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=== phonology === | === phonology === | ||
Renyút language uses 23 letters | Renyút language uses 23 letters | ||
:a, e | :a, e, i, k, l, m, n, ng, ny, o, p, r, s, t, ts, u, y, æ, è, ê, ø, ú, û | ||
==== vowel ==== | ==== vowel ==== | ||
There are | There are 10 vowel letters | ||
:a, e, i, o, u, æ, è, ê, ø, ú | :a, e, i, o, u, æ, è, ê, ø, ú | ||
There seems to be some kind of vowel harmony. | There seems to be some kind of vowel harmony. | ||
:front vowel: æ, e | :front vowel: æ, e, ø, ú | ||
:neutral vowel: i | :neutral vowel: i(, è?) | ||
:back vowel: a, (ê?), o, u | :back vowel: a, (ê?), o, u | ||
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|- style="text-align: center;" | |- style="text-align: center;" | ||
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | ! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | ||
| e || ø |||| (ê?) || o | | e || ø ||(è?)|| (ê?) || o | ||
|- style="text-align: center;" | |- style="text-align: center;" | ||
! [[w:Open vowel|Open]] | ! [[w:Open vowel|Open]] | ||
| æ || |||| a /ɑ/ || | | æ || |||| a /ɑ/ || | ||
|} | |} | ||
The digraph ae may represent long æ /ǣ/. | |||
==== semi-vowel ==== | ==== semi-vowel ==== | ||
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==== consonant ==== | ==== consonant ==== | ||
There are 11 | There are 11 consonant letters | ||
: | :k, l, m, n, ng, ny, p, r, s, t, ts | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
![[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] | |||
![[w:Dental consonant|Dental]] | |||
![[w:Postalveolar consonant|Post-alv.]]/<br>[[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]] | |||
![[w:Velar consonant|Velar]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Nasal stop|Nasal]] | |||
|m | |||
|n | |||
|ny /ɲ/ | |||
|ng /ŋ/ | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Stop consonant|Stop]] | |||
|p | |||
|t | |||
|ts /t͡ʃ/ | |||
|k | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]] | |||
| | |||
|s | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Trill consonant|Trill]] | |||
| | |||
|r | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]] | |||
| | |||
|l | |||
|y /j/ | |||
|û /w/ | |||
|} | |||
===etymology=== | |||
The only one word whose etymology can be suggested is "kûot" | |||
:'''kûot'''/kwot/ < PU *kota |
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