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'''Kliqel''' is a dialect of [[Iskel]] which is primarily distinct from the others in its phonology. Therefore, its orthography differs from other dialects for both romanization and native script. Its orthography is quite similar to [[Lanikel orthography|Lanikel's orthography]], another dialect of Iskel, but has crucial differences.
== Romanization ==
=== Consonants ===
Some consonants can be written with either digraphs or a non-ASCII monograph. Syllabic consonants are always written as digraphs, however.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="3" |Occlusive Consonant
!Phoneme
!m
!n
!ɲ
!ɴ
!mʷ
!nʷ
!ɲʷ
!p
!t
!q
!b
!t͡s
!d͡z
!ŋ͡ʇ
!ŋ͡ǃ¡
!ŋ͡ǂ
!k͡ʇʰ
!k͡ʇ
!k͡ǃ¡
!k͡ǁ
!k͡ǂ
|-
! rowspan="2" |Grapheme
|''m''
|''n''
|''ny''
|''ng''
|''mů''
|''nů''
|''nẙ''
|''p''
|''t''
|''q''
|''b''
|''ts''
|''dz''
|''cn''
|''kn''
|''kñ''
|''cs''
|''ct''
|''kr''
|''kl''
|''ky''
|-
|''m''
|''n''
|''ñ''
|''ŋ''
|''mů''
|''nů''
|''nẙ''
|''p''
|''t''
|''q''
|''b''
|''ĉ''
|''ẑ''
|''cn''
|''kn''
|''kñ''
|''cs''
|''ct''
|''kr''
|''kl''
|''ky''
|-
! rowspan="3" |Continuant Consonant
!Phoneme
!ɸ
!θ
!s
!ɬ
!ç
!χ
!h
!β
!ð
!z
!ʝ
!w
!ɾ
!l
!j
!r
!ʀ
! colspan="4" rowspan="3" |
|-
! rowspan="2" |Grapheme
|''f''
|''th''
|''s''
|''lh''
|''ch''
|''x''
|''h''
|''v''
|''d''
|''z''
|''j''
|''w''
|''r''
|''l''
|''y''
|''rr''
|''g''
|-
|''f''
|''þ''
|''s''
|''ł''
|''ç''
|''x''
|''h''
|''v''
|''d''
|''z''
|''j''
|''w''
|''r''
|''l''
|''y''
|''ř''
|''g''
|}
=== Vowels ===
Vowels with the circumflex diacritics change diacritics based on suprasegmentals, specified later in this article.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Toneless Vowel
!Phoneme
!i
!ɯ
!u
!e
!ɤ
!o
!ɛ
!ɔ
!a
!ɑ
|-
!Grapheme
|''i''
|''î''
|''u''
|''e''
|''û''
|''o''
|''ê''
|''ô''
|''a''
|''â''
|}
=== Syllabic Consonants ===
Toneless syllabic consonants are written with an overdot. On digraphs, the underdot is written only on the first letter (e.g. /ɴ̩ ʀ̩/ get written ⟨ṇg ṛr⟩). The toneless syllabic consonants /ʝ̍ j̍/ are instead written ⟨ẏh ẏ⟩.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Toneless Syllabic Consonant
!Phoneme
!m̩
!n̩
!ɲ̩
!ɴ̩
!m̩ʷ
!n̩ʷ
!ɲ̩ʷ
!β̩
!ð̩
!z̩
!ʝ̍
!w̩
!l̩
!j̍
!ɾ̩
!ʀ̩
|-
!Grapheme
|''ṃ''
|''ṇ''
|''ṇy''
|''ṇg''
|''ṃů''
|''ṇů''
|''ṇẙ''
|''ṿ''
|''ḍ''
|''ẓ''
|''ẏh''
|''ẉ''
|''ḷ''
|''ẏ''
|''ṛ''
|''ṛr''
|}
=== Tones ===
High tone on vowels is marked with an acute accent on vowels without a diacritic. On vowels with a circumflex, the circumflex is replaced with a grave accent (e.g. /í ɯ́/ are ⟨í ì⟩).
