Hudío Phonology

Part I - Phonology

1.1 Consonant chart

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m מ	n נ
Stop1	p/b 2בּ/פּ	t/d דּ/תּ3		k/g גּ/4כּ			' /ʔ/ ע5
Sibilant Affricate			ṡ /ʦ/ צ
Sibilant Fricative		s/z ס6/ז		š /ʃ/ ש			h ה7
Non-sibilant Fricative	f/v ב/פ	ŧ8 /θ/ / đ /ð/ ד/ת		x <x>/ɣ/ <gh><q> ג/כ		x <ẋ> ח9
Approximant					y י	w ו
Trill			r ר
Lateral approximant		l ל

1.2 Notes

• ¹ The begadkepat consonants (p,g,d,k,t,b) are stops when word initial or when syllable initial following a consonant. Otherwise they are the respective fricatives /f/, /v/, /θ/, /ð/, /x/ or /ɣ/.
• ² The dagesh is used to mark the stop consonants.
• ³ ט (tet) /t/ has been deleted from the alphabet and replaced in all instances by ת (taf) /t/.
• ⁴ ק (quf) has been deleted from the alphabet and replaced in all instances by כ (ka).
• ⁵ The glottal stop /ʔ/ (') <ע> is used only to separate contiguous vowels, e.g., na'ar, boy.
• ⁶ שׂ (sin) /s/ has been deleted from the alphabet and replaced in all instances by ס (sámex). Thus, the shin dot is not needed on ש.
• ⁷ ה (he) has been deleted when syllable final.
• ⁸ Not a fan of digraphs or of non-Latin letters, I use <ŧ> and <đ> for the non-sibilant fricatives.
• ⁹ <ẋ> is used to distinguish ח from כ.
• Use of the five final forms is optional.
• There are no geminate consonants.

1.3 Vowel chart

	Front	Near Front	Cental	Back
Close	i אִ			u אֻ
Close-mid	e אֵ			o אׇ
Mid			ă <ə> אְ 1
Open		a אַ

1.4 Notes

• ¹ Influenced by the Romanian ă.
• All vowels are of equal length.
• Syllabic vowels are written under alif, so there is no need for matres lectionis.