Wistanian: Difference between revisions

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[[File:WistanianZoratinFlower gold.png|thumb|right|The Wistanian symbol of peace, modelled after the ''zoraddin'' flower.]]
[[File:WistanianZoratinFlower gold.png|thumb|right|The Wistanian symbol of peace, modelled after the ''zoraddin'' flower.]]


The consonants are as follows (allophones are in [brackets]):
The consonants are as follows (allophones are in parentheses):


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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| style="text-align: center;" | n
| style="text-align: center;" | n
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| style="text-align: center;" | [ŋ]<sup>2</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" | (ŋ)<sup>2</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | z
| style="text-align: center;" | z
| style="text-align: center;" | ʒ
| style="text-align: center;" | ʒ
| style="text-align: center;" | [ɣ]<sup>3</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" | (ɣ)<sup>3</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" | ɦ
| style="text-align: center;" | ɦ
|-
|-
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# n > ŋ / _[velar]
# n > ŋ / _[velar]
# ɦ > ɣ / #_, [stress]_
# ɦ > ɣ / #_, [stress]_
# /w/ is spoken in emphasized or slow speech, while /βʷ/ is spoken in quick speech. Whenever immediately following a consonant, this is always pronounced as /w/. In the Western Dialect, it is always pronounced as /w/.
# [w] is spoken in emphasized or slow speech, while [βʷ] is spoken in quick speech. In the Western Dialect, it is always pronounced as [w].
# /r/ is spoken in emphasized or slow speech, while /ɾ/ is spoken in quick speech. In some words, the trilled is preferred even in quick speech; for example, '''ggarauni''' (large) is almost always pronounced [kəˈrɑni].
# [r] is spoken in emphasized or slow speech, while [ɾ] is spoken in quick speech. In some words, the trilled is preferred even in quick speech; for example, '''ggarauni''' (large) is almost always pronounced [kəˈrɑni].


====Vowels====
====Vowels====


The vowels are as follows (allophones in [brackets]):
The vowels are as follows (allophones in parentheses):


{| class="wikitable"
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|-
|-
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | High
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | High
| style="text-align: center;" | i [ɪ]<sup>1</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" | i (ɪ)<sup>1</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| style="text-align: center;" | ɯ [u]<sup>2</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" | ɯ (u)<sup>2</sup>
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|-
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Mid
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Mid
| style="text-align: center;" | e
| style="text-align: center;" | e
| style="text-align: center;" | [ə]<sup>1</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" | (ə)<sup>1</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| style="text-align: center;" |  
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| style="text-align: center;" |  
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| style="text-align: center;" | a
| style="text-align: center;" | a
| style="text-align: center;" | ɑ [ɒ]<sup>2</sup>
| style="text-align: center;" | ɑ (ɒ)<sup>2</sup>
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|-
| colspan="4" | '''Diphthong''': ai̯
| colspan="4" | '''Diphthong''': ai̯
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