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| '''ž''' /ʒ/
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Revision as of 03:01, 7 February 2016

ɺ==Phonology==

Consonants

Gaufian consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ ʼ /ʔ/
aspirated ph /pʰ/ th /tʰ/ kh /kʰ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Affricate plain ts /ts/
aspirated tsh /tsʰ/
voiced dz /dz/
Fricative plain f /f/ s /s/ š /ʃ/ ch /x/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ z /z/ ž /ʒ/ gh /ɣ/
Approximant central j /j/
lateral l /l/

Vowels

Gaufian monophthongs
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ii /iː/ u /u/ uu /uː/
Near-close ė /ɪ/ ėė /ɪː/ ȯ /ʊ/ ȯȯ /ʊː/
Mid e /e/ ee /eː/ õ /ɤ/ õõ /ɤː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open ä /æ/ ää /æ/ a /ɑ/ aa /ɑː/

Tones

Lexical pitch accent is used on long vowels:

  • high: āa
  • falling: aa
  • broken: âa

Allowed syllables: CV, CVN, CVh, CV'/CV-sokuon

Grammar