Chlouvānem: Difference between revisions
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===Vowels - Camiyāṃsai=== | ===Vowels - Camiyāṃsai=== | ||
The vowel inventory of Chlouvānem is fairly large too, consisting of | The vowel inventory of Chlouvānem is fairly large too, consisting of 25 phonemes: 14 monophthongs, 9 diphthongs, and 2 syllabic consonants.<br/> | ||
Phonetically, there are also nasal vowels, but they are phonemically /Vɴ/ or (word-finally) /Vn/ sequences. On the contrary, breathy-voiced vowels may phonetically surface as [Vh] or [Vχ] in some contexts (most notably before stops) in some pronunciations — e.g. ''tąkis'' /tɑ̤kis/ (a kind of herb) pronounced in Cami as [ˈtaxkʲis]. | Phonetically, there are also nasal vowels, but they are phonemically /Vɴ/ or (word-finally) /Vn/ sequences. On the contrary, breathy-voiced vowels may phonetically surface as [Vh] or [Vχ] in some contexts (most notably before stops) in some pronunciations — e.g. ''tąkis'' /tɑ̤kis/ (a kind of herb) pronounced in Cami as [ˈtaxkʲis]. | ||
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! colspan=2 | Low-mid | ! colspan=2 | Low-mid | ||
| ɛ || | | ɛ || || ɔ | ||
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! rowspan=2 | Low !! <small>Oral</small> | ! rowspan=2 | Low !! <small>Oral</small> | ||
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Dissimilar vowels merge in these ways. '''ṛ''' and '''ṝ''' become semivowels wherever needed, and '''i''' and '''u''' become '''y''' and '''v''' before other vowels; '''ī''' and '''ū''' turn to ''iy'' and ''uv'' respectively.<br/>Other changes are: | Dissimilar vowels merge in these ways. '''ṛ''' and '''ṝ''' become semivowels wherever needed, and '''i''' and '''u''' become '''y''' and '''v''' before other vowels; '''ī''' and '''ū''' turn to ''iy'' and ''uv'' respectively.<br/>Other changes are: | ||
* '''e''' and '''o''' always continue PLB *aj and *aw regardless of etymology, so when followed by vowels the results are ''ayV'' and ''avV'' respectively. Similarly, with '''ai''' and '''au''' the results are ''āyV'' and ''āvV''; | * '''e''' and '''o''' always continue PLB *aj and *aw regardless of etymology, so when followed by vowels the results are ''ayV'' and ''avV'' respectively. Similarly, with '''ai''' and '''au''' the results are ''āyV'' and ''āvV''; | ||
* '''æ''' and '''ea''' both become '''ev''' and '''oe''' becomes '''en''' when followed by another vowel; | * '''æ''' and '''ea''' both become '''ev''' and '''oe''' becomes '''en''' when followed by another vowel; | ||
* All other ones simply turn their second element into the corresponding semivowel (e.g. '''ei''' → '''ey''', but '''ov''' → '''av'''). | * All other ones simply turn their second element into the corresponding semivowel (e.g. '''ei''' → '''ey''', but '''ov''' → '''av'''). | ||