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_
