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===Consonants===
===Consonants===
====Stops====
====Stops====
{| class="wikitable_center"
{| class="wikitable tc"
|-
|-
| ''b''
| ''b''
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|}
|}


====Fricatives/Affricates====
{| class="wikitable tc"
|-
| ''v''
| /v/
|-
| ''f''
| /f/
|-
| ''z''
| /z/
|-
| ''s''
| /s/
|-
| ''sh''
| /ʃ/
|-
| ''j''
| /ʒ/ or /ʤ/
|-
| ''ch''
| /ʧ/
|-
| ''kh''
| /x/
|}
====Other====
{| class="wikitable tc"
|-
| ''l''
| /l/
|-
| ''r''
| /ɾ/
|}


f
v
s
z
sh - ʃ
j - ʒ , at the beginning of a word: ʤ
ch - ʧ
kh - x
l
r -  ɾ
‘ - ʔ


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
ee -
{| class="wikitable tc"
a - ɑ or ɔ, at the end of a word: ə
|-
i - ɪ , at the end of a word
| ''ee''
e - ɛ
| /iː/
ei -
|-
o -
| ''a''
u -
| /ɑ/
ai -
|-
au -
| ''i''
@ - æ
| /ɪ/
|-
| ''ei''
| /eː/
|-
| ''e''
| /ɛ/
|-
| ''o''
| /oʊ/
|-
| ''u''
| /uː/
|-
| ''@''
| /æ/
|-
| ''ai''
| /aɪ/
|-
| ''au''
| /aʊ/
|}
 
Notes:
* ''a'' can be realized as [ɔ]
* At the end of a word, ''a'' is pronounced [ə]
* At the end of a word, ''i'' is pronounced []
 
===Sound Changes===
* æ -> e /_ŋ
* ɪ -> i /_ŋ
* ɛ -> eɪ /_g
* {æ,e} -> ɛ / _ɹ
* ɑ -> ɔ
* æ -> ɑ
* ɛ -> æ
* ɪ -> ɛ
* ʌ -> ɛ
* ʊ -> ʌ
 
* θ -> s
* ð -> z
* ŋ -> n / _#
* dʒ -> ʒ / !($_)
* j -> ʒ / $_
* tʃ -> ʃ / !($_)
* s -> z / [+voice]_
* ɹ -> / {V_#,V_C}
* [+stop] -> / N_

Latest revision as of 12:38, 14 January 2018

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants

Stops

b /b/
p /p/
d /d/
t /t/
g /g/
k /k/
' /ʔ/

Fricatives/Affricates

v /v/
f /f/
z /z/
s /s/
sh /ʃ/
j /ʒ/ or /ʤ/
ch /ʧ/
kh /x/

Other

l /l/
r /ɾ/


Vowels

ee /iː/
a /ɑ/
i /ɪ/
ei /eː/
e /ɛ/
o /oʊ/
u /uː/
@ /æ/
ai /aɪ/
au /aʊ/

Notes:

  • a can be realized as [ɔ]
  • At the end of a word, a is pronounced [ə]
  • At the end of a word, i is pronounced [iː]

Sound Changes

  • æ -> e /_ŋ
  • ɪ -> i /_ŋ
  • ɛ -> eɪ /_g
  • {æ,e} -> ɛ / _ɹ
  • ɑ -> ɔ
  • æ -> ɑ
  • ɛ -> æ
  • ɪ -> ɛ
  • ʌ -> ɛ
  • ʊ -> ʌ
  • θ -> s
  • ð -> z
  • ŋ -> n / _#
  • dʒ -> ʒ / !($_)
  • j -> ʒ / $_
  • tʃ -> ʃ / !($_)
  • s -> z / [+voice]_
  • ɹ -> / {V_#,V_C}
  • [+stop] -> / N_