Sevvufery
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Sevvufery is a language spoken by the Sevvuferýkilý of Sevvuferý, a country at the centre of contemporary maps of the fictional planet Erad. Its inhabitants are similar to humans, apart from differences in intellectual capacity. Though there has been some change in the language, not much has evolved over time, which is why this page's information was taken from a time when the language has lived for about 200 years.
Phonology
Consonants
Sevvufery has 27 consonants. Some of these are represented using two of the same letter, but they are treated as one letter in writing, and would be considered as such to a native speaker.
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | |
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Plosive | p [p] / b [b] | t [t] / d [d] | k [k] vv [g] | |||||||
Nasal | m [m] | n[n] | n [ɳ]* | n [ɲ]* | ΔΓ [ŋ] | |||||
Trill | r [r] | |||||||||
Affricate | g[t̠ʃ] | yy [dʑ] | ||||||||
Fricative | f [f] v [v] | å [θ] ð [ð] | s [s] x [z] | rr [ʃ] ii [ʒ] | hh [χ] | h [h] h [ɦ]* ʰ [h]* | ||||
Lateral Fricative | ∞ [ɬ] | |||||||||
Approximant | w [ʋ] | j [j] | ||||||||
Lateral Approximant | l [l] |
n is only pronounced [ɳ] or [ɲ] if it comes before another consonant. Otherwise, it is just pronounced as [n].
h is pronounced [ɦ] if it is the last letter of a word. ʰ is pronounced as a weaker version of [h] and cannot appear at the start or end of words.
Letters representing consonant clusters
Monopthongs
Sevvufery uses 17 letters to represent vowel/dipthong sounds. Of these, 13 represent monopthongs. Where two sounds are included in the same row, the one on the left represents the unrounded version