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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
[[File:Cekara.JPG|500px|thumb|right]] | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
Standard Khattish features a very strict set of phonemes with only four places of articulation. Dialects show some variations such as labio-dental and post-alveolar fricatives | |||
Cekara | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 340px; text-align:center;" | ||
! style="width: 68px; "| | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Velar | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Uvular | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Nasal | |||
| m | |||
| n | |||
| ŋ | |||
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|- | |||
! style="" |Plosive | |||
| p b | |||
| t d | |||
| k g | |||
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|- | |||
! style="" |Fricative | |||
| ɸ β | |||
| z s | |||
| x ɣ | |||
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|- | |||
! style="" |Affricate | |||
| pɸ | |||
| t͡s | |||
| kx | |||
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|- | |||
! style="" |Approximant | |||
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| ɹ | |||
| ɰ | |||
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! style="" |Trill | |||
| ʙ | |||
| r | |||
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| ʀ | |||
|} | |||
Co-articulated approximant: [w] | |||
Ejectives: [pʼ], [tʼ] and [kʼ] | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 200px; text-align:center;" | |||
! style="width: 90px; "| | |||
! style="width: 55px; " |Front | |||
! style="width: 55px; " |Central | |||
! style="width: 55px; " |Back | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Close | |||
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| ɯ u | |||
|- | |||
!style="" |Mid | |||
|e | |||
|ə | |||
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|- | |||
! style="" |Open-mid | |||
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| ʌ ɔ | |||
|} | |||
===Orthography=== | |||
Formal Khattish uses featural abjad script Cekara shown above with its romanization. | |||