Mid tone on vowels is marked with a breve on vowels without a diacritic. On vowels with a circumflex, the circumflex is replaced with a tilde (e.g. /ī ɯ̄/ are ⟨ĭ ĩ⟩).
Low tone is marked with an apostrophe before the nucleus.
Because word-initial high tone words are most common, Iskel romanizes them differently to avoid extensive diacritic use: a high tone on a multisyllabic word is not written if there is only one high tone and it's word initial. Multisyllabic words with no tones are written as if they have a word-initial high tone.
For polypthongs, tone (not including low tone because it has unusual romanization) is always written on the first vowel grapheme, so every vowel with a tone diacritic begins its syllable's nucleus. It is therefore unnecessary to use a diaerisis on such vowels.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |High Tone Vowel
!Phoneme
!i˥
!ɯ˥
!u˥
!e˥
!ɤ˥
!o˥
!ɛ˥
!ɔ˥
!a˥
!ɑ˥
|-
!Grapheme
|''í''
|''ì''
|''ú''
|''é''
|''ù''
|''ó''
|''è''
|''ò''
|''á''
|''à''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Mid Tone Vowel
!Phoneme
!i˧
!ɯ˧
!u˧
!e˧
!ɤ˧
!o˧
!ɛ˧
!ɔ˧
!a˧
!ɑ˧
|-
!Grapheme
|''ĭ''
|''ĩ''
|''ŭ''
|''ĕ''
|''ũ''
|''ŏ''
|''ẽ''
|''õ''
|''ă''
|''ã''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Low Tone Vowel
!Phoneme
!i˩
!ɯ˩
!u˩
!e˩
!ɤ˩
!o˩
!ɛ˩
!ɔ˩
!a˩
!ɑ˩
|-
!Grapheme
|''<nowiki/>'i''
|''<nowiki/>'î''
|''<nowiki/>'u''
|''<nowiki/>'e''
|''<nowiki/>'û''
|''<nowiki/>'o''
|''<nowiki/>'ê''
|''<nowiki/>'ô''
|''<nowiki/>'a''
|''<nowiki/>'â''
|}
High tone syllabic consonants /ḿ̩ ń̩ ɲ̩́ ɴ̩́ ḿ̩ʷ ń̩ʷ ɲ̩́ʷ ź̩ ʝ̩́ ẃ̩ ĺ̩ j̩́ ɾ̩́ ʀ̩́/ have their underdots replaced with the acute accent ⟨ḿ ń ńy ńg ḿů ńů ńẙ ź ýh ẃ ĺ ý ŕ ŕr⟩. High tone /ð̩/ is written with ⟨ð⟩ instead of ⟨d́⟩, and high tone /β̩/ is written with a ⟨ŵ⟩.
Mid tone syllabic consonants are written similar to their toneless forms, but with overdots instead of underdots. The mid tone /β̩̄ j̩̄/, however, are written ⟨ẅ ÿ⟩.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |High Tone Syllabic Consonant
!Phoneme
!m̩˥
!n̩˥
!ɲ̩˥
!ɴ̩˥
!m̩ʷ˥
!n̩ʷ˥
!ɲ̩ʷ˥
!β̩˥
!ð̩˥
!z̩˥
!ʝ̍˥
!w̩˥
!l̩˥
!j̍˥
!ɾ̩˥
!ʀ̩˥
|-
!Grapheme
|''ḿ''
|''ń''
|''ńy''
|''ńg''
|''ḿů''
|''ńů''
|''ńẙ''
|''ŵ''
|''ð''
|''ź''
|''ýh''
|''ẃ''
|''ĺ''
|''ý''
|''ŕ''
|''ŕr''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Mid Tone Syllabic Consonant
!Phoneme
!m̩˧
!n̩˧
!ɲ̩˧
!ɴ̩˧
!m̩ʷ˧
!n̩ʷ˧
!ɲ̩ʷ˧
!β̩˧
!ð̩˧
!z̩˧
!ʝ̍˧
!w̩˧
!l̩˧
!j̍˧
!ɾ̩˧
!ʀ̩˧
|-
!Grapheme
|''ṁ''
|''ṅ''
|''ṅy''
|''ṅg''
|''ṁů''
|''ṅů''
|''ṅẙ''
|''ẅ''
|''ḋ''
|''ż''
|''ÿh''
|''ẇ''
|''ŀ''
|''ÿ''
|''ṙ''
|''ṙr''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Low Tone Syllabic Consonant
!Phoneme
!m̩˩
!n̩˩
!ɲ̩˩
!ɴ̩˩
!m̩ʷ˩
!n̩ʷ˩
!ɲ̩ʷ˩
!β̩˩
!ð̩˩
!z̩˩
!ʝ̍˩
