Suwáá/Accents

Modern Amísreg

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Conservative Amísreg

In Conservative Amísreg, the vowels o oo are consistently [o o:], and a aa are less back [ä ä:].

r may be pronounced as a trill, [r] or [ɽr] in addition to retroflex fricative, approximant or lateral approximant realizations.

Conservative Amísreg retains the Classical Sowaár 3-tone system in a simplified form, which moderners perceive as affected.

• Classical Sowaár: á, a, à, áa, aà, aá, aa
• Conservative Amísreg: á, a, à, áa, aá, aa
• Modern Amísreg: á, a, áa, aá, aa

New Urban

The phonology is based on Amísreg, with a few differences.

• Plain unaspirated consonants become fully voiced.
• The difference between the retroflex dr-series and the palatal j-series is retained; however dr tr tr' are apico-postalveolar plosives as in Hindi, or laminal affricates [d͡ʐ t͡ʂ t͡ʂ'], not subapical plosives as in Amísreg.
• dlr tlr tlr' łr become velar laterals gl kl kl' khl.
• nr r are much less retroflex than in High Sowaár.
• p may be pronounced [f].
• w may be pronounced [v] or [ʋ].
• Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek).