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=== Syllabic Consonants ===
=== Syllabic Consonants ===
Toneless syllabic consonants are written with an overdot. On digraphs, the underdot is written only on the first letter (e.g. /ŋ̩ ʀ̩/ get written ⟨ṇg ṛr⟩). For the syllabic palatal nasal, the ⟨ñ⟩ is replaced with ⟨ny⟩, upon which the underdot can be placed ⟨ṇy⟩. Syllabic /ð̩/ is written with ⟨d⟩ instead of ⟨dh⟩, and so receives the underdot as ⟨ḍ⟩. Geminated syllabic consonants are only marked for syllabicity/tone on the final letter. The toneless syllabic consonant /j̍/ is instead written ⟨ÿ⟩.
Toneless syllabic consonants are written with an overdot. On digraphs, the underdot is written only on the first letter (e.g. /ŋ̩ ʀ̩/ get written ⟨ṇg ṛr⟩). For the syllabic palatal nasal, the ⟨ñ⟩ is replaced with ⟨ny⟩, upon which the underdot can be placed ⟨ṇy⟩. Syllabic /ð̩/ is written with ⟨d⟩ instead of ⟨dh⟩, and so receives the underdot as ⟨ḍ⟩. The toneless syllabic consonant /j̍/ is instead written ⟨ÿ⟩.
 
Geminated syllabic consonants are marked by doubling the letter with the syllabic or tone diacritic. The syllabic geminate consonant /ʀ̩ː/ is only written with two marked ⟨r⟩s instead of two marked ⟨r⟩s and an unmarked one.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Labial
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!Dental
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!Dorsal
!Dorsal
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! colspan="2" |Nasal
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Short
|ɱ̩ '''ṃ'''
|ɱ̩ '''ṃ'''
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|ŋ̩ '''ṇg'''
|ŋ̩ '''ṇg'''
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! colspan="2" |Fricative
!Long
|ɱ̩ː '''ṃṃ'''
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|n̩ː '''ṇṇ'''
|ɲ̩ː '''ṇṇy'''
|ŋ̩ː '''ṇṇg'''
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Short
|v̩ '''ṿ'''
|v̩ '''ṿ'''
|ð̩ '''ḍ'''
|ð̩ '''ḍ'''
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! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Long
!Oral
|v̩ː '''ṿṿ'''
|ð̩ː '''ḍḍ'''
|z̩ː '''ẓẓ'''
|ʒ̍ː '''ẓẓh'''
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! rowspan="4" |Approximant
! rowspan="2" |Oral
!Short
|w̩ '''ẉ'''
|w̩ '''ẉ'''
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!Nasal
!Long
|w̩ː '''ẉẉ'''
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|l̩ː '''ḷḷ'''
|j̍ː '''ÿÿ'''
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! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Short
|w̩̃ '''ňẉ'''
|w̩̃ '''ňẉ'''
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!Long
|w̩̃ː '''ňẉẉ'''
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|l̩̃ː '''ňḷḷ'''
|j̩̃ː '''ňÿÿ'''
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!Short
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|ʀ̩ '''ṛr'''
|ʀ̩ '''ṛr'''
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|ʀ̩ː '''ṛṛ'''
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For polypthongs, tone (not including low tone because it has unusual romanization) and length are always written on the first vowel grapheme, so every vowel with a tone or length diacritic begins its syllable's nucleus. It is therefore unnecessary to use a diaerisis on such vowels.
For polypthongs, tone (not including low tone because it has unusual romanization) and length are always written on the first vowel grapheme, so every vowel with a tone or length diacritic begins its syllable's nucleus. It is therefore unnecessary to use a diaerisis on such vowels.
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="3" |Labial
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!Low
!Low
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! colspan="2" |Nasal
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Short
|ɱ̩˥ '''ḿ'''
|ɱ̩˥ '''ḿ'''
|ɱ̩˧ '''ṁ'''
|ɱ̩˧ '''ṁ'''
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|ŋ̩˩ '''<nowiki/>'ṇg'''
|ŋ̩˩ '''<nowiki/>'ṇg'''
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! colspan="2" |Fricative
!Long
|ɱ̩ː˥ '''ḿḿ'''
|ɱ̩ː˧ '''ṁṁ'''
|ɱ̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ṃṃ'''
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|n̩ː˥ '''ńń'''
|n̩ː˧ '''ṅṅ'''
|n̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ṇṇ'''
|ɲ̩ː˥ '''ńńy'''
|ɲ̩ː˧ '''ṅṅy'''
|ɲ̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ṇṇy'''
|ŋ̩ː˥ '''ńńg'''
|ŋ̩ː˧ '''ṅṅg'''
|ŋ̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ṇṇg'''
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Short
|v̩˥ '''ŵ'''
|v̩˥ '''ŵ'''
|v̩˧ '''ẅ'''
|v̩˧ '''ẅ'''
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!Long
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|v̩ː˥ '''ŵŵ'''
|v̩ː˧ '''ẅẅ'''
|v̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ṿṿ'''
|ð̩́ː˥ '''ðð'''
|ð̩ː˧ '''ḋḋ'''
|ð̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ḍḍ'''
|z̩ː˥ '''ź'''
|z̩ː˧ '''ż'''
|z̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ẓ'''
|ʒ̍ː˥ '''źh'''
|ʒ̍ː˧ '''żh'''
|ʒ̍ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ẓh'''
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! rowspan="4" |Approximant
! rowspan="2" |Oral
!Short
|w̩˥ '''ẃ'''
|w̩˥ '''ẃ'''
|w̩˧ '''ẇ'''
|w̩˧ '''ẇ'''
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!Nasal
!Long
|w̩ː˥ '''ẃẃ'''
|w̩ː˧ '''ẇẇ'''
|w̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ẉẉ'''
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|l̩ː˥ '''ĺĺ'''
|l̩ː˧ '''ŀŀ'''
|l̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ḷḷ'''
|j̍ː˥ '''ýý'''
|j̍ː˧ '''ẏẏ'''
|j̍ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ÿÿ'''
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|w̩̃˥ '''ňẃ'''
|w̩̃˥ '''ňẃ'''
|w̩̃˧ '''ňẇ'''
|w̩̃˧ '''ňẇ'''
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!Long
|w̩̃ː˥ '''ňẃẃ'''
|w̩̃ː˧ '''ňẇẇ'''
|w̩̃ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ňẉẉ'''
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|l̩̃ː˥ '''ňĺĺ'''
|l̩̃ː˧ '''ňŀŀ'''
|l̩̃ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ňḷḷ'''
|j̩̃ː˥ '''ňý'''
|j̩̃ː˧ '''ňẏ'''
|j̩̃ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ňÿÿ'''
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|ɾ̩˥ '''ŕ'''
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Vibrant
|ɾ̩˩ '''<nowiki/>'ṛ'''
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|ɾ̩ː˧ '''ṙ'''
|ɾ̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ṛ'''
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|ʀ̩˧ '''ṙr'''
|ʀ̩˧ '''ṙr'''
|ʀ̩˩ '''<nowiki/>'ṛr'''
|ʀ̩˩ '''<nowiki/>'ṛr'''
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|ʀ̩ː˥ '''ŕŕ'''
|ʀ̩ː˧ '''ṙṙ'''
|ʀ̩ː˩'''<nowiki/>''' '''<nowiki/>'ṛṛ'''
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=== Multigraph Disambiguation ===
=== Multigraph Disambiguation ===