!w̩˩
!l̩˩
!j̍˩
!ɾ̩˩
!ʀ̩˩
|-
!Grapheme
|''<nowiki/>'ṃ''
|''<nowiki/>'ṇ''
|''<nowiki/>'ṇy''
|''<nowiki/>'ṇg''
|''<nowiki/>'ṃů''
|''<nowiki/>'ṇů''
|''<nowiki/>'ṇẙ''
|''<nowiki/>'ṿ''
|''<nowiki/>'ḍ''
|''<nowiki/>'ẓ''
|''<nowiki/>'ẏh''
|''<nowiki/>'ẉ''
|''<nowiki/>'ḷ''
|''<nowiki/>'ẏ''
|''<nowiki/>'ṛ''
|''<nowiki/>'ṛr''
|}
=== Gemination ===
Geminated single-letter phonemes are written by doubling their letter. Geminated digraphs are written by doubling their first letter.
Geminated syllabic consonants are marked by doubling the letter with the syllabic or tone diacritic. The syllabic geminate consonant /ʀ̩ː/ is only written with two marked ⟨r⟩s instead of two marked ⟨r⟩s and an unmarked one.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="22" |Geminate Romanization
|-
! rowspan="6" |Consonant
! rowspan="3" |Occlusive
!Phoneme
!ɱː
!nː
!ɲː
!ŋː
!pː
!tː
!t͡ʃː
!kː
!ʔː
!bː
!d͡zː
!d͡ʒː
!ɡː
!ŋ͡ʇː
!ŋ͡ǃ¡ː
!ŋ͡ǂː
!k͡ʇː
!k͡ǃ¡ː
!k͡ǂː
|-
! rowspan="2" |Grapheme
|''mm''
|''nn''
|''nny''
|''nng''
|''pp''
|''tt''
|''cch''
|''kk''
|''qq''
|''bb''
|''ddz''
|''jj''
|''gg''
|''ccn''
|''ccǹ''
|''ccñ''
|''cct''
|''ccl''
|''ccy''
|-
|''mm''
|''nn''
|''ññ''
|''ŋŋ''
|''pp''
|''tt''
|''čč''
|''kk''
|''qq''
|''bb''
|''ẑẑ''
|''jj''
|''gg''
|''ccn''
|''ccǹ''
|''ccñ''
|''cct''
|''ccl''
|''ccy''
|-
! rowspan="3" |Continuant
!Phoneme
!fː
!θː
!sː
!ʃː
!ʎ̝̊ː
!xː
!hː
!vː
!ðː
!zː
!ʒː
!wː
!lː
!jː
!w̃ː
!l̃ː
!j̃ː
!ʀː
! rowspan="3" |
|-
! rowspan="2" |Grapheme
|''ff''
|''tth''
|''ss''
|''ssh''
|''llh''
|''xx''
|''hh''
|''vv''
|''dd''
|''zz''
|''zzh''
|''ww''
|''ll''
|''yy''
|''wwǹ''
|''llǹ''
|''yyǹ''
|''rrr''
|-
|''ff''
|''þþ''
|''ss''
|''šš''
|''çç''
|''xx''
|''hh''
|''vv''
|''dd''
|''zz''
|''žž''
|''ww''
|''ll''
|''yy''
|''ṽṽ''
|''łł''
|''ỹỹ''
|''řř''
|-
! rowspan="8" |Syllabic Consonant
! rowspan="2" |Toneless
!Phoneme
!ɱ̩ː
!n̩ː
!ɲ̩ː
!ŋ̩ː
!v̩ː
!ð̩ː
!z̩ː
!ʒ̍ː
!w̩ː
!l̩ː
!j̍ː
!w̩̃ː
!l̩̃ː
!j̩̃ː
!ʀ̩ː
! colspan="4" rowspan="8" |
|-
!Grapheme
|''ṃṃ''
|''ṇṇ''
|''ṇṇy''
|''ṇṇg''
|''ṿṿ''
|''ḍḍ''
|''ẓẓ''
|''ẓẓh''
|''ẉẉ''
|''ḷḷ''
|''ẏẏ''
|''ẉẉǹ''
|''ḷḷǹ''
|''ẏẏǹ''
|''ṛṛ''
|-
! rowspan="2" |High Tone
!Phoneme
!ɱ̩ː˥
!n̩ː˥
!ɲ̩ː˥
!ŋ̩ː˥
!v̩ː˥
!ð̩ː˥
!z̩ː˥
!ʒ̍ː˥
!w̩ː˥
!l̩ː˥
!j̍ː˥
!w̩̃ː˥
!l̩̃ː˥
!j̩̃ː˥
!ʀ̩ː˥
|-
!Grapheme
|''ḿḿ''
|''ńń''
|''ńńy''
|''ńńg''
|''ŵŵ''
|''ðð''
|''źź''
|''źźh''
|''ẃẃ''
|''ĺĺ''
|''ýý''
|''ẃẃǹ''
|''ĺĺǹ''
|''ýýǹ''
|''ŕŕ''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Mid Tone
!Phoneme
!ɱ̩ː˧
!n̩ː˧
!ɲ̩ː˧
!ŋ̩ː˧
!v̩ː˧
!ð̩ː˧
!z̩ː˧
!ʒ̍ː˧
!w̩ː˧
!l̩ː˧
!j̍ː˧
!w̩̃ː˧
!l̩̃ː˧
!j̩̃ː˧
!ʀ̩ː˧
|-
!Grapheme
|''ṁṁ''
|''ṅṅ''
|''ṅṅy''
|''ṅṅg''
|''ẅẅ''
|''ḋḋ''
|''żż''
|''żżh''
|''ẇẇ''
|''ŀŀ''
|''ÿÿ''
|''ẇẇǹ''
|''ŀŀǹ''
|''ÿÿǹ''
