User:MIGUELbM/Muna v2.8
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Phonology
Phonemic inventory
Consonants | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Glottal | |
Nasal | m | n | [ŋ] | |
Stop | p | t | k | [ʔ] |
Fricative | f β | s ð | ɣ | h [ɦ] |
Flap or tap | ɾ | |||
Lateral app. | l |
Vowels | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Front | Central | Back | ||
Close | i | u | ||
Mid | e | ə̥ | o | |
Open | a |
Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)
- C1: a consonant other than /ɾ l s n/
- C2: one of /ɾ l s n/
- V: a vowel
Allophony
- [n] assimilate in place of articulation to following consonants
- [h] become voiced [ɦ] between voiced vowels
- [ə̥] are assimilated into aspiration after stops [p t k]
- [ə̥] become [ʔ] word-initially
- [ə̥] become [ɦ] between vowels
Orthography
Romanization | |
---|---|
Phoneme | Grapheme |
m | m |
n | n |
p | p |
t | t |
k | k |
f | f |
β | b |
s | s |
ð | d |
ɣ | g |
h | h |
ɾ | r |
l | l |
a | a |
e | e |
i | i |
o | o |
u | u |
ə̥ | ' |