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Revision as of 19:39, 23 July 2015
Omunninyo | |
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오먼닌요 | |
Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|'omʌnɪnjo]] |
Created by | – |
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Introduction
Omunninyou, which literally means "the language of our people", is spoken in the island nation of Omunguk, and has borrowed much of its vocabulary from Chinese.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Labio-velar | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | |||||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ||||||
Fricative | ɸ β | s | ɕ ʑ | h | |||||
Approximant | w | j | |||||||
Trill | r* | ||||||||
Lateral app. |
* /r/ is pronounced /l/ at the end of syllables.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | u | ||
Near-close | ɪ | ||
Close-Mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ||
Open | a |
Phonotactics
(C)(G)V(C)
where G is a glide (y or w)
Orthography
Prolof uses the Hangul alphabet, with a few changes. Namely, ㅃ represents the /β/ sound.