Czecklish phonology

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Phonology

Monophthongs

Modern Khazarian has a total of sixteen oral vowels and twelve nasal vowels. All vowels come in short and long variants. The primary front vowels are /i y e ø/; the back vowels are /o u/ and the central vowels are /ɨ/ and /ɑ/.


Oral Monophthongs

Front Central Back
Close i y ɨ u
Mid e ø o
Open ɑ
* * * *
Close iː yː ɨː
Mid eː øː
Open ɑː


Nasal Monophthongs

Front Central Back
Close ĩ ɨ̃ ũ
Mid õ
Open ɑ̃
* * * *
Close ĩː ɨ̃ː ũː
Mid ẽː õː
Open ɑ̃ː


Diphthongs

Consonants

Pulmonic

Labial Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive p b t d c ɟ k g
Affricate pf ts dz tʃ dʒ tʂ dʐ tɕ dʑ
Fricative f v s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ x ɣ h
Approximant j
Trill r
L. Approx. l ʎ

Syllable Structure

The maximum syllable structure of Czecklish is:

Phonotactics

Onset


Nucleus


Coda


Stress

Primary Stress

Secondary Stress