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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Old Siészal had an unusual vowel system, with no length distinction:


Old Siészal had a five-vowel system with no length distinction:
'''a e i ə u''' /ɑ æ i ə u/


'''a e i o u''' /a e i o u/
It had the following vowel clusters: '''ai au aə ae ea ei eə eu ie iə iu ua uə ui'''


===Tone===
===Tone===

Revision as of 04:48, 28 December 2019

Phonology

Consonants

Old Siészal had a smaller number of consonants than Modern Siészal. It also had no phonemic palatalization.

  • Nasal: m n ŋ /m n ŋ/
  • Voiceless stop: p t č k /p~ɸ t tʃ k/
  • Voiced stop: b d j g /b d dʒ g/
  • Voiceless fricative: s š x h /s ʃ x h/
  • Voiced fricative: z ž /z ʒ/
  • Resonant: w l y /w l j/

The Old Siészal consonant system is thought to derive from an earlier stage with only one stop series.

Vowels

Old Siészal had an unusual vowel system, with no length distinction:

a e i ə u /ɑ æ i ə u/

It had the following vowel clusters: ai au aə ae ea ei eə eu ie iə iu ua uə ui

Tone

Old Siészal is thought to have had tone.

Diachronics