Classical Diūn

Phonology

Phonemes

Plosive /p b t d t` d` k g/ <p b t d t` d` k g>

Nasal /m n n`/ <m n n`>

Fricative /f v T D s z S Z C X\ h/ <f v þ ð s z ş ż c x h>

Affricate /ts tS/ <ts ç>

Approximant /r\ j/ <r j>

Lateral Approximant /l/ <l>

Close /i y u/ <ī y ū>

Close Lax /I U/ <i u>

Close-Mid /e 2 o/ <ē ö ō>

Mid Lax /@/ <ë>

Open-Mid /E O/ <e o>

Open Lax /{/ <æ>

Open /A/ <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

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.