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Qihep (in Qihep: Qixēp) is a constructed fantasy language
Phonology
Consonants
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Labialized velar |
Labialized velar | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | kʷ | (ʔ)1 | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | (ɱ)2 | n | ɲ | (ŋ)3 | |||||||||||||||
| Vibrant | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | ʃ | x | h | ||||||||||||||
| Affricate | tʃ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximants | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximants |
l | |||||||||||||||||||
Note:
- [ʔ]1is not recognised as an independent phoneme but it is interposed between two vowels, or between two identical consonants.
- [ɱ]2 and [ŋ]3 are considered allophones of the normal nasal phonemes in front of [f]/[v] and [k]/[g]/[kʷ] respectively.
Vowels
| Vowels | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Near- front |
Central | Near- back |
Back | ||||||||||
| Close | i(ː) | u(ː) | ||||||||||||
| Near close | ||||||||||||||
| Close mid | e(ː) | o(ː) | ||||||||||||
| Mid | ə(ː) | |||||||||||||
| Open | a(ː) | |||||||||||||
Every vowel can be distinctively short and long.
No dipthongs are allowed. If two vowel are adiacent in a compound word, a glottal stop ([ʔ]) emerges to keep them separated.
Diphtongs
Teycil is full of diphtongs. Nonetheless the only diphtong pattern allowed is Vj or Vw. While Vw-type diphtongs can be found in every position inside a word, Vj-type diphtongs can be found only inside a stressed syllable.
As the stress can move on every syllable of the word as it undergoes morphological changes, the Vj-type diphtongs can undergo something like a reduction process, turning into the so-called weak vowels:
- [ɑj] ai → [æ] æ
- [oj] oi → [œ] œ
- [uj] ui → [ʊ] ů
- [ej] ei → [ɪ] î
Examples:
- Paic [ˈpɑik] → pæca [pæˈkɑ]
- Glayc [ˈglɑiʧ] → glæjcīne [glæˈʧiːne]
Diphtongs with long vowel (V:j) are very rare. When unstressed they simply get shorter.
