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 | uː |
Mid | eː øː | oː | |
Open | ɑː |
Nasal Monophthongs
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | ĩ | ɨ̃ | ũ |
Mid | ẽ | 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 | r̝ | |||||
L. Approx. | l | ʎ |
Syllable Structure
The maximum syllable structure of Czecklish is:
Phonotactics
Onset
Nucleus
Coda
Stress
Primary Stress
Secondary Stress