Dzetcavu
Introduction
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post Alveolar | Velar | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | voicless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ||
voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | c /ʃ/ | x /x/ | |
voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | j /ʒ/ | ĝ /ɣ/ | ||
Trill | r /r/ | |||||
Lateral Approximant | l /l/ | |||||
Affricate | voiceless | ps /ps/ pc /pʃ/ pf /pf/ |
ts /ts/ tc /tʃ/ |
ks /ks/ kc /kʃ/ | ||
voiced | bz /bz/ bj /bʒ/ bv /bv/ |
dz /dz/ dj /dʒ/ |
gz /gz/ gj /gʒ/ |
Vowels
Front | Back | Diphthongs | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | ui /ui/ |
Near-Close | ī /ɪ/ | ||
Close-Mid | e /e/ | o /o/ | ei /ei/ |
Open | a /a/ | ai /ai/ |
Orthography
Romanized Alphabet
Dzetcavu Alphabetical Order
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