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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Based on "literally read Irish". | Based on "literally read Irish". | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|+ '''Old Tigal consonants''' | |||
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!colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Velar !! Glottal | |||
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!rowspan="3"|Nasal | |||
!<small>plain</small> | |||
| '''m''' m || '''n''' n || || '''ŋ''' ŋ || | |||
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!<small>geminate</small> | |||
| || '''nn''' nː || || '''ŋŋ''' ŋ || | |||
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!<small>aspirated</small> | |||
| '''mh''' mʰ || || || || | |||
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!rowspan="6"|Stop | |||
!<small>tenuis</small> | |||
| '''p''' p || '''t''' t || || '''c''' k || | |||
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!<small>aspirated</small> | |||
| '''ph''' pʰ || '''th''' tʰ || || '''ch''' kʰ || | |||
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!<small>prenasalized</small> | |||
| '''bp''' ᵐp || '''dt''' ⁿt || || '''gc''' ᵑk || | |||
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!<small>voiced</small> | |||
| '''b''' b || '''d''' d || || '''g''' g || | |||
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!<small>breathy voiced</small> | |||
| '''bh''' bʱ || '''dh''' dʱ || || '''gh''' gʱ || | |||
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!<small>voiced prenasalized</small> | |||
| '''mb''' ᵐb || '''nd''' ⁿd || || '''ŋg''' ᵑg || | |||
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!rowspan="3"|Fricative | |||
!<small>plain</small> | |||
| '''f''' f || '''s''' s || || || '''h''' h | |||
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!<small>aspirated</small> | |||
| '''fh''' fʰ || '''sh''' sʰ || || || | |||
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!<small>prenasalized</small> | |||
| '''mhf''' mʰf || '''nts''' nt͡s || || || | |||
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!rowspan="2"| Liquid | |||
!<small>plain</small> | |||
| || '''l''' l || '''r''' r̠ || || | |||
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!<small>geminate</small> | |||
| || '''ll''' lː || '''rr''' r̠ː || || | |||
|} | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;" | |||
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "| | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back | |||
|- | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Close | |||
| '''i''' /i/ | |||
| '''í''' /iː/ | |||
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| '''u''' /u/ | |||
| '''ú''' /uː/ | |||
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! style="" |Mid | |||
| '''e''' /e/ | |||
| '''é''' /eː/ | |||
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| '''o''' /o/ | |||
| '''ó''' /oː/ | |||
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! style="" |Open | |||
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| '''a''' /a/ | |||
| '''á''' /aː/ | |||
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Diphthongs: Diphthongs without the fada (acute accent) are short, diphthongs with the fada are long. Otherwise they're mostly read as written. | |||
'''a''' in an unstressed syllable becomes '''e''' if the previous vowel ends in an /i/. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||