Ilya

Introduction

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phonology

consonants

• Plosives: < p b t d k g > p b t d k g
• Nasals: < m n ɲ > m n ny
• Fricatives: < s ʃ h~x > s sh h
• Approximants: < j w l r > y w l r

vowels

• a - /a~ə/
• e - /e~ɛ/
• i - /i~ɪ/
• o - /o~ɔ/
• u - /u~ʊ/
• ai - /aɪ/

phonotactics

Full syllables in Ilya have the canonical form CVF, where F may be any of /b t d k m n s ʃ h~x l r/.