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|dialects = Yerzonian, Mulish, Fanish | |dialects = Yerzonian, Mulish, Fanish | ||
|script = Toneka alphabet | |script = Toneka alphabet | ||
|nation = Empire of | |nation = Empire of Sceptre | ||
|minority = | |minority = Coast of Temples, Negovia | ||
|agency = ''Tsagadhet Keping Batom Lushan''<br>(Bureau of the Purity of the Sceptrian Language) | |agency = ''Tsagadhet Keping Batom Lushan''<br>(Bureau of the Purity of the Sceptrian Language) | ||
|map = Lusha_regions.jpg | |map = Lusha_regions.jpg | ||
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! rowspan=" | ! rowspan="4" |Plosive | ||
!Voiceless | !Voiceless | ||
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| '''ph bh'''<br>/pʰ/ /bʱ/ | |||
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|'''th dh'''<br>/tʰ/ /dʱ/ | |||
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|'''kh gh'''<br>/kʰ/ /gʱ/ | |||
|'''qh'''<br>/qʰ/ | |||
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! Lateral | ! Lateral | ||
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**It is possible to use liquids and approximants as '''glides''' (CLV) between the onset and the rime (ending). | **It is possible to use liquids and approximants as '''glides''' (CLV) between the onset and the rime (ending). | ||
**Up to two consonants with same voicing may appear in the onset (CCV), especially fricative-plosive combinations, but never two plosives: ''stak'' (fence), ''fkos'' (nest), ''ksaru'' (guard). Affricate ''ts'' takes may be accompanied only by ''w'', ''j'', ''n'' or ''m'': ''tsma'' (doubt). Combination /sl/ has turned into /ɬ/. | **Up to two consonants with same voicing may appear in the onset (CCV), especially fricative-plosive combinations, but never two plosives: ''stak'' (fence), ''fkos'' (nest), ''ksaru'' (guard). Affricate ''ts'' takes may be accompanied only by ''w'', ''j'', ''n'' or ''m'': ''tsma'' (doubt). Combination /sl/ has turned into /ɬ/. | ||
**Lateralization and aspiration may never appear together, and nasalized rhoticization is only found in | **Lateralization and aspiration may never appear together, and nasalized rhoticization is only found in Fanish dialect. | ||
*'''Nucleus''' can be either a vowel or a liquid, thus CVC and CLC are also possible syllables. | *'''Nucleus''' can be either a vowel or a liquid, thus CVC and CLC are also possible syllables. | ||
**Vowels (diphthongs included) may exist as a stand-alone nucleic syllable (V), mostly in the beginning or at the end of a word. | **Vowels (diphthongs included) may exist as a stand-alone nucleic syllable (V), mostly in the beginning or at the end of a word. | ||
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**Close vowels (u, o, ó and i) are always nasalized between two nasals and all vowels after short ng: ''mónge'' /mɔ̃ŋẽ/ (indeed), but nasalization does not occur with open vowels and long ''ńg'': ''dothé næńgé'' /dəˈθɛˑ næŋ:ɛˑ/ (O sweaty man!). | **Close vowels (u, o, ó and i) are always nasalized between two nasals and all vowels after short ng: ''mónge'' /mɔ̃ŋẽ/ (indeed), but nasalization does not occur with open vowels and long ''ńg'': ''dothé næńgé'' /dəˈθɛˑ næŋ:ɛˑ/ (O sweaty man!). | ||
*Rhotacization: ''or'' /ɚ/, ''ar'' /ä˞/ (compare ''oŕ'' /ər/~/r/ and ''aŕ'' /är/) | *Rhotacization: ''or'' /ɚ/, ''ar'' /ä˞/ (compare ''oŕ'' /ər/~/r/ and ''aŕ'' /är/) | ||
**Nasalization does not occur simultaneously with rhoticization, except in | **Nasalization does not occur simultaneously with rhoticization, except in Fanish dialect (near the border of Negovia): ''karon'' → ''karn'' /kæ̃˞/ (soup) | ||
===Consonant form=== | ===Consonant form=== | ||