Tenuis stops p /p/ t /t/ ṭ /tˤ/ k /k/ q /q/ ? /ʔ/
Lenis stops b /b/ d /d/ ḍ /dˤ/ g /g/ ḡ /ɢ/
Fortis stops ph /pʰ/ th /tʰ/ ṭh /tˤʰ/ kh /kʰ qh /qʰ/
Fricatives f /f/ s /s/ ç /ç/ x /x/ ẋ /χ/ h /h/
Nasals m /m/ n /n/
Liquids l /l/, r /r/
Glides y /j/ w /w/

Vowels

Suprasegmentals

Allophony

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