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Every syllable must be CV except possibly the final syllable which cam be CVC. Non-initial and non-final consonants can be geminates.
Every syllable must be CV except possibly the final syllable which cam be CVC. Non-initial and non-final consonants can be geminates.
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="text-align: center;"
|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
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! | Velar
! | Velar
! | Uvular
! | Uvular
! | Click
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|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| '''ny''' /ɲ/
| '''ny''' /ɲ/
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
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|  
| '''n!x''' /ŋ!/
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
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| '''k''' /k/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''q''' /q/
| '''q''' /q/
| '''!x''' /k!/
|-
|-
! | <small>prenasalized</small>
! | <small>prenasalized</small>
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| '''nk''' /ᵑk/
| '''nk''' /ᵑk/
| '''nq''' /ᶰq/
| '''nq''' /ᶰq/
| '''nk!x''' /ᵑk!/
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Trill
! colspan="2" |Trill
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|  
|  
| '''ʀ''' /ʀ/
| '''ʀ''' /ʀ/
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|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
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| '''y''' /j/
| '''y''' /j/
| '''w''' /w/
| '''w''' /w/
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|  
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| '''ly''' /ʎ/
| '''ly''' /ʎ/
| '''lg''' /ʟ/
| '''lg''' /ʟ/
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Revision as of 17:43, 27 March 2017

Old Swuntsim (PTD) is the common ancestor to the Tie–Dye languages. The phonology is based on Australian/Tamil.

Phonology

Phonotactics

Every syllable must be CV except possibly the final syllable which cam be CVC. Non-initial and non-final consonants can be geminates.

Consonants

Old Swuntsim consonants
  Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ rn /ɳ/ ny /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ rt /ʈ/ tj /c/ k /k/ q /q/
prenasalized mp /ᵐp/ nt /ⁿt/ rnt /ᶯʈ/ ntj /ᶮc/ nk /ᵑk/ nq /ᶰq/
Trill rr /r/ ʀ /ʀ/
Approximant central r /ɹ~ɻ/ y /j/ w /w/
lateral l /l/ rl /ɭ/ ly /ʎ/ lg /ʟ/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ii /iː/ u /u/ uu /uː/
Mid e /e/ ee /eː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open a /a/ aa /aː/

Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/

Numbers

  • 1: tjane > WbCl ßahn
  • 2: ayirr > WbCl eir