Miyu

Phonology

Miyu has nine consonants (/p, t, k, s, m, n, l, j, w/) and five vowels (/a, e, i, o, u/). Stress is word final.

consonants

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p	t	k
Fricative		s
Approximant	w	l	j (y)

vowels

Vowels in stressed syllables tend to be tense, and likewise unstressed ones tend to be more lax. Thus, for example, /i/ is realized as [i] or [ɪ] in stressed and unstressed syllables, respectively. Likewise, /e/ is realized as [e] or [ɛ], and so on.

Vowels	Front	Back
Close	i~ɪ	u~ʊ
Mid	e~ɛ	o~ɔ
Open	a~ə

diphthongs

There are two diphthongs [ai̯] ai, and [au̯] au. These typically occur word-finally.

syllable structure

All syllables are of the form (C)V(N), that is, optional consonant + vowel + optional final nasal, or V, CV, VN, CVN.

syllables

Valid syllables

	-a	-an	-e	-en	-i	-in	-o	-on	-u	-un
∅-	a	an	e	en	i	in	o	on	u	un
p-	pa	pan	pe	pen	pi	pin	po	pon	pu	pun
t-	ta	tan	te	ten	–	–	to	ton	tu	tun
k-	ka	kan	ke	ken	ki	kin	ko	kon	ku	kun
m-	ma	man	me	men	mi	min	mo	mon	mu	mun
n-	na	nan	ne	nen	ni	nin	no	non	nu	nun
s-	sa	san	se	sen	si	sin	so	son	su	sun
l-	la	lan	le	len	li	lin	lo	lon	lu	lun
w-	wa	wan	we	wen	wi	win	–	–	–	–
y-	ya	yan	ye	yen	–	–	yo	yon	yu	yun

phonotactics

A few syllables sequences are disallowed; /ji, wu, wo/. Also, a syllable-final nasal may not occur before /m/ or /n/ in the same root.

Lexicon

i

in

• conj

• if (assuming that) [ARA ʔin]

in ne

• if not; unless