|''ṙṙ''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Low Tone
!Phoneme
!ɱ̩ː˩
!n̩ː˩
!ɲ̩ː˩
!ŋ̩ː˩
!v̩ː˩
!ð̩ː˩
!z̩ː˩
!ʒ̍ː˩
!w̩ː˩
!l̩ː˩
!j̍ː˩
!w̩̃ː˩
!l̩̃ː˩
!j̩̃ː˩
!ʀ̩ː˩
|-
!Grapheme
|''<nowiki/>'ṃṃ''
|''<nowiki/>'ṇṇ''
|''<nowiki/>'ṇṇy''
|''<nowiki/>'ṇṇg''
|''<nowiki/>'ṿṿ''
|''<nowiki/>'ḍḍ''
|''<nowiki/>'ẓẓ''
|''<nowiki/>'ẓẓh''
|''<nowiki/>'ẉẉ''
|''<nowiki/>'ḷḷ''
|''<nowiki/>'ẏẏ''
|''<nowiki/>'ẉẉǹ''
|''<nowiki/>'ḷḷǹ''
|''<nowiki/>'ẏẏǹ''
|''<nowiki/>'ṛṛ''
|-
! rowspan="8" |Vowel
! rowspan="2" |Toneless
!Phoneme
!iː
!ɪː
!ʊː
!uː
!eː
!əː
!ʌː
!oː
!aː
!ɑː
! colspan="9" rowspan="8" |
|-
!Grapheme
|''ii''
|''îî''
|''ûû''
|''uu''
|''ee''
|''êê''
|''ôô''
|''oo''
|''aa''
|''ââ''
|-
! rowspan="2" |High Tone
!Phoneme
!iː˥
!ɪː˥
!ʊː˥
!uː˥
!eː˥
!əː˥
!ʌː˥
!oː˥
!aː˥
!ɑː˥
|-
!Grapheme
|''íí''
|''ìì''
|''ùù''
|''úú''
|''éé''
|''èè''
|''òò''
|''óó''
|''áá''
|''àà''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Mid Tone
!Phoneme
!iː˧
!ɪː˧
!ʊː˧
!uː˧
!eː˧
!əː˧
!ʌː˧
!oː˧
!aː˧
!ɑː˧
|-
!Grapheme
|''ĭĭ''
|''ĩĩ''
|''ũũ''
|''ŭŭ''
|''ĕĕ''
|''ẽẽ''
|''õõ''
|''ŏŏ''
|''ăă''
|''ãã''
|-
! rowspan="2" |Low Tone
!Phoneme
!iː˩
!ɪː˩
!ʊː˩
!uː˩
!eː˩
!əː˩
!ʌː˩
!oː˩
!aː˩
!ɑː˩
|-
!Grapheme
|''<nowiki/>'ii''
|''<nowiki/>'îî''
|''<nowiki/>'ûû''
|''<nowiki/>'uu''
|''<nowiki/>'ee''
|''<nowiki/>'êê''
|''<nowiki/>'ôô''
|''<nowiki/>'oo''
|''<nowiki/>'aa''
|''<nowiki/>'ââ''
|}
=== Disambiguation ===
Many consonant phonemes are expressed with multigraphs that have an equivalent cluster. They are differenciated orthographically with apostrophes placed between consonant graphemes in a cluster.
Polyphthongs are written by simply juxtaposing vowel letters together. Since all two- or three-vowel clusters contrast with a polypthong, a diaerisis is placed on the non-first grapheme(s) of such clusters to distinguish them.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
! colspan="15" |Multigraph Disambiguation
|-
! colspan="6" |Consonants (All)
! colspan="3" |Syllabic Consonants (All)
! colspan="6" |Vowels (Examples)
|-
! colspan="3" |Digraph
! colspan="3" |Trigraph
! colspan="3" |Digraph
! colspan="3" |Short Vowel Multigraph
! colspan="3" |Long Vowel Multigraph
|-
! colspan="2" |Grapheme
! rowspan="2" |Phonemes
! colspan="2" |Grapheme
! rowspan="2" |Phonemes
! colspan="2" |Grapheme
! rowspan="2" |Phonemes
! colspan="2" |Grapheme
! rowspan="2" |Phonemes
! colspan="2" |Grapheme
! rowspan="2" |Phonemes
|-
!Base
!Distinction
!Base
!Distinction
!Base
!Distinction
!Base
!Distinction
!Base
!Distinction
|-
! rowspan="2" |dz
|''dz''
|/d͡z/
! rowspan="3" |ddz
|''ddz''
|/d͡zː/
! rowspan="2" |ṇy
|''ṇy''
|/ɲ̩/
! rowspan="2" |ie
|ie
|/i͡e/
