Gaufian
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Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | |||
| Plosive | plain | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ʼ /ʔ/ | |
| aspirated | ph /pʰ/ | th /tʰ/ | kh /kʰ/ | |||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||
| Affricate | plain | ts /ts/ | ||||
| aspirated | tsh /tsʰ/ | |||||
| voiced | dz /dz/ | |||||
| Fricative | plain | f /f/ | s /s/ | š /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | h /h/ |
| voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | ž /ʒ/ | gh /ɣ/ | ||
| Approximant | central | j /j/ | ||||
| lateral | l /l/ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | ii /iː/ | u /u/ | uu /uː/ | ||
| Near-close | ė /ɪ/ | ėė /ɪː/ | ȯ /ʊ/ | ȯȯ /ʊː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | ee /eː/ | õ /ɤ/ | õõ /ɤː/ | o /o/ | oo /oː/ |
| Open | ä /æ/ | ää /æ/ | a /ɑ/ | aa /ɑː/ | ||
Tones
Lexical pitch accent is used on long vowels:
- high: āa
- falling: aa
- broken: âa
Allowed syllables: CV, CVN, CVch