Pradiul
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Placeholder for a Þiúsьk-inspired descendant of Old Windermere
Numbers: dån, riat, stiev, smiåch, miuc, tiach, båþ, szeb, laj, saju, sriuch
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | soft | hard | |||
Nasal | m m | mi mʲ | n n̪ | ni nʲ | ņi ŋʲ | ņ ŋ | ||||||
Stop | voiceless | p p | pi pʲ | t t̪ | ti tʲ | ki kʲ | k k | ʔ | ||||
voiced | b b | bi bʲ | d d̪ | di dʲ | gi gʲ | g g | ||||||
Affricate | c ts | ci tsʲ | cz tʃ | czi tʃʲ | ||||||||
Fricative | f f | fi fʲ | þ θˠ | þi θʲ | s s | si sʲ | sz ʃ | szi ʃʲ | chi, hi ç | ch x | h h | |
Resonant | v v | vi vʲ | l ɫ | li lʲ | r ɾ | ri ɾʲ | j j |
Only hard consonants are allowed word-finally. Word final /v/ is pronounced [w].
Initial voiceless stops were traditionally not aspirated, but are commonly aspirated now.
Vowels
a/ia e/ie o/io å/iå y/i u/iu /a e o uə~iə i u/ (double letters were historical breathy vowels)
Unstressed vowel: /ə/ (spelled a if nonpalatalizing and i if palatalizing)
Phonotactics
Zero and C are the only permitted word-final codas.
Here is a list (modulo palatalization) by type of cluster (some clusters may be listed more than once):
- Cl: pl, tl, cl, kl, bl, gl, fl, chl, sl
- Cr: pr, tr, cr, kr, br, dr, gr, fr, thr, chr, sr
- Cm: tm, thm, km, chm, sm
- Cn: fn, kn, chn, sn
- Cng: fng, tng, thng, chng, sng
- Cv: tv, thv, kv, chv, gv, sv, szv
- sC: sp, st, sk, sm, sn, sng, sl, sr, sv
- chC: chm, chn, chng, chl, chr
Voiced stops are not allowed to begin minor syllables in roots. This rule does not apply to proper names.