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===Vowels===
{{PAGENAME}} has only 4 vowel qualities, although there is phonemic vowel length and nasalization.
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! colspan="2" style="" |Front
! colspan="2" style="" |Back
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!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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! style="" |Close
| {{spell-nv|'''i'''}} /ɪ/
| {{spell-nv|'''ii'''}} /iː/
| {{spell-nv|'''o'''}} /o/
| {{spell-nv|'''oo'''}} /oː/
|-
! style="" |Open
| {{spell-nv|'''e'''}} /ɛ/
| {{spell-nv|'''ee'''}} /ɛː/
| {{spell-nv|'''a'''}} /ɑ/
| {{spell-nv|'''aa'''}} /ɑː/
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} nasal vowels'''
! rowspan="2" style=""|
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
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!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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! style="" |Close
| {{spell-nv|'''iñ'''}} /ĩ/
| {{spell-nv|'''iiñ'''}} /ĩː/
| {{spell-nv|'''oñ'''}} /õ/
| {{spell-nv|'''ooñ'''}} /õː/
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! style="" |Open
| {{spell-nv|'''eñ'''}} /ɛ̃/
| {{spell-nv|'''eeñ'''}} /ɛ̃ː/
| {{spell-nv|'''añ'''}} /ɑ̃/
| {{spell-nv|'''aañ'''}} /ɑ̃ː/
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Revision as of 04:37, 6 January 2019

Classical Sjowaázh refers to an archaic form of Sjowaázh, partly based on Late Old Sjowaázh.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes in Classical Sjowaázh
Labial Dental Retroflex Alveolo-palatal Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ny /ɲ/
Plosive tenuis b /p/ d /t/ gy /c/ g /k/ ' /ʔ/
aspirated p /pʰ/ t /tʰ/ ky /cʰ/ k /kʰ/
ejective p' /pʼ/ t' /tʼ/ ky' /cʼ/ k' /kʼ/
Fricative lenis v /v̊/ z /z̊/ zh /ʐ̊/ zy /ʑ̊/ gh /ɣ̊/
fortis f /fˑ/ s /sˑ/ sh /ʂˑ/ sy /ɕˑ/ kh /xˑ/ h /h/
Affricate tenuis j /ts/ jh /tʂ/ jy /tɕ/
aspirated c /tsʰ/ ch /tʂʰ/ cy /tɕʰ/
ejective c' /tsʼ/ ch' /tʂʼ/ cy' /tɕʼ/
Approximant l /l~r/ ly /ʎ/ y /j/ w /w/

Vowels

Suwáá/Classical has only 4 vowel qualities, although there is phonemic vowel length and nasalization.

Suwáá/Classical oral vowels
Front Back
short long short long
Close i /ɪ/ ii /iː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open e /ɛ/ ee /ɛː/ a /ɑ/ aa /ɑː/

Suwáá/Classical nasal vowels
Front Back
short long short long
Close /ĩ/ iiñ /ĩː/ /õ/ ooñ /õː/
Open /ɛ̃/ eeñ /ɛ̃ː/ /ɑ̃/ aañ /ɑ̃ː/