Tsonboran: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:18, 14 May 2008

intervocalic stop lenition
- b d → v ð
- p t k q → b d g ʁ
loss of aspiration
- ʰp ʰt ʰk ʰq → p t k q
- pʰ tʰ kʰ qʰ → f θ x χ
high vowels
- ɪ ʊ → i u
- ɪː ʊː → əj əw
- ɪj ʊj → iː uj
- ɪw ʊw → iw u
umlaut
- i → y / _Cu
loss of difthongs in _w
- iw → yː
- ew → eː, sometimes → øː → joː
- æw → æː
- ow → uː
æː ɒː → oː (both)
ʁ → ð or null
final plosivs lost
palatalization
- k ɡ x → ts z s before front vowels & /j/
- tj → ts
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 ! Uvular
 ! Glottal
-|-
+|- align="center"
-! Nasals
+! align="left"| Nasals
-| align="center" | m
+| m || n || || ||
-| align="center" | n ||
+|- align="center"
-| align="center" | ŋ
+! align="left"| Voiceless plosivs
-| align="center" | ɴ
+| p || t || ts || k || q || ʔ
-|-
+|- align="center"
-! Voiceless plosivs
+! align="left"| Voiced plosivs
-| align="center" | p
+| b || d
-| align="center" | t
+|- align="center"
-| align="center" | ts
+! align="left"| Voiceless fricativs
-| align="center" | k
+| f || θ || s || x || χ || h
-| align="center" | q
+|- align="center"
-| align="center" | ʔ
+! align="left"| Voiced fricativs
-|-
+| v || ð || z
-! Voiced plosivs
+|- align="center"
-| align="center" | b
+! align="left"| Approximants
-| align="center" | d
+| w || l || r || align="left" | j
-|-
-! Voiceless fricativs
-| align="center" | f
-| align="center" | θ
-| align="center" | s
-| align="center" | x
-| align="center" | χ
-| align="center" | h
-|-
-! Voiced fricativs
-| align="center" | v
-| align="center" | ð
-| align="center" | z
-|-
-! Approximants
-| align="center" | w
-| align="center" | l
-| align="center" | r
-| align="left" | j
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