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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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|+ Consonants | |||
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! !! colspan="2" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] !! colspan="2" | [[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] !! Dorsal | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]] | |||
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Stop consonant|Stop]] | |||
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] || [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Affricate|Affricate]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t͡s]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless alveolar fricative|s]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar fricative|z]] || [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Approximant|Approximant]] | |||
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Trill|Trill]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar trill|r]] | |||
|} | |||
*/n/ is realized as [ŋ] before /k,h/. | |||
*/h/ is realized as [x] in coda. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Unrounded vowel|unrounded]] !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Rounded vowel|rounded]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | |||
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] iː || [[w:Close front rounded vowel|y]] yː || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] uː | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]] | |||
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]] eː || [[w:Close-mid front rounded vowel|ø]] øː || [[w:Mid central vowel|ə]] [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]] oː | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | |||
| [[w:Near-open front unrounded vowel|æ]] æː || || [[w:Open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]] ɑː | |||
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| ei eːi || øy øːy || oi || ou oːu | |||
|- | |||
| æi æːi || æy æːy || ɑi ɑːi || ɑu ɑːu | |||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
Words bear initial stress. | Words bear initial stress. | ||
Revision as of 10:01, 8 March 2024
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| Etlish | |
|---|---|
| Eteläin keeli | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈetelæin ˈkeːli] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
Etlish /ˈɛtlɪʃ/ (Etlish: Eteläin keeli [ˈetelæin ˈkeːli]) is a Finnic language spoken in Western Pomerania.
Etymology
Etlish is from German Etlisch, from Etlish etel "Etlish person", from Proto-Finnic *etelä "south-southwest".
Orthography
Etlish is written with the Latin script.
| A a | Aa aa | Ai ai | Aai aai | Au au | Aau aau | Ä ä | Ää ää |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /ɑ/ | /ɑː/ | /ɑi/ | /ɑːi/ | /ɑu/ | /ɑːu/ | /æ/ | /æː/ |
| Äi äi | Ääi ääi | Äü äü | Ääü ääü | B b | D d | E e | Ee ee |
| /æi/ | /æːi/ | /æy/ | /æːy/ | /b/ | /d// | /e/ | /eː/ |
| Ei ei | Eei eei | Ë ë | H h | I i | Ii ii | J j | K k |
| /ei/ | /eːi/ | /ə/ | /h/ | /i/ | /iː/ | /j/ | /k/ |
| L l | M m | N n | O o | Oi oi | Oo oo | Ou ou | Oou oou |
| /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | /oi/ | /oː/ | /ou/ | /oːu/ |
| Ö ö | Öi öi | Öö öö | Öü öü | Ööü ööü | P p | R r | S s |
| /ø/ | /øi/ | /øː/ | /øy/ | /øːy/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ |
| T t | Ts ts | U u | Uu uu | Ü ü | Üü üü | V v | Z z |
| /t/ | /t͡s/ | /u/ | /uː/ | /y/ | /yː/ | /w/ | /z/ |
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Stop | p | b | t | d | k |
| Affricate | t͡s | ||||
| Fricative | s | z | h | ||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||
| Trill | r | ||||
- /n/ is realized as [ŋ] before /k,h/.
- /h/ is realized as [x] in coda.
Vowels
| Front unrounded | Front rounded | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | y yː | u uː |
| Close-mid | e eː | ø øː | ə o oː |
| Low | æ æː | ɑ ɑː |
| ei eːi | øy øːy | oi | ou oːu |
| æi æːi | æy æːy | ɑi ɑːi | ɑu ɑːu |
Prosody
Words bear initial stress.
Phonotactics
Etlish maximal syllables are CVC.
Vowel harmony
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| ü üü | u uu |
| ö öö* | o oo |
| öi öü* ööü* | oi ou oou |
| ä ää | a aa |
| äi ääi äü ääü | ai aai au aau |
- /i,iː,e,eː,ei,eːi,ə/ are neutral and transparent to harmony.
- /øː,øy,øːy/ may be either front or transparent.
Consonant gradation
| Strong | Weak |
|---|---|
| p t k | w z j |
| pp tt kk | p t k |
| ts s | s h |