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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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| '''m''' /m/
| '''m''' /m/
| '''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/
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d/
| '''d''' /d/
| '''ḑ''' /ɟ/
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| '''g''' /g/
| '''g''' /g/
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! | <small>plain</small>
! | <small>plain</small>
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| '''c''' /ts/
| '''ts''' /ts/
| '''č''' /tʃ/
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! | <small>aspirated</small>
! | <small>aspirated</small>
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| '''ch''' /tsʰ/
| '''tsh''' /tsʰ/
| '''čh''' /tʃʰ/
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! | <small>voiced</small>
! | <small>voiced</small>
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| '''ʒ''' /dz/
| '''dz''' /dz/
| '''ǯ''' /dʒ/
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| '''s''' /s/
| '''s''' /s/
| '''š''' /ʃ/
| '''š''' /ʃ/
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| '''ch''' /x/
| '''h''' /h/
| '''h''' /h/
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| '''z''' /z/
| '''z''' /z/
| '''ž''' /ʒ/
| '''ž''' /ʒ/
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| '''gh''' /ɣ/
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| '''l''' /l/
| '''l''' /l/
| '''ļ''' /ʎ/
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*broken: âa
*broken: âa


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


==Grammar==
==Grammar==


[[Category:Gamedan languages]][[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]]
[[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Pfeunic languages]][[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]]

Latest revision as of 07:53, 24 June 2017

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/ ch /x/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ z /z/ ž /ʒ/ gh /ɣ/
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, CVch

Grammar