Syrenian/Phonology

Vowels

Syreni vowels in IPA

	Front			Central			Back
High	i	ɪ	ɪ̫	ɨ	ɪ̈	ɪ̫̈	u	ʊ	ʊ̫
	y	/j/		ʉ	/ð/		ɯ	/w/
	ỹ			No			ũ
Mid	e	ɛ	ɛ̫	ɘ	ɜ	ɜ̫	o	ɔ	ɔ̫
	œ	/l/		No	/ɻ/		ɤ	/ʁ/
	œ̃			ə̃			õ
Low	æ	a	a̫	No			ä	ɑ	ɑ̫
	No	/ɦ/					ɒ	/ʕ/
	No						ɒ̃

Length is normal, long and extra-short (e.g. a, aː, ă). Vowel length is not intrinsic to the vowel, but part of the derivational pattern.

Consonants

There is vast allophony in Syreni, since consonants are far less important. First, there is the table of all sounds that occur:

	Labial	Coronal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ŋ	ɴ
Stop	b	d	g	ɢ		ʔ
Fricative	v	z/ʒ	ɣ
Approximant		l/ð/r/j	w	ʁ	ʕ	ɦ