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=Introduction= | =Introduction= | ||
Western Voþken is a daughter of Voþken that came as a result of the isolation between the western and eastern divide after the Fire Rebellion. | Western Voþken is a daughter of Voþken that came as a result of the isolation between the western and eastern divide after the Fire Rebellion. | ||
=Phonology= | |||
==Consonants== | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
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!'''Bilabial''' | |||
!'''Labiodental''' | |||
!'''Dental''' | |||
!'''Alveolar''' | |||
!'''Post Alveolar''' | |||
!'''Palatal''' | |||
!'''Velar''' | |||
!'''Uvular''' | |||
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!rowspan="2"|'''Plosive''' | |||
!voiceless | |||
|'''p''' /p/ | |||
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|colspan="3"|'''t''' /t/ | |||
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|'''k''' /k/ | |||
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!voiced | |||
|'''b''' /b/ | |||
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|colspan="3"|'''d''' /d/ | |||
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|'''g''' /g/ | |||
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!colspan="2"|'''Nasal''' | |||
|'''m''' /m/ | |||
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|colspan="3"|'''n''' /n/ | |||
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!rowspan="2"|'''Fricative''' | |||
!voiceless | |||
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|'''þ''' /θ/ | |||
|'''s''' /s/ | |||
|'''c''' /ʃ/ | |||
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|'''h''' /χ/ | |||
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!voiced | |||
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|'''ð''' /ð/ | |||
|'''s''' [z]* | |||
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!rowspan="2"|'''Approximant''' | |||
!voiceless | |||
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|'''f''' /ʍ/ | |||
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!voiced | |||
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|'''v''' /ʋ/ | |||
|colspan="3"|'''r''' /ɹ/ | |||
|'''y''' /j/ | |||
|'''w''' /ɰ/ | |||
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!colspan="2"|'''Lateral Approximant''' | |||
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|colspan="3"|'''l''' /l/ | |||
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''*allophone'' | |||
==Vowels== | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
!''''' | |||
!'''Front''' | |||
!'''Central''' | |||
!'''Back''' | |||
!'''Diphthongs''' | |||
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!'''Close''' | |||
|'''i''' /i/ | |||
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|'''u''' /u/ | |||
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!'''Near-Close''' | |||
|'''i/y''' /ɪ/ [ɪ]* | |||
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!'''Close-Mid''' | |||
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|'''o''' /o/ | |||
|'''ei/ey''' /ej/ | |||
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!'''Mid''' | |||
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|'''a''' /ə/ | |||
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!'''Open-Mid''' | |||
|'''e''' /ɛ/ | |||
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|'''oi/oy''' /ɔɪ/ | |||
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!'''Near-Open''' | |||
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!'''Open''' | |||
|'''a''' [a]* | |||
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|'''o''' [ɑ]* | |||
|'''ai/ay''' /aj/ | |||
|} | |||
''*allophone'' | |||
Except for diphthongs, all vowels have a nasal allophone. | |||
==Phonotactics== | |||
===Allowed Syllables=== | |||
*(C)(C)V(C)(C) | |||
'''Consonant Clusters''' | |||
''Word Initial'' | |||
*[fricative]+[nasal,liquid,stop] | |||
*[stop]+[nasal,liquid,fricative] | |||
''Word Internal'' | |||
''Word Final'' | |||
*[fricative]+[stop] | |||
*[stop]+[fricative] | |||
*/m/+/b/ | |||
*/n/+[stop,excluding /b/] | |||
===Phonological Rules=== | |||
*/ɛ/ > [ə] / _# | |||
*/s/ > [z] / $_[+voiced +consonant] | |||
*/s/ > [z] / [+voiced +consonant]_$ | |||
*/o/ > [ɔ] / _/j/ | |||
*/j/ > [ɪ] / /ʊ/_ | |||
*/j/ > [ɪ] / [+consonant] _ [+consonant] | |||
*/j/ > [i] / [+consonant] _# | |||
*/ə/ > [a] / _/j/$ | |||
*[dental fricative] > ∅ / #_ [velar stop] | |||
*/ɹ/ > ∅ / [vowel] _# | |||
*[vowel] > [nasalization] / _[nasal] | |||
*/o/ > [ɑ] / /ɰ/_ | |||
===Stress=== | |||
=Western Sound Changes= | =Western Sound Changes= | ||
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*/o/ > [ɑ] / [ɰ]_ | */o/ > [ɑ] / [ɰ]_ | ||
*[æ] > [ə] | *[æ] > [ə] | ||
=Orthography= | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
!rowspan="2"|Uppercase !! Romanization || A || B || C || D || Ð || E || F || G || H || I || K || L || M || N || O || P || R || S || Þ || T || U || V || W || Y | |||
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!Voþken | |||
|[[File:A-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:b-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:c-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:d-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:ð-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:e-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:f-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:g-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:h-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:i-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:k-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:l_UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:m-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:n-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:o-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:p-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:r-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:s-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:þ-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:t-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:u-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:v-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:w-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:y-UC.svg|20px]] | |||
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!rowspan="2"|Lowercase !! Romanization || a || b || c || d || ð || e || f || g || h || i || k || l || m || n || o || p || r || s || þ || t || u || v || w || y | |||
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!Voþken | |||
|[[File:A-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:b-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:c-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:d-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:ð-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:e-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:f-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:g-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:h-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:i-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:k-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:l-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:m-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:n-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:o-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:p-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:r-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:s-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:þ-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:t-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:u-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:v-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:w-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|[[File:y-LC.svg|20px]] | |||
|} | |||
==Spelling Changes== | |||
*The use of < i > in place of < y > where the /j/ is used in the construction of diphthongs | |||
*Where letters are no longer pronounced, in interests of preserving phonetics, the letter would no longer be written | |||
[[Category: A priori]][[Category: Voþken]][[Category: Ergative-absolutive languages]][[Category:Languages]] | |||