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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
There are 3 main orthographies used by Neskara: Georgian, Cyrillic, and Latin. The Georgian script is the most commonly used script to transcribe Nesekara. | There are 3 main orthographies used by Neskara: Georgian, Cyrillic, and Latin. The Georgian script is the most commonly used script to transcribe Nesekara. | ||
Cyrillic || a A п П т Т к К e E ф Ф с С s S | |||
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Georgian || ე პ ტ კ ე ვ ზ ს | |||
Latin || A a p P t T k K e E f F s S z Z | |||
IPA || [a] [p] [t] [k] [ɛ] [f] [s̺] [s̻] | |||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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There are 5 vowels in Nesekara. Due to aerial features by Georgian, the /e/ and /o/ have drifted to /ɛ/ and /ɔ̝/ respectively. | There are 5 vowels in Nesekara. Due to aerial features by Georgian, the /e/ and /o/ have drifted to /ɛ/ and /ɔ̝/ respectively. | ||
/i/ <i, и> | /i/ <i, и, ი> | ||
/u/ <u, у> | /u/ <u, у, უ> | ||
/ɛ/ <e, e> | /ɛ/ <e, e, ე> | ||
/ɔ̝/ <o, o> | /ɔ̝/ <o, o, ო> | ||
/æ/ <a, a> | /æ/ <a, a, ა> | ||
Length is not contrastive. | Length is not contrastive. | ||
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====Accent==== | ====Accent==== | ||
Intonation occurs via ''pitch-promenance'', i.e the pitch of the stressed syllable is different than the syllables surrounding it. The stressed syllable is always somewhat higher than | Intonation occurs via ''pitch-promenance'', i.e the pitch of the stressed syllable is different than the syllables surrounding it. The stressed syllable is always somewhat higher than nonstressed syllables. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
The syllable structure of Nesekara is always CV; any consonant is permitted to start a syllable. However, the sonority hierarchy is ''usually'' followed when constructing a word. | |||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||