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==Phonology==
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===Consonants===
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| '''m''' /m/
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| '''n''' /n/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''ņ''' /ɲ/
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| '''ŋ''' /ŋ/
| '''ŋ''' /ŋ/
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| '''p''' /p/
| '''p''' /p/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''ț''' /c/
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| '''k''' /k/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''ʼ''' /ʔ/
| '''ʼ''' /ʔ/
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| '''ph''' /pʰ/
| '''ph''' /pʰ/
| '''th''' /tʰ/
| '''th''' /tʰ/
| '''țh''' /cʰ/
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| '''kh''' /kʰ/
| '''kh''' /kʰ/
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| '''b''' /b/
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| '''d''' /d/
| '''d''' /d/
| '''ḑ''' /ɟ/
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| '''g''' /g/
| '''g''' /g/
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! rowspan="3" |Affricate
! | <small>plain</small>
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| '''ts''' /ts/
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! | <small>aspirated</small>
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| '''tsh''' /tsʰ/
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! | <small>voiced</small>
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| '''dz''' /dz/
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| '''ļ''' /ʎ/
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Revision as of 03:00, 7 February 2016

ɺ==Phonology==

Consonants

Gaufian consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ ʼ /ʔ/
aspirated ph /pʰ/ th /tʰ/ kh /kʰ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Affricate plain ts /ts/
aspirated tsh /tsʰ/
voiced dz /dz/
Fricative plain f /f/ s /s/ š /ʃ/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ z /z/ ž /ʒ/
Approximant central j /j/
lateral l /l/

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
  • falling: aa
  • broken: âa

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

Grammar