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| ==Phonology==
| | The '''Keric languages''' are a small language family native to Mwail British Isles. |
| ===Consonants===
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"
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| |+ '''Tigal consonants'''
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| !colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
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| !colspan="2"|Nasal
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| | m || n N || || || ŋ Ŋ ||
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| |-
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| !rowspan="2"|Stop
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| !<small>unaspirated</small>
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| | b || d || || || g ||
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| |-
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | pʰ || tʰ || || || kʰ ||
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| !rowspan="2"|Spirant
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | f || θ || || || x ||
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| |-
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | v || ð || || || ɣ ||
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| !rowspan="2"|Non-spirant
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | || s || || || || h
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| |-
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | || z || || || ||
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| |-
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| !colspan="2"| Liquid
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| | || l L || r R || || ||
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| |-
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| !colspan="2"| Approximant
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| | w̃ || || || j || ||
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| |}
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| ===Vowels===
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
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| |+ '''Tigal vowels'''
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| ! rowspan="3" |
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| ! colspan="4" |Front
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| ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Central
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| ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Back
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>rounded</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| |-
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /ɪ/
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| | '''í''' /iː/
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| | '''y''' /ʏ/
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| | '''ý''' /yː/
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| | '''u''' /ʊ/
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| | '''ú''' /uː/
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| ! style="" |Mid
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| | '''e''' /ɛ/
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| | '''é''' /eː/
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| | '''ø''' /œ/
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| | '''ǿ''' /øː/
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| | '''o''' /ɔ/
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| | '''ó''' /oː/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''a''' /ɐ/
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| | '''á''' /aː/
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| |}
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| Diphthongs:
| | == Family tree == |
| '''ia ya ua ai au'''
| | * Keric |
| | ** Ker/Qua |
| | ** Danishmandi |
| | ** Bri |
| | ** Gloob |
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| | == Phonology == |
| | === Preinitial === |
| | Cə-, N- preinitials |
| | === Initials === |
| | p t ts c k ʔ |
| | b d dz ɟ g |
| | pʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ |
| | m n ɲ |
| | ˀm ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ |
| | ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ |
| | w j |
| | ˀw ˀj |
| | ʰw ʰj |
| | θ s ɕ h |
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| | === Medials === |
| | j? l r |
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| | === Nuclei === |
| | i ə u e a o |
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| | Nuclei could be either modal or creaky |
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| | === Finals === |
| | p t k m n ŋ w j r ð |
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| | === Postfinals === |
| | -ʔ -s |