Akhyan

Orthography

The consonant system of Akhyan is characterised by its resemblance as the same consonant system of Sanskrit, with slight deviations. Akhyan has eliminated voiced aspirated consonants, having assimilated to a fricative or deaspirated. Akhyan has a three way contrast of plosives and affricates, including aspirated and unaspirated pairs. The language also features a three-way contrast between sibilants, such as palatal, retroflex, & alveolar. Akhyan uses the Mon-Burmese script.

Consonants

Non-Sibilants		Labial				Dental				Velar
		IPA	Romanisation	script		IPA	Romanisation	script		IPA	Romanisation	script
Nasal		m	m	မ		n	n	န		ŋ	q	င
Plosive	Tenuis	p	p	ပ		t	t	တ		k	k	က
	Aspirated	pʰ	ph	ဖ		tʰ	th	ထ		kʰ	kh	ခ
	Voiced	b	b	ဗ		d	d	ဒ		g	g	ဂ
Fricative	Tenuis	f	f	ၾ						h	x	ဟ
	Voiced	v	v	ဘ						ʔ	' (medial)	အ
Approximant		w	w	ဝ		l	l	လ

Sibilants		Alveolar				Retroflex				Palatal
		IPA	Romanisation	script		IPA	Romanisation	script		IPA	Romanisation	script
Plosive	Tenuis	t͡s	c	ၸ		t͡ʂ	ç	ဋ		t͡ɕ	ć	စ
	Aspirated	t͡sʰ	ch	ႀ		t͡ʂʰ	çh	ဌ		t͡ɕʰ	ćh	ဆ
	Voiced	d͡z	ð	ၻ		d͡ʐ	ł	ဍ		d͡ʑ	j	ၺ
Fricative	Tenuis	s	s	သ		ʂ	ş	ၑ		ɕ	ś	ၔ
	Voiced	z	z	ဓ		ʐ	ż	ၓ		ʑ	ź	ည
Approximant		ɹ	r	ရ						j	y	ယ

Morphology

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