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== Orthography == | |||
MSEAL uses the [[w:New Tai Lue alphabet]] for its writing system, using it as a true alphabet, not an abugida. This is a novel way to use an existing alphabet, but it is more familiar to the neighbor who use the latin script, and are accustomed to writing everything down. | |||
=== Consonants === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ MSEAL Initial Consonants | |||
|- | |||
! !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal | |||
|- | |||
! Nasal | |||
| /m/ ᦙ | |||
| /n/ ᦓ | |||
| || /ŋ/ ᦇ | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! Unaspirated | |||
| /p/ ᦔ | |||
| /t/ ᦑ | |||
| || /k/ ᦂ | |||
| /ʔ/ ᦀ | |||
|- | |||
! Aspirated | |||
| /pʰ/ ᦘ | |||
| /tʰ/ ᦏ | |||
| || /kʰ/ ᦅ | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! Affricate | |||
| | |||
| colspan="2" | /ts~tɕ~c/ ᦈ | |||
| || | |||
|- | |||
! Fricative | |||
| /f~θ/ ᦝ | |||
| colspan="2" | /s~ɕ/ ᦉ | |||
| || /h/ ᦠ | |||
|- | |||
! Approx. | |||
| /v~w~ʋ/ ᦞ | |||
| /l/ ᦟ | |||
| /j/ ᦍ | |||
| | || | |||
|} | |||
=== Finals and Tone === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Coda Sounds | |||
|- | |||
! p !! t !! k !! m !! n !! ŋ !! w | |||
|- | |||
| ᧇ || ᧆ || ᧅ || ᧄ || ᧃ || ᧂ || ᧁ | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! level !! rising !! departing !! checked | |||
|- | |||
| - || ᧈ || ᧉ || ''coda'' | |||
|} | |||
The presence of a coda letter marks the checked tone. | |||
=== Vowels === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Vowels and Diphthongs | |||
|- | |||
! !! Front !! Middle !! Back | |||
|- | |||
! High | |||
| /i/ ᦵ || rowspan="2" | /ǝ/ ᦲ ᧀ || /u/ ᦴ ᦼ | |||
|- | |||
! Middle | |||
| /e/ ᦸ ᦾ | |||
| /o/ ᦳ ᦽ | |||
|- | |||
! Low | |||
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | /a/ ᦱ ᦻ | |||
|} | |||
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