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Labials: p pʰ b bʰ m mʰ | Labials: p pʰ b bʰ m mʰ '''p ph b bh m mh''' | ||
Dentals: t tʰ d dʰ n nʰ l lʰ | Dentals: t tʰ d dʰ n nʰ l lʰ '''t th d dh n nh l lh''' | ||
Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ | Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ '''k kh g gh ŋ ŋh''' | ||
Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ | Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ '''kw kwh gw gwh ŋw ŋwh''' | ||
Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ | Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ '''ts tsh dz dzh''' | ||
Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ | Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ '''tł tłh dλ dλh''' | ||
Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ | Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ '''c ch j jh''' | ||
Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h | Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h '''f s ł ś h''' | ||
Clicks: | Clicks: | ||
ʘ ʘʰ gʘ gʘʰ ŋʘ ŋʘʰ | ʘ ʘʰ gʘ gʘʰ ŋʘ ŋʘʰ '''pk pkh bg bgh bŋ bŋh''' | ||
! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ | ! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ '''tk tkh dg dgh dŋ dŋh''' | ||
| |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ | | |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ '''tsk tskh dzg dzgh dzŋ dzŋh''' | ||
ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ | ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ '''tłk tłkh dλg dλgh dλŋ dλŋh''' | ||
ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ | ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ '''ck ckh jg jgh jŋ jŋh''' | ||
+ labialized counterparts of the above clicks | + labialized counterparts of the above clicks | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Revision as of 07:51, 23 June 2017
Old Nurian is a descendent of Primitive ǃZoom, inspired by Old Irish.
Introduction
Phonology
Old !Zoom has a large phoneme inventory:
Vowels:
a ɛ e i o u y a: ɛ: eɪ i: ɔ: oʊ u: øʏ y:
Non-clicks:
Labials: p pʰ b bʰ m mʰ p ph b bh m mh
Dentals: t tʰ d dʰ n nʰ l lʰ t th d dh n nh l lh
Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ k kh g gh ŋ ŋh
Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ kw kwh gw gwh ŋw ŋwh
Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ ts tsh dz dzh
Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ tł tłh dλ dλh
Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ c ch j jh
Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h f s ł ś h
Clicks:
ʘ ʘʰ gʘ gʘʰ ŋʘ ŋʘʰ pk pkh bg bgh bŋ bŋh
! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ tk tkh dg dgh dŋ dŋh
| |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ tsk tskh dzg dzgh dzŋ dzŋh
ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ tłk tłkh dλg dλgh dλŋ dλŋh
ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ ck ckh jg jgh jŋ jŋh
+ labialized counterparts of the above clicks