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!rowspan="2"|Stop/Affricate | !rowspan="2"|Stop/Affricate | ||
!<small>tenuis</small> | !<small>tenuis</small> | ||
| '''b''' /p/ || '''d''' /t/ || '''dz''' /ts/ || dx /tɬ/ || dj /tʃ/|| || '''g''' /k/|| | | '''b''' /p/ || '''d''' /t/ || '''dz''' /ts/ || '''dx''' /tɬ/ || '''dj''' /tʃ/|| || '''g''' /k/|| | ||
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!<small>aspirated</small> | !<small>aspirated</small> | ||
| '''p''' /pʰ/ || '''t''' /tʰ/ || '''ts''' /tsʰ/ || tq /tɬʰ/ || tj /tʃʰ/ || || c /kʰ/ || | | '''p''' /pʰ/ || '''t''' /tʰ/ || '''ts''' /tsʰ/ || '''tq''' /tɬʰ/ || '''tj''' /tʃʰ/ || || '''c''' /kʰ/ || | ||
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!rowspan="2"|Fricative | !rowspan="2"|Fricative | ||
!<small>voiceless</small> | !<small>voiceless</small> | ||
| '''f''' /f/ || '''th''' /θ/|| s /s/ || q /ɬ/|| sj /ʃ/ || || ch /x/ || h /h/ | | '''f''' /f/ || '''th''' /θ/|| '''s''' /s/ || '''q''' /ɬ/|| '''sj''' /ʃ/ || || '''ch''' /x/ || '''h''' /h/ | ||
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!<small>voiced</small> | !<small>voiced</small> | ||
| '''v''' /v/ || '''dh''' /ð/|| z /z/|| x /ɮ/ || zj /ʒ/|| || gh /ɣ/|| | | '''v''' /v/ || '''dh''' /ð/|| '''z''' /z/|| '''x''' /ɮ/ || '''zj''' /ʒ/|| || '''gh''' /ɣ/|| | ||
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!colspan="2"| Approximant | !colspan="2"| Approximant | ||
Revision as of 02:00, 2 March 2016
Xaetjeonw (Xaetjeonw: raeychnae Xaetjeonw) is a Kammalic language based on Praimhín's Rencadian (now abandoned).
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Lateral | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||||
| Stop/Affricate | tenuis | b /p/ | d /t/ | dz /ts/ | dx /tɬ/ | dj /tʃ/ | g /k/ | ||
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | ts /tsʰ/ | tq /tɬʰ/ | tj /tʃʰ/ | c /kʰ/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | th /θ/ | s /s/ | q /ɬ/ | sj /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | h /h/ | |
| voiced | v /v/ | dh /ð/ | z /z/ | x /ɮ/ | zj /ʒ/ | gh /ɣ/ | |||
| Approximant | l /ɫ/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | ||||||
| Trill | r /r/ | ||||||||
- Notes
- In casual speech, the unaspirated stops and affricates /p t ts tɬ tʃ k/ are voiced intervocalically to [b d dz dɮ dʒ ɡ].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /ɪ/ | eu /ɨ/ | u /ʊ/ |
| Mid | e /ɛ/ | eo /ə/ | o /ɔ/ |
| Open | a /a/ |
Lenition
| Normal | p | t | ts | s | tq | q | tj | sj | c | b | d | dz | z | dx | x | dj | zj | g |
| Lenited | f | th | s | h | q | h | sj | h | ch | v | dh | z | 0 | x | 0 | zj | 0 | gh |
| Normal | m | n | ng | w | l | r | y |
| Lenited | w | n | w | w | w | r | y |
Prosody
Stress
In native words stress is on the first syllable, not counting prefixes. In loans (e.g. from Vrushka) stress falls on the same syllable as in the source language.