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=== Consonants === | === Consonants === | ||
The Western Standard dialect recognizes 25 distinct consonant sounds. These 25 different consonant phonemes are made up of 6 plosives (stops), 2 nasals, 11 fricatives, 2 affricates, 2 semivowels, 1 lateral, and 1 tap. We have organized a table to better represent the traditional alignment of consonant sounds in Vurásandi. | The Western Standard dialect recognizes 25 distinct consonant sounds. These 25 different consonant phonemes are made up of 6 plosives (stops), 2 nasals, 11 fricatives, 2 affricates, 2 semivowels, 1 lateral, and 1 tap. We have organized a table to better represent the traditional alignment of consonant sounds in Vurásandi. We have used the traditional transcription method next to the sounds in IPA in brackets as before. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| p [p] || b [b] || || m [m] || || || f [f] || v [v] | | p [p] || b [b] || || m [m] || || || f [f] || v [v] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| t [t] || d [d] || || n [n] || || || t' [θ] || d' [ð] | | t [t] || d [d] || || n [n] || || || t' [θ] || d' [ð] | ||
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| r [r] || l [l] || || || || c [ç] || x [x] || h [h] | | r [r] || l [l] || || || || c [ç] || x [x] || h [h] | ||
|} | |} | ||
*the letter V might be pronounced as β before a vowel, especially the letter u, and is often confused for the letter W in colloquial speech. <br /> | |||
*the letters T and D are more specifically dental consonants [t̪] and [d̪].<br /> | |||
*the letter L is not realized in many dialects of Vurásandi.<br /> | |||
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=== Accent === | === Accent === | ||
== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||