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===Phonology=== | ===Phonology=== | ||
A) | A) PHONEME INVENTORY | ||
1) CONSONANTS | 1) CONSONANTS | ||
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b) DIPHTHONGS: /@u, Oi, ai, au/ | b) DIPHTHONGS: /@u, Oi, ai, au/ | ||
B) ALLOPHONES | |||
1) /N/ is realised as [g] in word-initial position and in onset position following a coda consonant. | |||
2) All fortis obstruents are realised as lenis plosives in intervocalic position. | |||
3) All lenis plosives and /s/ are voiced in intervocalic position. | |||
4) /x/ is realised as [Z] in intervocalic position. | |||
5) /D/ is realised as [T] in word-final position. | |||
6) /i, u/ are realised as [E, O] when preceding a liquid coda or when adjacent to /P, j/. | |||
C) ORTHOGRAPHY | |||
"a" = /a/ | |||
"ai" = /ai/ | |||
"au" = /au/ | |||
"e" = [E] | |||
"g" = /N/ | |||
"gg" = /Ng/ | |||
"h" = /x/ | |||
"hh" = /xx/ | |||
"i" = /i/ | |||
"iu" = /@u/ | |||
"j" = /j/ | |||
"k" = /k/ | |||
"kk" = /kk/ | |||
"l" = /l/ | |||
"ll" = /ld/ | |||
"m" = /m/ | |||
"mm" = /mb/ | |||
"n" = /n/ | |||
"nn" = /nd/ | |||
"p" = /p/ | |||
"pp" = /pp/ | |||
"q" = /D/ | |||
"r" = /r/ | |||
"rr" = /rd/ | |||
"s" = /s/ | |||
"ss" = /ss/ | |||
"t" = /t/ | |||
"tt" = /tt/ | |||
"u" = /u/ | |||
"ui" = /Oi/ | |||
"v" = /P/ | |||