Revision as of 01:04, 11 April 2026

Lanikel is a dialect of Iskel which is primarily distinct from the others in its phonology. Therefore, its orthography differs from other dialects for both romanization and native script.

Romanization

Basic Phonemes

Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Dorsal Glottal
Nasal ɱ m n n ɲ ñ ŋ ng
Stop Voiceless p p t t t͡ʃ ch k k ʔ c
Voiced b b d͡z dz d͡ʒ j ɡ g
Fricative Voiceless f f θ th s s ʃ sh ʎ̝̊ hl x x h h
Voiced v v ð dh z z ʒ zh
Approximant Oral w w l l j y
Nasal w̃ ňw l̃ ňl j̃ ňy
Vibrant ɾ r ʀ rr
Click Nasal ŋ͡ʇ dn ŋ͡ǃ¡ qn ŋ͡ǂ qñ
Tenuis k͡ʇ d k͡ǃ¡ ql k͡ǂ q
Front Near-Front Near-Back Back
Close i i ɪ ie ʊ uo u u
Mid e e ə eo ʌ oe o o
Open a a ɑ ao

Gemination

Long vowels are written with a macron over the first letter. Geminated single-letter consonants are written by doubling their letter. Geminated digraphic oral clicks and affricates are written by doubling their first letter, and the other geminated digraphic consonants are written by doubling their last letter.

