Tej/Phonology

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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_