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| Avaeğon has a phonemic inventory of 46 sounds. With 13 vowels, and 33 consonants. With the vowels they are further divided into 7 monophthongs and 6 diphthongs. | | Avaeğon has a phonemic inventory of 46 sounds. With 13 vowels, and 33 consonants. With the vowels they are further divided into 7 monophthongs and 6 diphthongs.style |
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| ==Consonant charts==
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| ===Pulmonic consonants===
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Bilabial
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Labio-dental
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Dental
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Alveolar
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Post-alveolar
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Retroflex
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Alveolo-palatal
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Palatal
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Velar
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Uvular
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Pharyngeal
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Epiglottal
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Glottal
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Nasal
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| | m̥ m
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| | ɱ
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| | n̪
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| | n̥ n
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| | n̠
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| | ɳ
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| | ɲ̥ ɲ
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| | ŋ̊ ŋ
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| | ɴ
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Plosive
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| | p b
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| | p̪ b̪
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| | t̪ d̪
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| | t d
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| | t̠ d̠
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| | ʈ ɖ
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| | c ɟ
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| | k g
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| | q ɢ
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| | ʡ
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Affricate
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| | p͡ɸ b͡β
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| | p̪͡f b̪͡v
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| | t̪͡θ d̪͡ð
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| | t͡s d͡z
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| | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
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| | ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ
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| | t͡ɕ d͡ʑ
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| | c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ
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| | k͡x g͡ɣ
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Fricative
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| | ɸ β
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| | f v
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| | θ ð
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| | s z<br>θ̠ ð̠
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| | ʃ ʒ
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| | ʂ ʐ
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| | ɕ ʑ
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| | ç ʝ
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| | x ɣ
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| | χ ʁ
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| | ħ ʕ
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| | ʜ ʢ
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| | h ɦ
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Approximant
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| | β̞
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| | ʋ
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| | ɹ
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| | ɻ
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| | j
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| | ɰ
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Trill
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| | ʙ
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| | r
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| | ɽ͡r
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Flap or tap
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| | ⱱ̟
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| | ⱱ
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| | ɾ
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| | ɽ
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| | ɢ̆
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Lateral fric.
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| | ɬ ɮ
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| | ɭ˔̊
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| | ʎ̥˔
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| | ʟ̝̊ ʟ̝
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Lateral app.
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Lateral flap
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| ===Non-pulmonic consonants===
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| ====Ejectives====
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| Ejective consonants are marked in the IPA with an apostrophe. Voiced ejectives are thought by many to be impossible for humans to produce.
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Bilabial
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Labio-dental
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Dental
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Alveolar
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Post-alveolar
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Retroflex
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Alveolo-palatal
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Palatal
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Velar
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Uvular
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Pharyngeal
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Epiglottal
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| ! style="width: 68px; "|Glottal
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Plosive
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| | p'
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| | t'
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| | ʈ'
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Affricate
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| | p͡ɸ'
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| | p̪͡f'
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| | t͡ʃ'
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| | ʈ͡ʂ'
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| | t͡ɕ'
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| | c͡ç'
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| | k͡x'
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Fricative
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| | ɸ'
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| | f'
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| | θ'
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| | s'
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| | ʃ'
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| | ʂ'
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| | ɕ'
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| | ç'
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| | x'
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| | χ'
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| ==Vowel chart==
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| ! style="width: 90px; "|
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| ! style="width: 90px; "|Front
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| ! style="width: 90px; "|Near-front
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| ! style="width: 90px; "|Central
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| ! style="width: 90px; "|Near-back
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| ! style="width: 90px; "|Back
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Close
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| | i y
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Near-close
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| | ɪ ʏ
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| | ɪ̈ ʊ̈
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| | e ø
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Mid
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| | e̞ ø̞
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Open-mid
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| | ɛ œ
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Near-open
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| ! style="text-align: center; "|Open
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| | a ɶ
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| Here is another version of the vowel chart:
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| | style="width:60px;" | '''Front'''
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| | style="width:60px;" | '''Near-front'''
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| | style="width:60px;" | '''Central'''
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| | style="width:60px;" | '''Near-back'''
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| | style="width:60px;" | '''Back'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Close'''
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| | style="height:210px;" colspan=5 rowspan=7 | <div style="position:relative;width:300px;height:210px;">[[Image:Blank vowel trapezoid.svg|300px]]<div style="background:transparent; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px;">
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| <!-- CLOSE VOWELS -->
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:5%; width:2.33em; top:2%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| i • y</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:43.5%; width:2.33em; top:2%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɨ • ʉ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:82%; width:3em; top:2%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɯ • u</div>
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| <!-- NEAR-CLOSE VOWELS -->
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:29%; width:2.33em; top:16%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɪ • ʏ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:47.5%; width:2.66em; top:16%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɪ̈ • ʊ̈</div>
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| <div style="position: absolute; left: 69%; width: 1.5em; top: 16%; height: 1.33em; font-size: 120%; background: white;">• ʊ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:16%; width:2.66em; top:30%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| e • ø</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:47.5%; width:2.8em; top:30%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɘ • ɵ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:83%; width:2.66em; top:30%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɤ • o</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:24.4%; width:2.33em; top:44%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| e̞ • ø̞</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:57.5%; width:1em; top:44%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ə</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:83%; width:2.66em; top:44%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɤ̞ • o̞</div>
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| <!-- OPEN-MID VOWELS -->
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:29.5%; width:2.66em; top:58%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɛ • œ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:57.6%; width:2.33em; top:58%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɜ • ɞ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:84.5%; width:2.33em; top:58%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ʌ • ɔ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:38%; width:1.66em; top:73%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| æ •</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:64.2%; width:1em; top:73%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɐ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:43%; width:2.66em; top:86%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| a • ɶ</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:66.9%; width:1em; top:86%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ä</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:83.8%; width:2.66em; top:86%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| ɑ • ɒ</div>
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Close‑mid'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Mid'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Open‑mid'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Near‑open'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Open'''
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Avaeğon is a fictional constructed language created by Jessie M. Strickland. It is a Semi-agglutinative, Semi-fusional language with a highly complex phonology and morphology.
Phonology :
Avaeğon has a phonemic inventory of 46 sounds. With 13 vowels, and 33 consonants. With the vowels they are further divided into 7 monophthongs and 6 diphthongs.style
Morphology :
Nouns -
Nouns in avaeğon decline for gender, case, and number. There are 6 genders, 10 cases, and 5 numbers.
Gender system - The 6 genders are as follows:
1. Common - The common gender encompasses all nouns that have to with people, titles, and occupations.
nouns in this gender all end in a vowel (a,ä,e,i,o,u,y).
2. Lunar - The lunar gender encompasses the following categories nocturnal animals, military equipment, and spiritual concepts.
nouns in this gender all end in (m).
3. Solar - The solar gender encompasses nouns that are diurnal animals, household items, body parts, and secular concepts.
nouns in this gender end in (z).
4. Terrestrial - The terrestrial gender encompasses nouns that are foods, plants, land masses and formations, and earthen elements and minerals.
nouns in this gender end in (s).
5. Aquatic - The aquatic gender encompasses bodies of water, liquids, and emotions.
nouns in this gender all end in (r).
6. Phenomenal - The phenomenal gender encompasses deities, celestial bodies, weather, natural forces, seasons and direction.
All nouns in this gender end in (n).