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Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ '''k kh g gh ŋ ŋh''' | Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ '''k kh g gh ŋ ŋh''' | ||
Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ '''kw kwh gw gwh ŋw ŋwh''' | Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ '''kw kwh gw gwh ŋw ŋwh''' | ||
Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ ''' | Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ '''c ch z zh''' | ||
Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ ''' | Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ '''ξ ξh λ λh''' | ||
Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ ''' | Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ '''č čh j jh''' | ||
Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h '''f s | Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h '''f s σ š h''' | ||
Clicks: | Clicks: | ||
ʘ ʘʰ gʘ gʘʰ ŋʘ ŋʘʰ '''pk pkh bg bgh bŋ bŋh''' | ʘ ʘʰ gʘ gʘʰ ŋʘ ŋʘʰ '''pk pkh bg bgh bŋ bŋh''' | ||
! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ '''tk tkh dg dgh dŋ dŋh''' | ! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ '''tk tkh dg dgh dŋ dŋh''' | ||
| |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ ''' | | |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ '''ck ckh zg zgh zŋ dzŋh'' | ||
ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ ''' | ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ '''ξk ξkh λg λgh λŋ dλŋh''' | ||
ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ ''' | ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ '''čk čkh jg jgh jŋ jŋh''' | ||
+ labialized counterparts of the above clicks: '''pkw, pkwh, bgw, bgwh, ...''' | + labialized counterparts of the above clicks: '''pkw, pkwh, bgw, bgwh, ...''' | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Revision as of 08:04, 23 June 2017
Old Nurian is a descendent of Primitive ǃZoom, inspired by Old Irish.
Introduction
Phonology
Old !Zoom has a large phoneme inventory:
Vowels:
a ɛ e i o u y a: e: eɪ i: o: oʊ u: ø: øʏ y: a ä e i o u ü á é ei í ó ou ú ő öü ű
Non-clicks:
Labials: p pʰ b bʰ m mʰ p ph b bh m mh
Dentals: t tʰ d dʰ n nʰ l lʰ t th d dh n nh l lh
Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ k kh g gh ŋ ŋh
Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ kw kwh gw gwh ŋw ŋwh
Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ c ch z zh
Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ ξ ξh λ λh
Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ č čh j jh
Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h f s σ š h
Clicks:
ʘ ʘʰ gʘ gʘʰ ŋʘ ŋʘʰ pk pkh bg bgh bŋ bŋh
! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ tk tkh dg dgh dŋ dŋh
| |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ 'ck ckh zg zgh zŋ dzŋh
ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ ξk ξkh λg λgh λŋ dλŋh
ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ čk čkh jg jgh jŋ jŋh
+ labialized counterparts of the above clicks: pkw, pkwh, bgw, bgwh, ...