Upper Imstian Phonology

This site describes the phonology of Upper Imstian tending to the local idiom of Imst (Iisch, adj. iischlorisch). As mentioned in the main article, there is no official orthography used for the language. Nevertheless here it is tried to establish one based partly on German.

Consonants

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Uvular
Nasal		m				n
Plosive	p	ḅ (b)			t	ḍ (d)					k	ġ (g)	q (g, k)
Fricative			f	v (w)	s		ʃ (sch)						χ (ch)
Affricate			pf		ʦ (tz)		ʧ (tsch)
Approximants										j
Trill						r				ʀ (rr)
Lateral Approximant						l

• [q] is an allophone of [k] and [ġ] and only appears in front of [ʀ]: krromo ['qʀɔmʌ] come (participle).
• [ʀ] <rr> developed from Germanic *kw > Old Upper Imstian [χw] <chw>. It is not an allophone of original [r]: krroit ['qʀoɪt] had (participle) vs. krottzo ['krɔʦ:ʌ] to scratch.

Vowels
	Front		Front Central		Back-to-mid		Back
	Unround	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded	Unround	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded
High	i (i)							u (u)
Near-close			ɪ (i)			ʊ (u)
Open-mid	ɛ (e)						ʌ (o)	ɔ (o)

• [ɪ] and [ʌ] are allophones of [i] and [ɔ] in unstressed syllables: progrom [prʌ'ġrɔm] program vs progromiero [prʌġrʌ'miɪ̯rʌ] to program
• [ɛ] becomes [ɪ] if unstressed: telfo ['tɛlfʌ] phone vs. tilfoniero [tɪlfʌn'iɪ̯rʌ] to phone