Kundarayo

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Introduction

Kundarayo (Natively: 쿤다라요 [kʰundarajo]) is a Japonic language spoken around the Northers parts of Korea and China

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Dorsal
Plosive ph th kh
b d g
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant w ɾ j
  • When not intervocalicly, /b d g/ become [p t k]
  • When at the end of a syllable, /b d s g r/ become [p̚ t̚ t̚ k̚ l]
  • The phonemes /th d s n h/ display palatalization, becoming [tɕh ʥ~tɕ ɕ ɲ ç]
  • ŋ* and h* only occur in Chinese loans in Standard Kundara
  • ŋ* only occurs in the coda and h only on the onset
  • The cluster /hw/ is normally said as [ɸ]

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i ɨ u
Mid e ʌ o
Low a
  • Clusters in the form /CjV/ and /CwV/ only occur in Chisene loans, and in those, /wʌ, ji, wu, jɨ, wɨ/ don't occur.