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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class="bluetable" | |||
|+Vowel phonemes of 17aug | |||
! rowspan=2| | |||
! colspan=2| [[w:Front vowel|Front]] | |||
! colspan=2| [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- | |||
!<small>[[w:Unrounded vowel|Unrounded]]</small> | |||
!<small>[[w:Rounded vowel|Rounded]]</small> | |||
!<small>[[w:Unrounded vowel|Unrounded]]</small> | |||
!<small>[[w:Rounded vowel|Rounded]]</small> | |||
|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Close vowel|Close]] | |||
| {{IPA|i iː}} | |||
| {{IPA|y yː}} | |||
| | |||
| {{IPA|u uː}} | |||
|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | |||
| {{IPA|e eː}} | |||
| {{IPA|ø øː}} | |||
| {{IPA|ɤ ɤː}} | |||
| {{IPA|o oː}} | |||
|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Open vowel|Open]] | |||
| {{IPA|æ æː}} | |||
| | |||
| {{IPA|ɑ ɑː}} | |||
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|} | |||
Word and sentence final short vowels are often pronounced slightly longer than their non-final counterparts (e.g. ''salma'' 'faith' [ˈsɑlmɑˑ]). | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| class="bluetable" | |||
|+Consonant of 17aug | |||
! rowspan=2| | |||
! rowspan=2| [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] | |||
! colspan=2| [[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] | |||
! rowspan=2| [[w:Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]] | |||
! rowspan=2| [[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]] | |||
! rowspan=2| [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]] | |||
! rowspan=2| [[w:Glottal consonant|Glottal]] | |||
|- | |||
! <small>plain</small> | |||
! <small>[[w:Palatalization|palatalized]]</small> | |||
|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]] | |||
| {{IPA|m}} | |||
| {{IPA|n}} | |||
| {{IPA|(nʲ)}} | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| ({{IPA|ŋ}})<sup>1</sup> | |||
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|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Plosive consonant|Plosive]] | |||
| {{IPA|p}} | |||
| {{IPA|t}} | |||
| {{IPA|(tʲ)}} | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| {{IPA|k}} | |||
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|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]] | |||
| {{IPA|v}} | |||
| {{IPA|s}} | |||
| {{IPA|(sʲ)}} | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| {{IPA|(x)<sup>2</sup>}} | |||
| {{IPA|h}} | |||
|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]] | |||
| | |||
| {{IPA|l}} | |||
| {{IPA|(lʲ)<sup>3</sup>}} | |||
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| {{IPA|j}} | |||
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|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Trill consonant|Trill]] | |||
| | |||
| {{IPA|r}} | |||
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|} | |||
'''Notes''': | |||
#{{IPA|[ŋ]}} only occurs as an [[w:Allophone|allophone]] of {{IPA|[n]}} before {{IPA|[k]}}. | |||
#{{IPA|[x]}} is a word-final allophone of {{IPA|[h]}} (e.g. ''rakah'' 'wound' [ˈrɑg̥ɑx]). | |||
#{{IPA|[lʲ]}} is encountered in free variation with {{IPA|[ʎ]}} in certain varieties of speech (e.g. Sanahta dialect ''leia'' 'while' {{IPA|[ʎeiɑˑ~lʲeiɑˑ]}}). | |||
Consonants may be palatalised; this occurs for ''p, t, n, l, s'' before ''i, e''. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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