Valware phonology
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Phonology
Consonants
labial | dental | alveolar | palatal | glottal | ||
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Nasals | voiceless | |||||
voiced | m /m/ ~ /ɱ/1 म |
n /n/ न |
ń /ŋ/ ङ |
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Stops | voiceless | t /t/ त |
k /k/ क |
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voiced | ||||||
Fricatives | voiceless | f /φ/ फ |
s /s/ स |
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voiced | v /β/ भ2 |
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Sonorants | voiceless | h /h/ ह' | ||||
voiced | w /w/ व3 |
l /l/ ल |
r /ɾ/ र |
y /j/ य |
Notes
- 1 <m> becomes the labiodental /ɱ/ before the bilabials <f> and <v>.
- 2 भ /bʱ/ is assigned the phoneme /β/.
- 3 व /ʋ/ is assigned the phoneme /w/.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |||
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Close | i /i/ इ / मि |
u /u/ उ / मु | |||
Close-mid | e /e/ ए / मॆ |
o /o/ ओ / मॊ | |||
Open | a /ä/ अ / म |