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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Loshi uses a modified version of Mkhedruli (Loshi: კნეტლოლი [netˈluː]. It's most prominent feature is it's complexity. Sound changes throughout the language's history have yet to be recorded in the written language, and thus the writing systems reflects the pronunciation of centuries past. | |||
====Alphabet==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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! Letter !! Name !! Name IPA !! IPA | |||
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| ა || Ani || [ɐɲ] || [ɐ] | |||
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| ბ || Bani || [pˀɐɲ] || [pˀ] | |||
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| გ || Gani || [kˀɐɲ] || [kˀ] | |||
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| დ || Däni || [tˀɛɲ] || [tˀ] | |||
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| ე || Eni || [eɲ] || [e] | |||
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| ი || Ini || [iɲ] || [i] | |||
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| კ || Kani || [kɐɲ] || [k] | |||
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| ლ || Laz || [ɫɐʃ] || [ɫ] | |||
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| ნ || Ná || [nɑː] || [n] | |||
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| ო || Oni || [ɔɲ] || [ɔ] | |||
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| პ || Pá || [pɑː] || [p] | |||
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| ს || Sani || [sɐɲ] || [s] | |||
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| ტ || Tá || [tɑː] || [t] | |||
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| ჯ || Äni || [ɛɲ] || Silent | |||
|} | |||
====Digraphs==== | |||
Loshi's native orthography makes extensive use of digraphs to represent it's pronunciation. However, there exist many digraphs that represent the same phoneme, resulting in a large number of homophones. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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! Vowel Digraph !! IPA | |||
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| იჯ || [iː] | |||
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| ეჯ || [iː] | |||
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| აჯ || [ɛː] | |||
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| ოჯ || [iː] | |||
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| ილ || [i] | |||
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| ელ || [iː] | |||
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| ალ || [ɑː] | |||
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| ოლ || [uː] | |||
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| ჯი || [i] | |||
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| ჯე || [i] | |||
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| ჯა || [ɛ] | |||
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| ჯო || [ɛ] | |||
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| სჯ || [ʃ] | |||
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| კს || [x] | |||
|} | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||