Classical Diūn
Phonology
Phonemes
/X-SAMPA/ /IPA/ <orthography>
Plosive /p b t d t` d` k g/ /p b t d ʈ ɖ k g/ <p b t d t` d` k g>
Nasal /m n n`/ /m n ɳ/ <m n n`>
Fricative /f v T D s z S Z C X\ h/ /f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ç ħ h/ <f v þ ð s z ş ż c x h>
Affricate /ts tS/ /ts tʃ/ <ts ç>
Approximant /r\ j/ /ɹ j/ <r j>
Lateral Approximant /l/ /l/ <l>
Close /i y u/ /i y u/ <ī y ū>
Close Lax /I U/ /ɪ ʊ/ <i u>
Close-Mid /e 2 o/ /e ø o/ <ē ö ō>
Mid Lax /@/ /ə/ <ë>
Open-Mid /E O/ /ɛ ɔ/ <e o>
Open Lax /{/ /æ/ <æ>
Open /A/ /ɑ/ <a>
short y i u ö ë e o a
long ī ū ē ō æ
Diphthongs /OI aI aU/ <oi ai au >
Syllable Structure
CV(C)
Stress is on the first syllable
Allophones
All plosives become aspirated at the end of a word
[N] occurs at the end of words as an allophone of /n/
[J] occurs as an allophone of /n/ word medial
[dZ] is an allophone of /g/ that occurs medially
Phonotactics
No consonant clusters consisting of only fricatives,plosives or approximants
No consonant clusters involving nasals
The coda and onset cannot consist of more than two consonant sounds
There can be no double vowels sounds. vowels are either between two consonants or are diphthongs.
Approximants cannot begin a word. Approximants also have to have a Plosive or only the following fricatives /f v s z X\ h/.
/r\/ cannot come after /p b k s z g X\ h/ or any retroflex consonants.
retroflex consonants can only come at the end of a word
