Chlouvānem/Phonology: Difference between revisions

/ʋ/ has a number of different allophones - [ʋ v w ʊ̯ f ɸ β] being the most common ones - whose presence varies regionally; in some pronunciations, the [ʋ] allophone is not even present. In Standard Chlouvānem, it is [ʋ] all the time except when in an onset and preceding another consonant, where it is realized as [v]. This contextual allophone is present in virtually every pronunciation, except for Southern ones, where it is realized in this context as [w], often followed by an extra-short [ŭ] vowel, except for the /ʋʀ/ cluster in Kælšamīṇṭa and neighboring areas, which is realized as [ɻ]. In the onset, most of the Chlouvānem-speaking world has the same pattern as the Standard, but the Near and Far East use the [v] allophone when preceded by a consonant in the same syllable; the inland Jade Coast (but only sporadically in Līlasuṃghāṇa, where it is typical of young people), meanwhile, uses the [w] allophone when intervocalic. The [ʋ] allophone is absent in the parts of the Southern Far East (including, notably, Līlekhaitē), which use [v] when adjacent to a consonant and [w] otherwise. Initial /ʋː/ is always /vː/, except for the South, which has /wu-] Coda /ʋ/ is realized differently across the Chlouvānem world: while it is, for most people, an approximant, as in the Standard, in the Jade Coast and parts of the lower Plain (but not the Nīmbaṇḍhāra delta) it forms a diphthong with the preceding vowel, meaning that the /äʋ/ sequence merges with /äʊ̯/. In the Far East, it is realized as a fricative agreeing in voicing with the following consonant, and also in PoA if it is labial.<br/>/j/, meanwhile, is consistently realized as [j] in the whole Chlouvānem-speaking world.

: ''vāṇa'' "plant" /ʋäːɳä/ – Std., Hiy., Cam. [ʋäːɳä], Līl. [ʋäːɳɐ], Līkh. [wäːɳä]

: ''vra-'' "dys-" (medical prefix) /ʋʀä-/ – Std., Hiy., Cam. [vʀä-], Līl. [vʀɐ-], Klš. [ɻä-], Hln. [wŭʀä-]

: ''vvlurake'' "to think" /ʋːɴ̆uʀäke/ – Std., Hiy., Cam. [vːɴ̆uʀäke], Līl. [vːɴ̆uʀɐke], Klš., Hln. [wuɴ̆uʀäke]

: ''vlānis'' (a spice) /ʋɴ̆äːnis/ – Std., Līl., Hiy., Cam. [vɴ̆äːnis], Klš., Hln. [wŭɴ̆äːnis]

: ''švas'' "animal" /ɕʋäs/ – Std. [ɕʋäs], Līl. [ɕʋɐs], Cam. [ɕväs], Hiy. [ʃʋäs]

: ''ivrīva'' "it has been flooded" /iʋʀiːʋä/ – Std., Cam. [ivʀiːʋä], Līl. [iʊ̯ʀiːwɐ~iʊ̯ʀiːʋɐ], Ilē. [iʊ̯ʀiːwɐ] (note the syllabic division ''i·vrī'' in the Standard and ''iv·rī'' in the other pronunciations)

: ''chlævprauda'' "TV news broadcast" /c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛʋpʀäʊ̯dä/ – Std. [c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛʋpʀäʊ̯dä], Līl. [c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛʊ̯pʀɑʊ̯dɐ~c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛʊ̯pʀɐʊ̯dɐ], Ilē. [c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛʊ̯pʀɐʊ̯dɐ], Cam. [c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛɸpʀɑʊ̯dä]

: ''yaivcārṇædani'' "communism" /jäɪ̯ʋc͡ɕäːʀɳɛdäni/ – Std. [jäɪ̯vc͡ɕäːʀɳɛdäni], Līl., Ilē. [jæɪ̯ʉ̯c͡ɕäːʀɳɛdɐni], Cam. [jäɪ̯fc͡ɕäːʀɳɛdäni]

: ''yalka'' "beach" /jänkä~jäɴkä~jäɴ̆kä/ – Std., Hiy., Cam. [jäŋkä], Līl. [jɐɴqɐ]