Geminate Romanization
Occlusive Phoneme ɱː nː ɲː ŋː pː tː t͡ʃː kː ʔː bː d͡zː d͡ʒː ɡː ŋ͡ʇː ŋ͡ǃ¡ː ŋ͡ǂː k͡ʇː k͡ǃ¡ː k͡ǂː
Grapheme mm nn ññ ngg pp tt chh kk cc bb ddz jj gg dnn qnn qññ dd qql qq
Continuant Phoneme fː θː sː ʃː ʎ̝̊ː xː hː vː ðː zː ʒː wː lː jː w̃ː l̃ː j̃ː ʀː
Grapheme ff thh ss shh hll xx hh vv dhh zz zhh ww ll yy ňww ňll ňyy rrr
Vowel Phoneme iː ɪː ʊː uː e əː ʌː oː aː ɑː
Grapheme ī īe ūo ū ē ēo ōe ō ā āo

Syllabic Consonants

Toneless syllabic consonants are written with an overdot. On digraphs, the underdot is written only on the first letter (e.g. /ŋ̩ ʀ̩/ get written ⟨ṇg ṛr⟩). For the syllabic palatal nasal, the ⟨ñ⟩ is replaced with ⟨ny⟩, upon which the underdot can be placed ⟨ṇy⟩. Syllabic /ð̩/ is written with ⟨d⟩ instead of ⟨dh⟩, and so receives the underdot as ⟨ḍ⟩. The toneless syllabic consonant /j̍/ is instead written ⟨ÿ⟩.

Geminated syllabic consonants are marked by doubling the letter with the syllabic or tone diacritic. The syllabic geminate consonant /ʀ̩ː/ is only written with two marked ⟨r⟩s instead of two marked ⟨r⟩s and an unmarked one.

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Dorsal
Nasal Short ɱ̩ ṃ n̩ ṇ ɲ̩ ṇy ŋ̩ ṇg
Long ɱ̩ː ṃṃ n̩ː ṇṇ ɲ̩ː ṇṇy ŋ̩ː ṇṇg
Fricative Short v̩ ṿ ð̩ ḍ z̩ ẓ ʒ̍ ẓh
Long v̩ː ṿṿ ð̩ː ḍḍ z̩ː ẓẓ ʒ̍ː ẓẓh
Approximant Oral Short w̩ ẉ l̩ ḷ j̍ ÿ
Long w̩ː ẉẉ l̩ː ḷḷ j̍ː ÿÿ
Nasal Short w̩̃ ňẉ l̩̃ ňḷ j̩̃ ňÿ
Long w̩̃ː ňẉẉ l̩̃ː ňḷḷ j̩̃ː ňÿÿ
Vibrant Short ɾ̩ ṛ ʀ̩ ṛr
Long ʀ̩ː ṛṛ

Tones

High tone is marked with an acute accent on vowels without a diacritic. On vowels with a macron (denoting length), the macron is replaced with a circumflex (e.g. /í íː/ are ⟨í î⟩). High tone syllabic consonants /ɱ̩́ ń̩ ɲ̩́ ŋ̩́ ź̩ ʒ̩́ ẃ̩ ĺ̩ j̩́ ɾ̩́ ʀ̩́/ have their underdots replaced with the acute accent ⟨ḿ ń ńy ńg ź źh ẃ ĺ ý ŕ ŕr⟩. High tone /ð̩/ is written with ⟨ð⟩ instead of ⟨d́⟩, and high tone /v̩/ is written with a ⟨ŵ⟩.

Because word-initial high tone words are most common, Iskel romanizes them differently to avoid extensive diacritic use: a high tone on a multisyllabic word is not written if there is only one high tone and it's word initial. Multisyllabic words with no tones are written as if they have a word-initial high tone.

Mid tone is marked with a grave accent on vowels without a diacritic. On vowels with a macron (denoting length), the macron is replaced with a caron (e.g. /ī īː/ are ⟨ì ǐ⟩). Mid tone syllabic consonants are written similar to their toneless forms, but with overdots instead of underdots. The mid tone /v̩̄/, however, is written ⟨ẅ⟩.

Low tone is marked with an apostrophe before the nucleus.

For polypthongs, tone (not including low tone because it has unusual romanization) and length are always written on the first vowel grapheme, so every vowel with a tone or length diacritic begins its syllable's nucleus. It is therefore unnecessary to use a diaerisis on such vowels.

