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Adamic has 18 consonants. Slightly less than the 24 consonants of the Diluvian Code. | |||
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! style="width: 66px; " | | |||
! style="width: 66px; " |Guttural | |||
! style="width: 66px; " |Coronal | |||
! style="width: 66px; " |Labial | |||
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! Sonorant | |||
| {{ref|1|1}}h {{ref|1|1}}{{ref|2|2}}ɦ | |||
| l̥ r | |||
| n̥ [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] | |||
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! Turbulent | |||
| s z | |||
| t͡s {{ref|1|1}}ʔ | |||
| f v | |||
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! Occlusive | |||
| k g | |||
| t d | |||
| p b | |||
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:{{note|1|1}}Due the arrangement required from the tables, the sounds /h/ and /ɦ/, as well as the sound /ʔ/, are grouped as sonorants and coronal respectively without showing the proper phonetic qualities. | |||
:{{note|2|2}}The sound /ɦ/ ranges from [ɦ], [ʕ], and [ʁ] to [ɣ]. | |||
The characters used in the orthography are given below. | |||
*/k/ is written ''k'' | |||
*/g/ is written ''g'' | |||
*/t/ is written ''t'' | |||
*/d/ is written ''d'' | |||
*/t/ is written ''t'' | |||
*/p/ is written ''p'' | |||
*/b/ is written ''b'' | |||
*/h/ is written ''h'' | |||
*/ɦ/ is written ''q'' | |||
*/l̥/ is written ''l'' | |||
*/r/ is written ''r'' | |||
*/s/ is written ''s'' | |||
*/z/ is written ''z'' | |||
*/t͡s/ is written ''c'' | |||
*/ʔ/ is written ''’'' | |||
*/f/ is written ''f'' | |||
*/v/ is written ''v'' | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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Standard Adamic has 6 vowels and 8 possible diphthongs, but optionally, most diphthongs may be forced into monophthongs, resulting in 12 vowels as a whole. In comparison, the Diluvian Code has 10 vowels. | Standard Adamic has 6 vowels and 8 possible diphthongs, but optionally, most diphthongs may be forced into monophthongs, resulting in 12 vowels as a whole. In comparison, the Diluvian Code has 10 vowels. | ||