Valian

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Background

Phonology

Vowels

Vowel phonemes of 17aug
Front Back
Unrounded Rounded Unrounded Rounded
Close i iː y yː u uː
Mid e eː ø øː ɤ ɤː o oː
Open æ æː ɑ ɑː

Word and sentence final short vowels are often pronounced slightly longer than their non-final counterparts (e.g. salma 'faith' [ˈsɑlmɑˑ]).

Consonants

Consonant of 17aug
Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
plain palatalized
Nasal m n (nʲ) (ŋ)1
Plosive p t (tʲ) k
Fricative v s (sʲ) (x)2 h
Approximant l (lʲ)3 j
Trill r

Notes:

  1. [ŋ] only occurs as an allophone of [n] before [k].
  2. [x] is a word-final allophone of [h] (e.g. rakah 'wound' [ˈrɑg̥ɑx]).
  3. [lʲ] is encountered in free variation with [ʎ] in certain varieties of speech (e.g. Sanahta dialect leia 'while' [ʎeiɑˑ~lʲeiɑˑ]).

Consonants may be palatalised; this occurs for p, t, n, l, s before i, e.

Phonotactics

Orthography

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Syntax