Shei²¹A¹¹Mi³⁵: Difference between revisions

From Linguifex
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 3: Line 3:
== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
=== Initials ===
=== Initials ===
Similar to Navajo:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="2"  colspan="2" |
! rowspan="2"  colspan="2" |

Revision as of 21:49, 29 November 2024

Shei²¹A¹¹Mi³⁵ is a topolect of Zzean. It is inspired by Navajo.

Phonology

Initials

Bilabial Alveolar Palato-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
plain lateral affricate plain lab.
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Stop unaspirated b /p/ d /t/ dl /tˡ/ dz /ts/ j /tʃ/ g /k/ gw /kʷ/ (not written) /ʔ/
aspirated t /tʰ/ /tɬʰ/ ts /tsʰ/ ch /tʃʰ/ k /kʰ/ kw /kʷʰ/
ejective /tʼ/ tłʼ /tɬʼ/ tsʼ /tsʼ/ chʼ /tʃʼ/ /kʼ/ kwʼ /kʷʼ/
Continuant fortis s /s/ ł /ɬ/ sh /ʃ/ h /x/ hw /xʷ/
lenis z /z/ l /l/ zh /ʒ/ y /j/ gh /ɣ/ w /w/

Nuclei

i, e, a, o, u, ii, ee, aa, oo, uu

Codas

-0 -n -ñ -' -d -l -z -zh -i -i' -w -w' /-0 -n -N -ʔ -t̚ -l -z̞ -ɻ -j -jʔ -w -wʔ/

/-N/ is realized as nasalization of the preceding vowel

Nuclei are lengthened before the zero coda or /-N/; hence short and long vowel + these codas are phonetically long and overlong vowels respectively

Tones