! rowspan="4" |iea
|iea
|/i͡e͡a/
|-
|''d'z''
|/ðz/
|''d'dz''
|/ðd͡z/
|''ṇ'y''
|/n̩j/
|iē
|/i.e/
|iēa
|/i.e͡a/
|-
| colspan="3" |
|''dd'z''
|/ðːz/
! rowspan="2" |ńy
|''ńy''
|/ɲ̩˥/
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
|ieā
|/i͡e.a/
|-
! rowspan="2" |lh
|lh
|/ʎ̝̊/
! rowspan="3" |llh
|''llh''
|/ʎ̝̊ː/
|''ń'y''
|/n̩˥j/
|iēā
|/i.e.a/
|-
|''l'h''
|/lh/
|''l'lh''
|/lʎ̝̊/
! rowspan="2" |ṅy
|''ṅy''
|/ɲ̩˧/
! rowspan="2" |ui
|ui
|/u͡i/
! rowspan="4" |uio
|uio
|/u͡i͡o/
|-
| colspan="3" |
|''ll'h''
|/lːh/
|''ṅ'y''
|/n̩˧j/
|uī
|/u.i/
|uīo
|/u.i͡o/
|-
! rowspan="2" |ng
|''ng''
|/ŋ/
! rowspan="3" |nng
|''nng''
|/ŋː/
! rowspan="2" |'ṇy
|''<nowiki/>'ṇy''
|/ɲ̩˩/
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
|uiō
|/u͡i.o/
|-
|''n'g''
|/nɡ/
|''n'ng''
|/nŋ/
|''<nowiki/>'ṇ'y''
|/n̩˩j/
|uīō
|/u.i.o/
|-
| colspan="3" |
|''nn'g''
|/nːɡ/
! rowspan="2" |ṇg
|''ṇg''
|/ŋ̩/
! rowspan="2" |oa
|oa
|/o͡a/
! rowspan="4" |oae
|oae
|/o͡a͡e/
|-
! rowspan="2" |ny
|''ny''
|/ɲ/
! rowspan="3" |nny
|''nny''
|/ɲː/
|''ṇ'g''
|/n̩ɡ/
|oā
|/o.a/
|oāe
|/o.a͡e/
|-
|''n'y''
|/nj/
|''n'ny''
|/nɲ/
! rowspan="2" |ńg
|''ńg''
|/ŋ̩˥/
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
|oaē
|/o͡a.e/
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="4" |
|''nn'y''
|/nːj/
|''ń'g''
|/n̩˥ɡ/
|oāē
|/o.a.e/
|-
! rowspan="3" |rrr
|''rrr''
|/ʀː/
! rowspan="2" |ṅg
|''ṅg''
|/ŋ̩˧/
! rowspan="2" |iê
|iê
|/i͡ə/
! rowspan="4" |iêa
|iêa
|/i͡ə͡a/
|-
|''rr'r''
|/ʀɾ/
|''ṅ'g''
|/n̩˧ɡ/
|ië
|/i.ə/
|iëa
|/i.ə͡a/
|-
|''r'rr''
|/ɾʀ/
! rowspan="2" |'ṇg
|''<nowiki/>'ṇg''
|/ŋ̩˩/
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
|iêā
|/i͡ə.a/
|-
! rowspan="2" |sh
|''sh''
|/ʃ/
! rowspan="3" |ssh
|''ssh''
|/ʃː/
|''<nowiki/>'ṇ'g''
|/n̩ɡ/
|iëā
|/i.ə.a/
|-
|''s'h''
|/sh/
|''s'sh''
|/sʃ/
! rowspan="2" |ẓh
|''ẓh''
|/ʒ̍/
! rowspan="2" |ûi
|ûi
|/ʊ͡i/
! rowspan="4" |ûiô
|ûiô
|/ʊ͡i͡ʌ/
|-
| colspan="3" |
|''ss'h''
|/sːh/
|''ẓ'h''
|/z̩h/
|ûī
|/ʊ.i/
|ûīô
|/ʊ.i͡ʌ/
|-
! rowspan="2" |th
|''th''
|/θ/
! rowspan="3" |tth
|''tth''
|/θː/
! rowspan="2" |źh
|''źh''
|/ʒ̍˥/
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
|ûiö
|/ʊ͡i.ʌ/
|-
|''t'h''
|/th/
|''t'th''
|/tθ/
|''ź'h''
|/z̩˥h/
|ûīö
|/ʊ.i.ʌ/
|-
| colspan="3" |
|''tt'h''
|/tːh/
! rowspan="2" |żh
|''żh''
|/ʒ̍˧/
! rowspan="2" |ôâ
|ôâ
|/ʌ͡ɑ/
! rowspan="4" |ôâê
|ôâê
|/ʌ͡ɑ͡ə/
|-
! rowspan="2" |zh
|''zh''
|/ʒ/
! rowspan="3" |zzh
|''zzh''
|/ʒː/
|''ż'h''
|/z̩˧h/
|ôä
|/ʌ.ɑ/
|ôäê
|/ʌ.ɑ͡ə/
|-
|''z'h''
|/zh/
|''z'zh''
|/zʒ/
! rowspan="2" |'ẓh
|''<nowiki/>'ẓh''
|/ʒ̍˩/
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
|ôâë
|/ʌ͡ɑ.ə/
|-
| colspan="3" |
|''zz'h''
|/zːh/
|''<nowiki/>'ẓ'h''
|/z̩˩h/
|ôäë
|/ʌ.ɑ.ə/
|}

