The charts below show the way in which the IPA represents Ufhewat Knrawi pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. For more information, see Help:IPA.
This page is only for the variety of Knrawi spoken on Ufhewat Island, for other varieties see Knrawi IPA guides.
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IPA |
Example |
Translation |
(near) equivalent
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Vowels
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a
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agu
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face
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father
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aː
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???
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???
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father
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ɒ
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kjaw
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to puncture
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bot
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ɒː
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???
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???
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bot
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e̞
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???
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???
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bed
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e̞ː
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???
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???
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face
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ə
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sheya
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large island
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about
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əː
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aà
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to say
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above
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i
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it
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head
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beet
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iː
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???
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???
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beet
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o̞
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zjeyu
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shore
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boat
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o̞ː
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uái
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lizard
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boat
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u
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cuy
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angry
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boot
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uː
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???
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???
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boot
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Differences from standard Knrawi
- /n/ and /ŋ/ do not assimilate.
- /θ,θʰ/ are realized as [s,sʰ].
- Labialized /θ,θʰ/ are realized as [f,h].
- /k̟,k̟ʰ,x̟,x̟ʰ/ are realized as [kʲ,kʲʰ,xʲ,xʲʰ].
- /k̠,k̠ʰ/ are realized as [k,kʰ].
- /x̠,ʍ,h/ are realized as [x,xʷ,ʔ].
- sequences of /x̠,ʍ,h/ and sonorants (and vice versa) are realized as glottalized sonorants.
- /ɹ/ is realized as [r].
- Labialized /ɹ/ is realized as [v] (which doesn't merge with [w]).
- /ɉ/ is realized as [ɰ].
- /ˣ/ is realized as [ʰ].
- /θˣ,x̟ˣ/ (including labialized /θˣ/) are realized as [x].
- Fortition does not occur.
- Two-sonorant clusters syllabify the first sonorant.
- Syllabic consonants are desyllabified adjacent to vowels (including nonsyllabic vowels).
- Syllabic [m,β] and other syllabic consonants are realized as [o̞] and [ə] respectively.
- /ɪ,ʊ/ are realized as [i,u].
- Unstressed /ɪ,ʊ/ are realized as [e̞,o̞].
- Unstressed /ɪ,ʊ/ are realized as [j,w] before vowels.
- [i,e̞,a] are realized as [y,ø̞,ɒ] adjacent to labiovelar consonants (except [w], but including deleted underlying /ʍ/).
- Unstressed /a/ and [ə] are realized as
- [o̞] adjacent to labiovelar consonants.
- [ə] if not [o̞].
- [ʔ̞] is realized as [ː]
- Sequences of unstressed [ə] or [o̞] and stressed /a/ are realized as [əː] or [o̞ː] respectively.
- /˧˩/ is distinct from /˥˩/ [˥˧].
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