Tseer: Difference between revisions
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Classical: | |||
m n ng /ŋ/ | m n ng /ŋ/ | ||
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tx /ts/ ts /tʃ/ | tx /ts/ ts /tʃ/ | ||
v -dh / | v -dh /ð/ (dh only occurs syllable finally) | ||
w zh /r̝~ɹ~ʒ/ j /j/ | w zh /r̝~ɹ~ʒ/ j /j/ | ||
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/x/ is [ʂ] in some dialects | /x/ is [ʂ] in some dialects | ||
Modern: | |||
*Czh clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseezh, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseezh. | *Czh clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseezh, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseezh. | ||
*Final zh = [ʃ] in Modern Tseezh. | *Final zh = [ʃ] in Modern Tseezh. | ||
*Otherwise zh = [r] in Modern Tseezh. | *Otherwise zh = [r] in Modern Tseezh. | ||
*dh is pronounced [ɣ] in Modern Tseezh. It may even disappear and cause compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||