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=Phonology=
=Phonology=
==Consonants==
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
!colspan="2"|
!'''Bilabial'''
!'''Labiodental'''
!'''Dental'''
!'''Alveolar'''
!'''Post Alveolar'''
!'''Palatal'''
!'''Velar'''
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!rowspan="2"|'''Plosive'''
!voiceless
|'''p''' /p/
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|colspan="3"|'''t''' /t/
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|'''k''' /k/
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!voiced
|'''b''' /b/
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|colspan="3"|'''d''' /d/
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|'''g''' /g/
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!colspan="2"|'''Nasal'''
|'''m''' /m/
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|colspan="3"|'''n''' /n/
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!rowspan="2"|'''Fricative'''
!voiceless
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|'''f''' /f/
|'''þ''' /θ/
|'''s''' /s/
|'''c''' /ʃ/
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|'''h''' /x/
|-
!voiced
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|'''v''' /v/
|'''ð''' /ð/
|'''s''' [z]*
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!colspan="2"|'''Approximant'''
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|colspan="3"|'''r''' /ɹ/
|'''y''' /j/
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!colspan="2"|'''Lateral Approximant'''
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|colspan="3"|'''l''' /l/
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|}
''*allophone''
==Vowels==
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
!'''''
!'''Front'''
!'''Central'''
!'''Back'''
!'''Diphthongs'''
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!'''Close'''
|'''i''' /i/
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|'''u''' /u/
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!'''Near-Close'''
|'''i/y''' /ɪ/ [ɪ]*
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!'''Close-Mid'''
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|'''o''' /o/
|'''ei/ey''' /ej/
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!'''Mid'''
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|'''e''' [ə]*
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!'''Open-Mid'''
|'''e''' /ɛ/
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|'''oi/oy''' /ɔɪ/
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!'''Near-Open'''
|'''a''' /æ/
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!'''Open'''
|'''a''' [a]*
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|'''ai/ay''' /aj/
|}
''*allophone''
==Phonotactics==
===Allowed Syllables===
*(C)(C)V(C)(C)
'''Consonant Clusters'''
''Word Initial''
*[fricative]+[nasal,liquid,stop]
*[stop]+[nasal,liquid,fricative]
''Word Internal''
''Word Final''
*[fricative]+[stop]
*[stop]+[fricative]
*/m/+/b/
*/n/+[stop,excluding /b/]
===Phonological Rules===
*/ɛ/ > [ə] / _#
*/s/ > [z] / $_[+voiced +consonant]
*/s/ > [z] / [+voiced +consonant]_$
*/ʊ/ > [ɔ] / _/j/
*/j/ > [ɪ] / /ʊ/_
*/j/ > [ɪ] / [+consonant] _ [+consonant]
*/j/ > [i] / [+consonant] _#
*/æ/ > [a] / _/j/$
===Stress===


=Western Sound Changes=
=Western Sound Changes=

Revision as of 23:54, 1 November 2017

Introduction

Western Voþken is a daughter of Voþken that came as a result of the isolation between the western and eastern divide after the Fire Rebellion.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Post Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ þ /θ/ s /s/ c /ʃ/ h /x/
voiced v /v/ ð /ð/ s [z]*
Approximant r /ɹ/ y /j/
Lateral Approximant l /l/

*allophone

Vowels

Front Central Back Diphthongs
Close i /i/ u /u/
Near-Close i/y /ɪ/ [ɪ]*
Close-Mid o /o/ ei/ey /ej/
Mid e [ə]*
Open-Mid e /ɛ/ oi/oy /ɔɪ/
Near-Open a /æ/
Open a [a]* ai/ay /aj/

*allophone

Phonotactics

Allowed Syllables

  • (C)(C)V(C)(C)

Consonant Clusters Word Initial

  • [fricative]+[nasal,liquid,stop]
  • [stop]+[nasal,liquid,fricative]

Word Internal

Word Final

  • [fricative]+[stop]
  • [stop]+[fricative]
  • /m/+/b/
  • /n/+[stop,excluding /b/]

Phonological Rules

  • /ɛ/ > [ə] / _#
  • /s/ > [z] / $_[+voiced +consonant]
  • /s/ > [z] / [+voiced +consonant]_$
  • /ʊ/ > [ɔ] / _/j/
  • /j/ > [ɪ] / /ʊ/_
  • /j/ > [ɪ] / [+consonant] _ [+consonant]
  • /j/ > [i] / [+consonant] _#
  • /æ/ > [a] / _/j/$

Stress

Western Sound Changes

First Wave

  • [+labiodental +fricative] > [-labiodental +labial]
  • [+dental +fricative] > ∅ / #_ [velar stop]
  • /w/ >/ɰ/
  • /ʊ/ > /o/
  • /ɹ/ > ∅ / [+vowel] _#
  • /x/ > /χ/

Second Wave

  • [+labial +fricative] > [-fricative +approximant]
  • [+vowel] > [+nasalization] / _[nasal]
  • /o/ > [ɑ] / [ɰ]_
  • [æ] > [ə]
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