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=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
i /i/ | i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/ | ||
By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr). | By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr). | ||
Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel. | |||
=== Phonotactics === | === Phonotactics === | ||
Initial emphatics are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is. | Initial emphatics are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is. | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 5 December 2024
Wyacker (natively wi:akkarung; Thackish: Wỵạckẹr wụttle) is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan, Polynesian, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric family.
Phonology
Consonants
(d is lowered Arabic Zaa')
| Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Dorsal | Laryngeal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | emph. | plain | emph. | plain | emph. | ||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | M /mˤ/ | n /n/ | N /n̪ˤ/ | ng /ŋ/ | NG /ɴ/ | |||
| Stop | p /p/ | P /pˤ/ | t /t/ | T /t̪ˤ/ | k /k/ | q /q/ | |||
| Fricative | h /h/ | ||||||||
| Trill/Tap | |||||||||
| Approximant | central | w /w/ | d /ð̞ˤ/ | y /j/ | |||||
| lateral | l /l/ | L /l̪ʶ/ | |||||||
Vowels
i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/
By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr).
Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.
Phonotactics
Initial emphatics are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is.