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Revision as of 02:35, 17 May 2016
Phonology
Based on the idea of "literally-read Irish".
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | plain | m m | n n | ŋ ŋ | ||
| geminate | nn nː | ŋŋ ŋː | ||||
| aspirated | mh mʰ | |||||
| Stop | tenuis | p p | t t | c k | ||
| aspirated | ph pʰ | th tʰ | ch kʰ | |||
| voiced | b b | d d | g g | |||
| breathy voiced | bh bʱ | dh dʱ | gh gʱ | |||
| Fricative | plain | f f | s s | h h | ||
| aspirated | fh fʰ | sh sʰ | ||||
| Liquid | plain | l ɫ | r r̠ | |||
| geminate | ll ɫː | rr r̠ː | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | í /iː/ | u /u/ | ú /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | é /eː/ | o /o/ | ó /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | á /aː/ | ||||
ao áo ai aí eu éu ia ía iu iú oi ói ua úa ui uí aoi aeu /ăŏ ao ăĭ ai ĕŭ eu ĭă ia ĭŭ iu ŏĭ oi ŭă ua ŭĭ ui aoi aeu/
a in unstressed syllable becomes e if the previous vowel ends in an /i/.