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== Phonology == | |||
=== Vowels === | |||
* Vowels: /i iː e eː a aː o oː u uː iːa uːa aːi aːu ("shva na", its only distinguishing feature is being ultrashort)/ | |||
=== Consonants === | |||
* Consonants: /mˤ ṽˤ mʲ ṽʲ n̪ˤ ɾ̃ˤ ɲ ɾ̃ʲ ɴ pˤ ɸˤ pʲ ɸʲ t̪ˤ θˤ tʲ θʲ c q ç χ l̪ˤ lˤ ʎ lʲ rˤ ɾˤ r̝ʲ ɾʲ s̪ˤ ʃ h ʔ/ | |||
Example of hiatus: i˩äth [ʔi᷅ːʔàθˤ] vs. íath˩ [ʔi᷅ːaθˤ] | |||
=== Tones and tropes === | |||
Reading Flei has _ tones. The reading tradition indicates each phonemic tone with one of three tropes depending on the syntactic context: conjunctive, top-level pausal (cf. sof pasuq), and lower-level pausal (cf. etnachta and revia). | |||
== Orthography == | |||
Latest revision as of 12:13, 26 October 2024
Phonology
Vowels
- Vowels: /i iː e eː a aː o oː u uː iːa uːa aːi aːu ("shva na", its only distinguishing feature is being ultrashort)/
Consonants
- Consonants: /mˤ ṽˤ mʲ ṽʲ n̪ˤ ɾ̃ˤ ɲ ɾ̃ʲ ɴ pˤ ɸˤ pʲ ɸʲ t̪ˤ θˤ tʲ θʲ c q ç χ l̪ˤ lˤ ʎ lʲ rˤ ɾˤ r̝ʲ ɾʲ s̪ˤ ʃ h ʔ/
Example of hiatus: i˩äth [ʔi᷅ːʔàθˤ] vs. íath˩ [ʔi᷅ːaθˤ]
Tones and tropes
Reading Flei has _ tones. The reading tradition indicates each phonemic tone with one of three tropes depending on the syntactic context: conjunctive, top-level pausal (cf. sof pasuq), and lower-level pausal (cf. etnachta and revia).