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Kliqel is a dialect of Iskel which is primarily distinct from the others in its phonology. Therefore, its orthography differs from other dialects for both romanization and native script. Its orthography is quite similar to Lanikel's orthography, another dialect of Iskel, but has crucial differences.

Romanization

Consonants

Some consonants can be written with either digraphs or a non-ASCII monograph. Syllabic consonants are always written as digraphs, however.

Occlusive Consonant Phoneme m n ɲ ɴ mʷ nʷ ɲʷ p t q b t͡s d͡z ŋ͡ʇ ŋ͡ǃ¡ ŋ͡ǂ k͡ʇʰ k͡ʇ k͡ǃ¡ k͡ǁ k͡ǂ
Grapheme m n ny ng mů nů nẙ p t q b ts dz cn kn kñ cs ct kr kl ky
m n ñ ŋ mů nů nẙ p t q b ĉ ẑ cn kn kñ cs ct kr kl ky
Continuant Consonant Phoneme ɸ θ s ɬ ç χ h β ð z ʝ w ɾ l j r ʀ
Grapheme f th s lh ch x h v d z j w r l y rr g
f þ s ł ç x h v d z j w r l y ř g

Vowels

Vowels with the circumflex diacritics change diacritics based on suprasegmentals, specified later in this article.

Toneless Vowel Phoneme i ɯ u e ɤ o ɛ ɔ a ɑ
Grapheme i î u e û o ê ô a â

Syllabic Consonants

Toneless syllabic consonants are written with an overdot. On digraphs, the underdot is written only on the first letter (e.g. /ɴ̩ ʀ̩/ get written ⟨ṇg ṛr⟩). The toneless syllabic consonants /ʝ̍ j̍/ are instead written ⟨ẏh ẏ⟩.

Toneless Syllabic Consonant Phoneme m̩ n̩ ɲ̩ ɴ̩ m̩ʷ n̩ʷ ɲ̩ʷ β̩ ð̩ z̩ ʝ̍ w̩ l̩ j̍ ɾ̩ ʀ̩
Grapheme ṃ ṇ ṇy ṇg ṃů ṇů ṇẙ ṿ ḍ ẓ ẏh ẉ ḷ ẏ ṛ ṛr

Tones

High tone on vowels is marked with an acute accent on vowels without a diacritic. On vowels with a circumflex, the circumflex is replaced with a grave accent (e.g. /í ɯ́/ are ⟨í ì⟩).

Mid tone on vowels is marked with a breve on vowels without a diacritic. On vowels with a circumflex, the circumflex is replaced with a tilde (e.g. /ī ɯ̄/ are ⟨ĭ ĩ⟩).

Low tone is marked with an apostrophe before the nucleus.

Because word-initial high tone words are most common, Iskel romanizes them differently to avoid extensive diacritic use: a high tone on a multisyllabic word is not written if there is only one high tone and it's word initial. Multisyllabic words with no tones are written as if they have a word-initial high tone.

For polypthongs, tone (not including low tone because it has unusual romanization) is always written on the first vowel grapheme, so every vowel with a tone diacritic begins its syllable's nucleus. It is therefore unnecessary to use a diaerisis on such vowels.

High Tone Vowel Phoneme i˥ ɯ˥ u˥ e˥ ɤ˥ o˥ ɛ˥ ɔ˥ a˥ ɑ˥
Grapheme í ì ú é ù ó è ò á à
Mid Tone Vowel Phoneme i˧ ɯ˧ u˧ e˧ ɤ˧ o˧ ɛ˧ ɔ˧ a˧ ɑ˧
Grapheme ĭ ĩ ŭ ĕ ũ ŏ ẽ õ ă ã
Low Tone Vowel Phoneme i˩ ɯ˩ u˩ e˩ ɤ˩ o˩ ɛ˩ ɔ˩ a˩ ɑ˩
Grapheme 'i 'î 'u 'e 'û 'o 'ê 'ô 'a 'â

High tone syllabic consonants /ḿ̩ ń̩ ɲ̩́ ɴ̩́ ḿ̩ʷ ń̩ʷ ɲ̩́ʷ ź̩ ʝ̩́ ẃ̩ ĺ̩ j̩́ ɾ̩́ ʀ̩́/ have their underdots replaced with the acute accent ⟨ḿ ń ńy ńg ḿů ńů ńẙ ź ýh ẃ ĺ ý ŕ ŕr⟩. High tone /ð̩/ is written with ⟨ð⟩ instead of ⟨d́⟩, and high tone /β̩/ is written with a ⟨ŵ⟩.

Mid tone syllabic consonants are written similar to their toneless forms, but with overdots instead of underdots. The mid tone /β̩̄ j̩̄/, however, are written ⟨ẅ ÿ⟩.

