Hemackle

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Hemackle
Ghmachle
Spoken in: (country)
Total speakers: (number of speakers)
Genealogical classification: (Indo-European)
(Germanic)
(West)
(North Sea)
(Hemackle)
Basic word order: SVO (V2)
Morphological type: inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: Accusative
Created by:
Zeke Fordsmender 2003 to present



Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive b d
Fricative v z ʃʰ ɣ χʰ h
Affricate ʧʰ ʤ
Approximants ɹʷ j ɰʷ
Trill ʀ
Lateral Approximant l
The CONSONANTS

B - C - CH - D - F - G - GH - H - K - L - M - N - P - Q - R - S - T - W - X - Y - Z

B

<b> is [b].


G

<g> has no set pronunciation, but instead is used to denote a number of glides.

R

<r> is pronounced [ʀ] when alone and in syllable-initial clusters. It is pronounced [χʰ] before [pʰ] and [kʰ], and is silent before [sʰ], [tʰ], [d], [n], and [l], and after [ɛː]. In most dialects it is silent word-finally, though a few now render it [ɹʷ].

There is no agreement in the literature regarding the precise articulation of /w/ and /gh/ (when realized as an approximant). The dispute lies in whether or not the sound may be considered a labialized velar approximant, or a true labiovelar one. Although the complex historical relationship between Proto-Germanic *ɡ and <w> seems to imply a labialized velar approximant, in the present language both [ɰʷ] ( [w] ) and [ɰ͡β̞] may be heard in dialect, and so to avoid confusion the authors have chosen to use the graph <ɰʷ> in describing this sound.



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