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Dorsal
High Mid Low High Mid Low High Mid Low High Mid Low High Mid Low
Nasal Short ɱ̩˥ ḿ ɱ̩˧ ṁ ɱ̩˩ 'ṃ n̩˥ ń n̩˧ ṅ n̩˩ 'ṇ ɲ̩˥ ńy ɲ̩˧ ṅy ɲ̩˩ 'ṇy ŋ̩˥ ńg ŋ̩˧ ṅg ŋ̩˩ 'ṇg
Long ɱ̩ː˥ ḿḿ ɱ̩ː˧ ṁṁ ɱ̩ː˩ 'ṃṃ n̩ː˥ ńń n̩ː˧ ṅṅ n̩ː˩ 'ṇṇ ɲ̩ː˥ ńńy ɲ̩ː˧ ṅṅy ɲ̩ː˩ 'ṇṇy ŋ̩ː˥ ńńg ŋ̩ː˧ ṅṅg ŋ̩ː˩ 'ṇṇg
Fricative Short v̩˥ ŵ v̩˧ ẅ v̩˩ 'ṿ ð̩́˥ ð ð̩˧ ḋ ð̩˩ 'ḍ z̩˥ ź z̩˧ ż z̩˩ 'ẓ ʒ̍˥ źh ʒ̍˧ żh ʒ̍˩ 'ẓh
Long v̩ː˥ ŵŵ v̩ː˧ ẅẅ v̩ː˩ 'ṿṿ ð̩́ː˥ ðð ð̩ː˧ ḋḋ ð̩ː˩ 'ḍḍ z̩ː˥ ź z̩ː˧ ż z̩ː˩ 'ẓ ʒ̍ː˥ źh ʒ̍ː˧ żh ʒ̍ː˩ 'ẓh
Approximant Oral Short w̩˥ ẃ w̩˧ ẇ w̩˩ 'ẉ l̩˥ ĺ l̩˧ ŀ l̩˩ 'ḷ j̍˥ ý j̍˧ ẏ j̍˩ 'ÿ
Long w̩ː˥ ẃẃ w̩ː˧ ẇẇ w̩ː˩ 'ẉẉ l̩ː˥ ĺĺ l̩ː˧ ŀŀ l̩ː˩ 'ḷḷ j̍ː˥ ýý j̍ː˧ ẏẏ j̍ː˩ 'ÿÿ
Nasal Short w̩̃˥ ňẃ w̩̃˧ ňẇ w̩̃˩ 'ẉ l̩̃˥ ňĺ l̩̃˧ ňŀ l̩̃˩ 'ňḷ j̩̃˥ ňý j̩̃˧ ňẏ j̩̃˩ 'ňÿ
Long w̩̃ː˥ ňẃẃ w̩̃ː˧ ňẇẇ w̩̃ː˩ 'ňẉẉ l̩̃ː˥ ňĺĺ l̩̃ː˧ ňŀŀ l̩̃ː˩ 'ňḷḷ j̩̃ː˥ ňý j̩̃ː˧ ňẏ j̩̃ː˩ 'ňÿÿ
Vibrant Short ɾ̩ː˥ ŕ ɾ̩ː˧ ṙ ɾ̩ː˩ 'ṛ ʀ̩˥ ŕr ʀ̩˧ ṙr ʀ̩˩ 'ṛr
Long ʀ̩ː˥ ŕŕ ʀ̩ː˧ ṙṙ ʀ̩ː˩ 'ṛṛ

Multigraph Disambiguation

Many consonant phonemes are expressed with multigraphs that have an equivalent cluster. They are differenciated orthographically with apostrophes placed between consonant graphemes in a cluster.

Polyphthongs are mostly written by simply juxtaposing vowel letters together, but in cases with vowels that use digraphs, an overdot is placed on the non-first grapheme(s) of a diphthong to distinguish them (e.g. /ɪ i͡e/ are ⟨ie iė⟩, and /a͡ʌ ɑ͡e a͡o͡e/ are ⟨aȯe aoė aȯė⟩). Since all two- or three-vowel clusters contrast with a polypthong, a diaerisis is placed on the non-first grapheme(s) of such clusters to distinguish them (e.g. /ɪ i.e/ are ⟨ie ië⟩, and /a.ʌ ɑ.e a.o.e/ are ⟨aöe aoë aöë⟩).

