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| | Old Irish gib with séimhiú dot = aspiration |
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| Based on the idea of "literally-read Irish".
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| ===Consonants===
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"
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| |+ '''Old Tigal consonants'''
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| !colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Velar !! Glottal
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| !rowspan="3"|Nasal
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| !<small>plain</small>
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| | '''m''' m || '''n''' n || || '''ŋ''' ŋ ||
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| !<small>geminate</small>
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| | || '''nn''' nː || || '''ŋŋ''' ŋ ||
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | '''mh''' mʰ || || || ||
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| |-
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| !rowspan="6"|Stop
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| !<small>tenuis</small>
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| | '''p''' p || '''t''' t || || '''c''' k ||
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| |-
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | '''ph''' pʰ || '''th''' tʰ || || '''ch''' kʰ ||
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| !<small>prenasalized</small>
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| | '''bp''' ᵐp || '''dt''' ⁿt || || '''gc''' ᵑk ||
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | '''b''' b || '''d''' d || || '''g''' g ||
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| !<small>breathy voiced</small>
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| | '''bh''' bʱ || '''dh''' dʱ || || '''gh''' gʱ ||
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| !<small>voiced prenasalized</small>
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| | '''mb''' ᵐb || '''nd''' ⁿd || || '''ŋg''' ᵑg ||
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| !rowspan="3"|Fricative
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| !<small>plain</small>
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| | '''f''' f || '''s''' s || || || '''h''' h
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| |-
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | '''fh''' fʰ || '''sh''' sʰ || || ||
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| !<small>prenasalized</small>
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| | '''mhf''' mʰf || '''nts''' nt͡s || || ||
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| !rowspan="2"| Liquid
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| !<small>plain</small>
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| | || '''l''' l || '''r''' r̠ || ||
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| !<small>geminate</small>
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| | || '''ll''' lː || '''rr''' r̠ː || ||
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| ===Vowels===
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
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| ! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /i/
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| | '''í''' /iː/
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| | '''u''' /u/
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| | '''ú''' /uː/
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| ! style="" |Mid
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| | '''e''' /e/
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| | '''é''' /eː/
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| | '''o''' /o/
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| | '''ó''' /oː/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| | '''á''' /aː/
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| Diphthongs: Diphthongs without the fada (acute accent) are short, diphthongs with the fada are long. Otherwise they're mostly read as written.
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| '''a''' in an unstressed syllable becomes '''e''' if the previous vowel ends in an /i/.
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| [[Category:Old Tigal]][[Category:Tigal]][[Category:Talmic languages]][[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]] | | [[Category:Old Tigal]][[Category:Tigal]][[Category:Talmic languages]][[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]] |