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! colspan="2"|  
! colspan="2"|  
! | Labial
! | Labial
! | Dental
! | Alveolar
! | Alveolar
! | Retroflex
! | Retroflex
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! colspan="2" | Nasal
! colspan="2" | Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''m''' /m/
| '''nh''' /n̪/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''rn''' /ɳ/
| '''rn''' /ɳ/
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! | <small>plain</small>
! | <small>plain</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''p''' /p/
| '''th''' /t̪/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''rt''' /ʈ/
| '''rt''' /ʈ/
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! | <small>prenasalized</small>
! | <small>prenasalized</small>
| '''mp'''  
| '''mp'''  
| '''nth'''
| '''nt'''  
| '''nt'''  
| '''rnt'''  
| '''rnt'''  
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! colspan="2" |Trill
! colspan="2" |Trill
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| '''rr''' /r/
| '''rr''' /r/
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! rowspan="2" |Approximant
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
! | <small>central</small>
! | <small>central</small>
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|colspan="2"| '''r''' /ɹ~ɻ/
|colspan="2"| '''r''' /ɹ~ɻ/
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! | <small>lateral</small>
! | <small>lateral</small>
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| '''l''' /l/
| '''l''' /l/

Revision as of 19:48, 26 March 2017

Old Swuntsim (PTD) is the common ancestor to the Tie–Dye languages. The phonology is based on Australian/Tamil.

Consonants

Old Swuntsim consonants
  Labial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Click
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ rn /ɳ/ ny /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/ n!x /ŋ!/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ rt /ʈ/ tj /c/ k /k/ q /q/ !x /k!/
prenasalized mp nt rnt ntj nk nq nk!x
Trill rr /r/ ʀ /ʀ/
Approximant central r /ɹ~ɻ/ y /j/ w /w/
lateral l /l/ rl /ɭ/ ly /ʎ/ lg /ʟ/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ii /iː/ u /u/ uu /uː/
Mid e /e/ ee /eː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open a /a/ aa /aː/

Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/

Numbers

  • 1: tjane
  • 2: ayirr