High Tone Syllabic Consonant Phoneme m̩˥ n̩˥ ɲ̩˥ ɴ̩˥ m̩ʷ˥ n̩ʷ˥ ɲ̩ʷ˥ β̩˥ ð̩˥ z̩˥ ʝ̍˥ w̩˥ l̩˥ j̍˥ ɾ̩˥ ʀ̩˥
Grapheme ḿ ń ńy ńg ḿů ńů ńẙ ŵ ð ź ýh ẃ ĺ ý ŕ ŕr
Mid Tone Syllabic Consonant Phoneme m̩˧ n̩˧ ɲ̩˧ ɴ̩˧ m̩ʷ˧ n̩ʷ˧ ɲ̩ʷ˧ β̩˧ ð̩˧ z̩˧ ʝ̍˧ w̩˧ l̩˧ j̍˧ ɾ̩˧ ʀ̩˧
Grapheme ṁ ṅ ṅy ṅg ṁů ṅů ṅẙ ẅ ḋ ż ÿh ẇ ŀ ÿ ṙ ṙr
Low Tone Syllabic Consonant Phoneme m̩˩ n̩˩ ɲ̩˩ ɴ̩˩ m̩ʷ˩ n̩ʷ˩ ɲ̩ʷ˩ β̩˩ ð̩˩ z̩˩ ʝ̍˩ w̩˩ l̩˩ j̍˩ ɾ̩˩ ʀ̩˩
Grapheme 'ṃ 'ṇ 'ṇy 'ṇg 'ṃů 'ṇů 'ṇẙ 'ṿ 'ḍ 'ẓ 'ẏh 'ẉ 'ḷ 'ẏ 'ṛ 'ṛr

Gemination

Geminated single-letter phonemes are written by doubling their letter. Geminated digraphs are written by doubling their first letter.

Geminated syllabic consonants are marked by doubling the letter with the syllabic or tone diacritic. The syllabic geminate consonant /ʀ̩ː/ is only written with two marked ⟨r⟩s instead of two marked ⟨r⟩s and an unmarked one.

Geminate Romanization
Consonant Occlusive Phoneme ɱː nː ɲː ŋː pː tː t͡ʃː kː ʔː bː d͡zː d͡ʒː ɡː ŋ͡ʇː ŋ͡ǃ¡ː ŋ͡ǂː k͡ʇː k͡ǃ¡ː k͡ǂː
Grapheme mm nn nny nng pp tt cch kk qq bb ddz jj gg ccn ccǹ ccñ cct ccl ccy
mm nn ññ ŋŋ pp tt čč kk qq bb ẑẑ jj gg ccn ccǹ ccñ cct ccl ccy
Continuant Phoneme fː θː sː ʃː ʎ̝̊ː xː hː vː ðː zː ʒː wː lː jː w̃ː l̃ː j̃ː ʀː
Grapheme ff tth ss ssh llh xx hh vv dd zz zzh ww ll yy wwǹ llǹ yyǹ rrr
ff þþ ss šš çç xx hh vv dd zz žž ww ll yy ṽṽ łł ỹỹ řř
Syllabic Consonant Toneless Phoneme ɱ̩ː n̩ː ɲ̩ː ŋ̩ː v̩ː ð̩ː z̩ː ʒ̍ː w̩ː l̩ː j̍ː w̩̃ː l̩̃ː j̩̃ː ʀ̩ː
Grapheme ṃṃ ṇṇ ṇṇy ṇṇg ṿṿ ḍḍ ẓẓ ẓẓh ẉẉ ḷḷ ẏẏ ẉẉǹ ḷḷǹ ẏẏǹ ṛṛ
High Tone Phoneme ɱ̩ː˥ n̩ː˥ ɲ̩ː˥ ŋ̩ː˥ v̩ː˥ ð̩ː˥ z̩ː˥ ʒ̍ː˥ w̩ː˥ l̩ː˥ j̍ː˥ w̩̃ː˥ l̩̃ː˥ j̩̃ː˥ ʀ̩ː˥
Grapheme ḿḿ ńń ńńy ńńg ŵŵ ðð źź źźh ẃẃ ĺĺ ýý ẃẃǹ ĺĺǹ ýýǹ ŕŕ
Mid Tone Phoneme ɱ̩ː˧ n̩ː˧ ɲ̩ː˧ ŋ̩ː˧ v̩ː˧ ð̩ː˧ z̩ː˧ ʒ̍ː˧ w̩ː˧ l̩ː˧ j̍ː˧ w̩̃ː˧ l̩̃ː˧ j̩̃ː˧ ʀ̩ː˧
Grapheme ṁṁ ṅṅ ṅṅy ṅṅg ẅẅ ḋḋ żż żżh ẇẇ ŀŀ ÿÿ ẇẇǹ ŀŀǹ ÿÿǹ ṙṙ
Low Tone Phoneme ɱ̩ː˩ n̩ː˩ ɲ̩ː˩ ŋ̩ː˩ v̩ː˩ ð̩ː˩ z̩ː˩ ʒ̍ː˩ w̩ː˩ l̩ː˩ j̍ː˩ w̩̃ː˩ l̩̃ː˩ j̩̃ː˩ ʀ̩ː˩
Grapheme 'ṃṃ 'ṇṇ 'ṇṇy 'ṇṇg 'ṿṿ 'ḍḍ 'ẓẓ 'ẓẓh 'ẉẉ 'ḷḷ 'ẏẏ 'ẉẉǹ 'ḷḷǹ 'ẏẏǹ 'ṛṛ
Vowel Toneless Phoneme iː ɪː ʊː uː eː əː ʌː oː aː ɑː
Grapheme ii îî ûû uu ee êê ôô oo aa ââ
High Tone Phoneme iː˥ ɪː˥ ʊː˥ uː˥ eː˥ əː˥ ʌː˥ oː˥ aː˥ ɑː˥
Grapheme íí ìì ùù úú éé èè òò óó áá àà
Mid Tone Phoneme iː˧ ɪː˧ ʊː˧ uː˧ eː˧ əː˧ ʌː˧ oː˧ aː˧ ɑː˧
Grapheme ĭĭ ĩĩ ũũ ŭŭ ĕĕ ẽẽ õõ ŏŏ ăă ãã
Low Tone Phoneme iː˩ ɪː˩ ʊː˩ uː˩ eː˩ əː˩ ʌː˩ oː˩ aː˩ ɑː˩
Grapheme 'ii 'îî 'ûû 'uu 'ee 'êê 'ôô 'oo 'aa 'ââ

