Shei²¹A¹¹Mi³⁵: Difference between revisions

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Shei²¹A¹¹Mi³⁵ [ʃˑɛj˨˩ ʔaː˩˩ mɪː˧˥], or the Ami language, is a divergent topolect of Zzean. It is inspired by Navajo.

		Bilabial	Alveolar			Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		Bilabial	plain	lateral	affricate	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	plain	lab.	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/
Stop	unaspirated	b /p/	d /t/	dl /tˡ/	dz /ts/	j /tʃ/		g /k/	gw /kʷ/	(not written) /ʔ/
Stop	aspirated		t /tʰ/	tł /tɬʰ/	ts /tsʰ/	ch /tʃʰ/		k /kʰ/	kw /kʷʰ/
Continuant	fortis		s /s/	ł /ɬ/		sh /ʃ/		h /x/	hw /xʷ/
Continuant	lenis		z /z/	l /l/		zh /ʒ/	y /j/	gh /ɣ/	w /w/

i, e, a, o, u, ii, ee, aa, oo, uu

-0 -n -ñ -' -d -l -z -zh -i -i' -w -w' /-0 -n -N -ʔ -t̚ -l -z̞ -ɻ -j -jʔ -w -wʔ/

/-N/ is realized as nasalization of the preceding vowel

Nuclei are lengthened before the zero coda or /-N/; hence short and long vowel + these codas are phonetically long and overlong vowels respectively

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 | '''m''' /m/ || '''n''' /n/ || || || || || || ||
 |-
-! rowspan="3" | Stop
+! rowspan="2" | Stop
 ! <small>unaspirated</small>
 | '''b''' /p/ || '''d''' /t/ || '''dl''' /tˡ/ || '''dz''' /ts/ || '''j''' /tʃ/ || || '''g''' /k/ || '''gw''' /kʷ/ || (not written) /ʔ/
@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 ! <small>aspirated</small>
 | || '''t''' /tʰ/ || '''tł''' /tɬʰ/ || '''ts''' /tsʰ/ || '''ch''' /tʃʰ/ || || '''k''' /kʰ/ || '''kw''' /kʷʰ/ ||
-|-
-! <small>ejective</small>
-| || '''tʼ''' /tʼ/ || '''tłʼ''' /tɬʼ/ || '''tsʼ''' /tsʼ/ || '''chʼ''' /tʃʼ/ || || '''kʼ''' /kʼ/ || '''kwʼ''' /kʷʼ/ ||
 |-
 ! rowspan="2" | Continuant