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| '''ee''' /eː/
| '''ee''' /eː/
| '''õ''' /ɤ/
| '''õ''' /ɤ/
| '''õ''' /ɤː/
| '''õõ''' /ɤː/
| '''o''' /o/
| '''o''' /o/
| '''oo''' /oː/
| '''oo''' /oː/

Revision as of 03:31, 27 September 2015

Phonology

Consonants

Gaufian consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal /m/ /n/ /ɲ/ /ŋ/
Plosive plain /p/ /t/ /c/ /k/ /ʔ/
aspirated /pʰ/ /tʰ/ /cʰ/ /kʰ/
voiced /b/ /d/ /ɟ/ /g/
Affricate plain /ts/ /t͡ʃ/
aspirated /tsʰ/ /t͡ʃʰ/
Fricative plain /f/ /s/ /ʃ/ /h/
voiced /v/ /z/ /ʒ/
Approximant central /j/
lateral /l/ /ʎ/

Vowels

Gaufian monophthongs
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ii /iː/ u /u/ uu /uː/
Near-close ė /ɪ/ ėė /ɪː/ ȯ /ʊ/ ȯȯ /ʊː/
Mid e /e/ ee /eː/ õ /ɤ/ õõ /ɤː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open ä /æ/ ää /æ/ a /ɑ/ aa /ɑː/

Tones

Lexical pitch accent is used on long vowels:

  • high: āa
  • low: aa
  • broken: âa

Allowed syllables: CV, CVN, CVh, CV'/CV-sokuon