Disambiguation

Many consonant phonemes are expressed with multigraphs that have an equivalent cluster. They are differenciated orthographically with apostrophes placed between consonant graphemes in a cluster.

Polyphthongs are written by simply juxtaposing vowel letters together. Since all two- or three-vowel clusters contrast with a polypthong, a diaerisis is placed on the non-first grapheme(s) of such clusters to distinguish them.

Multigraph Disambiguation
Consonants (All) Syllabic Consonants (All) Vowels (Examples)
Digraph Trigraph Digraph Short Vowel Multigraph Long Vowel Multigraph
Grapheme Phonemes Grapheme Phonemes Grapheme Phonemes Grapheme Phonemes Grapheme Phonemes
Base Distinction Base Distinction Base Distinction Base Distinction Base Distinction
dz dz /d͡z/ ddz ddz /d͡zː/ ṇy ṇy /ɲ̩/ ie ie /i͡e/ iea iea /i͡e͡a/
d'z /ðz/ d'dz /ðd͡z/ ṇ'y /n̩j/ iē /i.e/ iēa /i.e͡a/
dd'z /ðːz/ ńy ńy /ɲ̩˥/ ieā /i͡e.a/
lh lh /ʎ̝̊/ llh llh /ʎ̝̊ː/ ń'y /n̩˥j/ iēā /i.e.a/
l'h /lh/ l'lh /lʎ̝̊/ ṅy ṅy /ɲ̩˧/ ui ui /u͡i/ uio uio /u͡i͡o/
ll'h /lːh/ ṅ'y /n̩˧j/ uī /u.i/ uīo /u.i͡o/
ng ng /ŋ/ nng nng /ŋː/ 'ṇy 'ṇy /ɲ̩˩/ uiō /u͡i.o/
n'g /nɡ/ n'ng /nŋ/ 'ṇ'y /n̩˩j/ uīō /u.i.o/
nn'g /nːɡ/ ṇg ṇg /ŋ̩/ oa oa /o͡a/ oae oae /o͡a͡e/
ny ny /ɲ/ nny nny /ɲː/ ṇ'g /n̩ɡ/ oā /o.a/ oāe /o.a͡e/
n'y /nj/ n'ny /nɲ/ ńg ńg /ŋ̩˥/ oaē /o͡a.e/
nn'y /nːj/ ń'g /n̩˥ɡ/ oāē /o.a.e/
rrr rrr /ʀː/ ṅg ṅg /ŋ̩˧/ iê iê /i͡ə/ iêa iêa /i͡ə͡a/
rr'r /ʀɾ/ ṅ'g /n̩˧ɡ/ ië /i.ə/ iëa /i.ə͡a/
r'rr /ɾʀ/ 'ṇg 'ṇg /ŋ̩˩/ iêā /i͡ə.a/
sh sh /ʃ/ ssh ssh /ʃː/ 'ṇ'g /n̩ɡ/ iëā /i.ə.a/
s'h /sh/ s'sh /sʃ/ ẓh ẓh /ʒ̍/ ûi ûi /ʊ͡i/ ûiô ûiô /ʊ͡i͡ʌ/
ss'h /sːh/ ẓ'h /z̩h/ ûī /ʊ.i/ ûīô /ʊ.i͡ʌ/
th th /θ/ tth tth /θː/ źh źh /ʒ̍˥/ ûiö /ʊ͡i.ʌ/
t'h /th/ t'th /tθ/ ź'h /z̩˥h/ ûīö /ʊ.i.ʌ/
tt'h /tːh/ żh żh /ʒ̍˧/ ôâ ôâ /ʌ͡ɑ/ ôâê ôâê /ʌ͡ɑ͡ə/
zh zh /ʒ/ zzh zzh /ʒː/ ż'h /z̩˧h/ ôä /ʌ.ɑ/ ôäê /ʌ.ɑ͡ə/
z'h /zh/ z'zh /zʒ/ 'ẓh 'ẓh /ʒ̍˩/ ôâë /ʌ͡ɑ.ə/
zz'h /zːh/ 'ẓ'h /z̩˩h/ ôäë /ʌ.ɑ.ə/
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