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=Phonology=
=Phonology=
==Consonants==
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
!colspan="2"|
!'''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/
|colspan="3"|
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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
|-
!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]]
|-
!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]]
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