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Diphthongs are always falling, but if a non-long diphthong starting with /i/ or /u/ appears at the beginning of a word (i.e. with no onset), it is realized as a glide (/j/ or /w/, respectively). | Diphthongs are always falling, but if a non-long diphthong starting with /i/ or /u/ appears at the beginning of a word (i.e. with no onset), it is realized as a glide (/j/ or /w/, respectively). | ||
Because of the limited range of vowels, a vowel chart is almost wasted for Adzaac, but here you go: | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Frontish | |||
! Middlin’ | |||
! Backish | |||
|- | |||
! High: | |||
| ‹i› /i/<br />‹ii› /iː/ | |||
| | |||
| ‹u› /u/<br />‹uu› /uː/ | |||
|- | |||
! Mid: | |||
| | |||
| <br /> | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! Low: | |||
| | |||
| ‹a› /ä/<br />‹aa› /äː/ | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Stress is moraic. Stress falls on longest | Stress is moraic. Stress falls on longest left-most syllable. Where morae are equal, long vowels have a higher priority than diphthongs, which have a higher priority than final consonants. There are eight possible syllable weights: | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | !class=unsortable| | ||
! Morae | ! Morae | ||
! Priority | ! Priority | ||
! Examples | !class=unsortable| Description | ||
!class=unsortable| Examples | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"| V | |align="right"| V | ||
|align="center"| 1 | |align="center"| 1 | ||
|align="center"| 8 | |align="center"| 8 | ||
|| bu, na, ki | || Short vowel, no coda. | ||
|| ''bu'', ''na'', ''ki'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"| VC | |align="right"| VC | ||
|align="center"| 2 | |align="center"| 2 | ||
|align="center"| 7 | |align="center"| 7 | ||
|| uk, it, an | || Short vowel, monomoraic coda. | ||
|| ''uk'', ''it'', ''an'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"| VV | |align="right"| VV | ||
|align="center"| 2 | |align="center"| 2 | ||
|align="center"| 6 | |align="center"| 6 | ||
|| hau, niu, mai | || Diphthong, no coda. | ||
|| ''hau'', ''niu'', ''mai'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"| V̄ | |align="right"| V̄ | ||
|align="center"| 2 | |align="center"| 2 | ||
|align="center"| 5 | |align="center"| 5 | ||
|| lii, kuu, aa | || Long vowel, no coda. | ||
|| ''lii'', ''kuu'', ''aa'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"| VVC | |align="right"| VVC | ||
|align="center"| 3 | |align="center"| 3 | ||
|align="center"| 4 | |align="center"| 4 | ||
|| kais, zaud, bzuim | || Diphthong, monomoraic coda. | ||
|| ''kais'', ''zaud'', ''bzuim'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"| V̄C | |align="right"| V̄C | ||
|align="center"| 3 | |align="center"| 3 | ||
|align="center"| 3 | |align="center"| 3 | ||
|| aat, kiic, dzuuq | || Long vowel, monomoraic coda. | ||
|| ''aat'', ''kiic'', ''dzuuq'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"| V̄V | |align="right"| V̄V | ||
|align="center"| 3 | |align="center"| 3 | ||
|align="center"| 2 | |align="center"| 2 | ||
|| giiu, maai, vuua | || Long diphthong, no coda. | ||
|| ''giiu'', ''maai'', ''vuua'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"| V̄VC | |align="right"| V̄VC | ||
|align="center"| 4 | |align="center"| 4 | ||
|align="center"| 1 | |align="center"| 1 | ||
|| fuuav, saaik, viiut | || Long diphthong, monomoraic coda. | ||
|| ''fuuav'', ''saaik'', ''viiut'' | |||
|} | |} | ||