Sinatolean broad and slender consonants
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Like in Irish, the realisation of consonants in Sinatolean change depending on the vowel after it. For example, a /g/ before an /i/, /ø/ or /e/(slender vowels) changes to /ɟ/, while the same for /k/ changes it to /c/. These changes are not shown in the orthography.
Base Phoneme |
Broad | Example |
---|---|---|
Slender | ||
Plosives | ||
/p/ | /p/ | pola [pɔla] "move(jussive)" |
/f/ | pisani [fisaɲi] "those dogs" | |
/b/ | /b/ | boso [bɔsɔ] "roof" |
/v/ | labin [laviɲ] "wave" | |
/t/ | tolo [tɔlɔ] "triggerfish" | |
/d/ | /d/ | dole [dɔle] "islands" |
/ɟ/ | didika [ɟiɟika] "beach" | |
/k/ | /k/ | angaka [aŋaka] "temple, shrine" |
/c/ | kēnene [ceːɲeɲe] "waterfalls" | |
/g/ | /g/ | ganeu [gaɲəw] "pet food" |
/ɟ/ | ginja [ɟiɲd͡ʑa] "june, 6 months" | |
/ʔ/ | āyo [ʔajɔ] "hey (Sinatʼ regional variation)", janiʼpi [d͡ʑaɲiʔfi] "jasmine tea" | |
Fricatives | ||
/h/ | /x/ | sahala [saxala] "Sahara desert" |
/h/ | mēhi [meːhi] "May, 5 months" | |
/s/ | /s/ | sāno [saːnɔ] "wind" |
/ɕ/ | sinadoleya [ɕinaˈdɔleja] "Sinatolean language" | |
/z/ | /z/ | zon [zɔn] "zone" |
/ʑ/ | uklēzin [ukleːʑiɲ] "Ukrainian" | |
Nasals | ||
/n/ | /n/ | nak [nak] "bird" |
/ɲ/ | sin [ɕiɲ] "person" | |
/m/ | /m/ | moyu [mɔju] "rubber" |
/ɱ/ | jemepye [d͡ʑeɱepje] "physical education" (contraction of jemakan epyegēs) | |
Lateral Approximants | ||
/l/ | /l/ or /ɫ/ | lonos [lɔnɔs] "time" |
/ʎ/ | ēliād [ʔeʎi.aːd] "The Iliad" |