Tsonboran
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Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasals | m | n | ||||
Voiceless plosivs | p | t | ts | k | q | ʔ |
Voiced plosivs | b | d | ||||
Voiceless fricativs | f | θ | s | x | χ | h |
Voiced fricativs | v | ð | z | |||
Approximants | w | l | r | j |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Hi | i, y | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Lo | a~ɑ |
Development from Proto-Persian'
- 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
- …