Multigraph Disambiguation (Short Phonemes)
Consonants Syllabic Consonants Vowels
Digraph Trigraph Digraph Short Digraph Long Digraph
Grapheme Phonemes Grapheme Phonemes Grapheme Phonemes Grapheme Phonemes Grapheme Phonemes
Base Distinction Base Distinction Base Distinction Base Distinction Base Distinction
ch ch /t͡ʃ/ chh chh /t͡ʃː/ ṇy ṇy /ɲ̩/ ie ie /ɪ/ īe īe /ɪː/
c'h /ʔh/ ch'h /t͡ʃh/ ṇ'y /n̩j/ iė /ie̯/ īë /iː.e/
c'hh /ʔhː/ ńy ńy /ɲ̩˥/ ië /i.e/
dh dh /ð/ dhh dhh /ðː/ ń'y /n̩˥j/ uo uo /ʊ/ ūo ūo /ʊː/
d'h /k͡ʇh/ dh'h /ðh/ ṅy ṅy /ɲ̩˧/ uȯ /uo̯/ ūö /uː.o/
d'hh /k͡ʇhː/ ṅ'y /n̩˧j/ uö /u.o/
dn dn /ŋ͡ʇ/ dnn dnn /ŋ͡ʇː/ 'ṇy 'ṇy /ɲ̩˩/ eo eo /ə/ ēo ēo /əː/
d'n /k͡ʇn/ dn'n /ŋ͡ʇh/ 'ṇ'y /n̩˩j/ eȯ /eo̯/ ēö /eː.o/
d'nn /k͡ʇnː/ ṇg ṇg /ŋ̩/ eö /e.o/
dz dz /d͡z/ ddz ddz /d͡zː/ ṇ'g /n̩ɡ/ oe oe /ʌ/ ōe ōe /ʌː/
d'z /k͡ʇz/ d'dz /k͡ʇd͡z/ ńg ńg /ŋ̩˥/ oė /oe̯/ ōë /oː.e/
dd'z /k͡ʇːz/ ń'g /n̩˥ɡ/ oë /o.e/
hl hl /ʎ̝̊/ hll hll /ʎ̝̊ː/ ṅg ṅg /ŋ̩˧/ ao ao /ɑ/ āo āo /ɑː/
h'l /hl/ hl'l /ʎ̝̊l/ ṅ'g /n̩˧ɡ/ aȯ /ao̯/ āö /aː.o/
h'll /hlː/ 'ṇg 'ṇg /ŋ̩˩/ aö /a.o/
ng ng /ŋ/ ngg ng /ŋː/ 'ṇ'g /n̩ɡ/
n'g /nɡ/ ng'g /ŋɡ/ ẓh ẓh /ʒ̍/
n'gg /nɡː/ ẓ'h /z̩h/
ql ql /k͡ǃ¡/ qql ql /k͡ǃ¡ː/ źh źh /ʒ̍˥/
q'l /k͡ǂl/ q'ql /k͡ǂk͡ǃ¡/ ź'h /z̩˥h/
qq'l /k͡ǂːl/ żh żh /ʒ̍˧/
qn qn /ŋ͡ǃ¡/ qnn qnn /ŋ͡ǃ¡ː/ ż'h /z̩˧h/
q'n /k͡ǂn/ qn'n /ŋ͡ǃ¡n/ 'ẓh 'ẓh /ʒ̍˩/
q'nn /k͡ǂnː/ 'ẓ'h /z̩˩h/
qñ qñ /ŋ͡ǂ/ qññ qññ /ŋ͡ǂː/ ṛr ṛr /ʀ̩/
q'ñ /k͡ǂɲ/ qñ'ñ /ŋ͡ǂɲ/ ṛ'r /ɾ̩ɾ/
q'ññ /k͡ǂɲː/ ŕr ŕr /ʀ̩˥/
rrr rrr /ʀː/ ŕ'r /ɾ̩˥ɾ/
rr'r /ʀɾ/ ṙr ṙr /ʀ̩˧/
r'rr /ɾʀ/ ṙ'r /ɾ̩˧ɾ/
sh sh /ʃ/ shh shh /ʃː/ 'ṛr 'ṛr /ʀ̩˩/
s'h /sh/ sh'h /ʃh/ 'ṛ'r /ɾ̩˩ɾ/
s'hh /shː/
th th /θ/ thh thh /θː/
t'h /th/ th'h /θh/
t'hh /thː/
zh zh /ʒ/ zhh zhh /ʒː/
z'h /zh/ zh'h /ʒh/
z'hh /zhː/
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