4,735
edits
Valian: Difference between revisions
m
→Consonants
Chrysophylax (talk | contribs) m (→Adjectives) |
Chrysophylax (talk | contribs) m (→Consonants) |
||
| Line 150: | Line 150: | ||
At its core, the language writes the plosive series as ⟨p t k⟩, the nasals as ⟨m n⟩, the trill as ⟨r⟩, the voiced labial fricative as ⟨v⟩, the palatal approximant as ⟨y⟩, the lateral one as ⟨l⟩, and the glottal fricative as ⟨h⟩. Palatalisation is not indicated in writing as it is the result of a regular process. | At its core, the language writes the plosive series as ⟨p t k⟩, the nasals as ⟨m n⟩, the trill as ⟨r⟩, the voiced labial fricative as ⟨v⟩, the palatal approximant as ⟨y⟩, the lateral one as ⟨l⟩, and the glottal fricative as ⟨h⟩. Palatalisation is not indicated in writing as it is the result of a regular process. | ||
The "weakened" variants of ''p, t, k'' (see [[{{FULLPAGENAME}} | The "weakened" variants of ''p, t, k'' (see [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Consonants|Valian phonology]]) encountered after certain consonants and intervocalically are written as ''b, d, g'' something which may confusion at first as they are not fully voiced sounds, unlike say English, but are actually only half voiced, often if word-final they represent unreleased stops. Like the vowels, the basic (non-weakened) consonants can all be doubled for the long versions of the consonants. Note, this means that there are no double ⟨b d g⟩ at all. The voiced labial fricative ⟨v⟩ is counted among the "weakened" consonantal sounds as it too cannot be doubled even though there is no 'full' form of it. | ||
As will be noted, many forms of the personal pronouns and related affixes are written as if non-weakened with ''t, k'' even though they are between vowels. Nonetheless, they are to be pronounced as normal weakened consonants. One of the more prominent examples of irregularity in usage of the weakened consonants is evident in the native name of the language itself ''Välyatalle'' – a remnant from when the name was ''Välya(h) tallet'' and not one single word. There are many similar compound words that are spelt "strongly" when nonetheless pronounced "weakly". | As will be noted, many forms of the personal pronouns and related affixes are written as if non-weakened with ''t, k'' even though they are between vowels. Nonetheless, they are to be pronounced as normal weakened consonants. One of the more prominent examples of irregularity in usage of the weakened consonants is evident in the native name of the language itself ''Välyatalle'' – a remnant from when the name was ''Välya(h) tallet'' and not one single word. There are many similar compound words that are spelt "strongly" when nonetheless pronounced "weakly". | ||