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Example of hiatus: i˩äth [ʔi᷅ːʔàθˤ] vs. íath˩ [ʔi᷅ːaθˤ]
Example of hiatus: i˩äth [ʔi᷅ːʔàθˤ] vs. íath˩ [ʔi᷅ːaθˤ]
=== Tones ===
=== Tones/Tropes ===
Reading Flei has _ tones. Each tone has three forms: conjunctive, top-level pausal (cf. sof pasuq), and lower-level pausal (cf. etnachta and revia).
Reading Flei has _ tones. Each tone can be marked with one of three tropes depending on the syntactic context: conjunctive, top-level pausal (cf. sof pasuq), and lower-level pausal (cf. etnachta and revia).


== Orthography ==
== Orthography ==

Revision as of 23:31, 25 October 2024

Phonology

Vowels

  • Vowels: /i iː e eː a aː o oː u uː iːa uːa aːi aːu ("shva na", its only distinguishing feature is being ultrashort)/

Consonants

  • Consonants: /mˤ ṽˤ mʲ ṽʲ n̪ˤ ɾ̃ˤ ɲ ɾ̃ʲ pˤ ɸˤ pʲ ɸʲ t̪ˤ θˤ tʲ θʲ c q ç χ l̪ˤ lˤ ʎ lʲ rˤ ɾˤ r̝ʲ ɾʲ s̪ˤ ʃ h ʔ/

Example of hiatus: i˩äth [ʔi᷅ːʔàθˤ] vs. íath˩ [ʔi᷅ːaθˤ]

Tones/Tropes

Reading Flei has _ tones. Each tone can be marked with one of three tropes depending on the syntactic context: conjunctive, top-level pausal (cf. sof pasuq), and lower-level pausal (cf. etnachta and revia).

Orthography