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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Description of the whistling sounds with approximated | Description of the whistling sounds with approximated articulation. | ||
===Nucleus=== | ===Nucleus=== | ||
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====Whistles==== | ====Whistles==== | ||
Bilabial rounded whistles: | Bilabial rounded whistles: | ||
*Egressive voiceless: y /ɸẙ/, u /ɸů | *Egressive voiceless: y /ɸẙ/, u /ɸů/ | ||
*Egressive voiced: vy (βy/, vu /βʉ | *Egressive voiced: vy (βy/, vu /βʉ/ | ||
**Vocal chords vibrate while whistling | **Vocal chords vibrate while whistling | ||
*Ingressive voiceless: -y /ɸẙ↓/, -u /ɸů↓ | *Ingressive voiceless: -y /ɸẙ↓/, -u /ɸů↓/ | ||
**Carries an innate pitch higher than egressive, but still distinguishes between tonal variations. | **Carries an innate pitch higher than egressive, but still distinguishes between tonal variations. | ||
*Ingressive voiced: -vy /βˤy↓/, -vu /βˤʉ↓/ | *Ingressive "voiced": -vy /βˤy↓/, -vu /βˤʉ↓/ | ||
**Used as particles | **Used as particles | ||
====Hisses==== | ====Hisses==== | ||
Labio-dental-alveolar egressive whistles: | Labio-dental-alveolar egressive whistles: | ||
*Voiceless: i /sfi/, a /sfɨ | *Voiceless: i /sfi/, a /sfɨ/ | ||
*Voiced: zi /zvi/, za /zvɨ | *Voiced: zi /zvi/, za /zvɨ/ | ||
===Onset=== | ===Onset=== | ||
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Possible consonant-ejective whistle beginnings: | Possible consonant-ejective whistle beginnings: | ||
*k /k'/ with both whistles and hisses | *q /q'/ with whistles only | ||
*k /k'/ with both whistles and hisses | |||
*c /c'/ with whistles only | |||
*t /t'/ with whistles only | |||
*p /p'/ with hisses only | *p /p'/ with hisses only | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
*Egressive whistles and hisses can't follow each other, and they have to be separated by an ingressive whistle. | *Egressive whistles and hisses can't immediately follow each other, and they have to be separated by an ingressive whistle. | ||
*Voiced whistles and hisses can't be preceded by a plosive | *Voiced whistles and hisses can't be preceded by a plosive | ||
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*Dipping: ỹ /ɸỹ:/; [ɸy˧˨˧] or [↓˥˦˥] | *Dipping: ỹ /ɸỹ:/; [ɸy˧˨˧] or [↓˥˦˥] | ||
===Tone sandhi=== | |||
Level after another tone | |||
1 low, 2 medial, 3 high, 4 rising, 5 falling, 6 dipping | |||
After consonants... | |||
Revision as of 18:14, 24 September 2014
Pewu (pe-u í'y) is a language whistled in the peninsula of Pewuty in northern Land of Rain. The language originates to forest hunting calls and shamanic rites, but it has remained in use while the people has entered an agricultural, civilized era.
Phonology
Description of the whistling sounds with approximated articulation.
Nucleus
Whistles
Bilabial rounded whistles:
- Egressive voiceless: y /ɸẙ/, u /ɸů/
- Egressive voiced: vy (βy/, vu /βʉ/
- Vocal chords vibrate while whistling
- Ingressive voiceless: -y /ɸẙ↓/, -u /ɸů↓/
- Carries an innate pitch higher than egressive, but still distinguishes between tonal variations.
- Ingressive "voiced": -vy /βˤy↓/, -vu /βˤʉ↓/
- Used as particles
Hisses
Labio-dental-alveolar egressive whistles:
- Voiceless: i /sfi/, a /sfɨ/
- Voiced: zi /zvi/, za /zvɨ/
Onset
Glottal stop ' /ʔ/ separates sounds.
Possible consonant-ejective whistle beginnings:
- q /q'/ with whistles only
- k /k'/ with both whistles and hisses
- c /c'/ with whistles only
- t /t'/ with whistles only
- p /p'/ with hisses only
Phonotactics
- Egressive whistles and hisses can't immediately follow each other, and they have to be separated by an ingressive whistle.
- Voiced whistles and hisses can't be preceded by a plosive
Suprasegmental
Tones
Pewu language has six tones:
- Low: ỳ /ɸỳ/; [ɸy˩] or ingressive [↓˦]
- Medial (base): y /ɸy/; [ɸy˨] or [↓˦˥]
- High: ý /ɸý/; [ɸy˧] or [↓˥]
- Rising: y̌ /ɸy̌:/; [ɸy˩˧] or [↓˧˥]
- Falling: ŷ /ɸŷ:/; [ɸy˧˩] or [↓˥˦]
- Dipping: ỹ /ɸỹ:/; [ɸy˧˨˧] or [↓˥˦˥]
Tone sandhi
Level after another tone
1 low, 2 medial, 3 high, 4 rising, 5 falling, 6 dipping
After consonants...