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The orthography is largely regular, albeit not completely intuitive to speakers of, say, English. The vowels are fairly straightforward, while the consonants have more ambiguities that are not inherently evident at first glance.
The orthography is largely regular, albeit not completely intuitive to speakers of, say, English. The vowels are fairly straightforward, while the consonants have more ambiguities that are not inherently evident at first glance.


=====Monographs=====
The following table shows every monograph used in Mannish, along with their base values and alternations.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Graph !! IPA !!
|-
| a ||  /ɑ/ || Before final [ɐ], deleted.
|-
| á || /ɑː/ || Before final [ɐ], deleted.
|-
| b || /b/ ||
|-
| d || /d/ ||
|-
| e|| /e/ || Realized as [j] before other vowels.
|-
| é || /eː/ ||
|-
| f || /f/ || Realized as [v] between vowels.
|-
| g || /g/ ||
|-
| h || /ç/ || Realized as [ʝ] between vowels.
|-
| i || /i/ || Realized as [j] before other vowels.
|-
| í || /iː/ ||
|-
| j || /j/ ||
|-
| k || /k/ ||
|-
| l || /l/ || Realized as [ɫ] in onset and [ʉ̯] in coda.
|-
| m || /m/ ||
|-
| n || /n/ ||
|-
| o || /ɔ/ || Realized as [u] before /r/
|-
| ó || /ɔː/ ||
|-
| r || /r/ || [ɐ] in coda, silent before coda consonants.
|-
| s || /s/ || [z] between vowels.
|-
| t || /t/ ||
|-
| þ || /θ/ || [ð] between vowels.
|-
| u || /u/ ||
|-
| ú || /uː/ ||
|-
| v || /ɰ/ || Does not occur in coda.
|-
| w || /w/ || Does not occur in coda.
|}
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
The following table presents the consonant phonemes of Mannish.
The following table presents the consonant phonemes of Mannish.
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| Fricative || ||/f/ || /θ/ || /s/ || /ç/ || ||
| Fricative || ||/f/ || /θ/ || /s/ || /ç/ || ||
|-
|-
| Lateral approximant || || | || /l/|| || ||
| Approximant || || || || /l/|| /j/ || /w/ || /ɰ/
|-
|-
| Approximant || || || || || /j/ || /w/ || /ɰ/
| Rhotic || || || || || /r/ || ||
|-
| Trill || || || || || /r/ || ||
|}
|}


====Allophonic Variation====
====Allophonic Variation====
=====Nasals=====
=====Nasals=====
The phonemes /m/ and /n/ are both subject to significant allophony before fricatives. Before the fricatives /f θ s ç/ both sounds denasalize and shift place of articulation to assimilate with the appropriate fricative. Before /k g/ the nasals assimilate completely, resulting in gemination of the original velars.  This change is not reflected in the orthography.  
The phonemes /m/ and /n/ are both subject to significant allophony before fricatives. Before the fricatives /f θ s ç/ both sounds denasalize and shift place of articulation to assimilate with the appropriate fricative. Before /p b t d k g/ the nasals assimilate completely, resulting in gemination of the original velars.  This change is not reflected in the orthography.  
Example:
Example:
*  ''iksénþe'' "they beg" [ˈiˌt͡se:t̪͡θe]
*  ''iksénþe'' "they beg" [ˈiˌt͡sæ:t̪͡θe]
* ''tungé'' "tongue" [ˈtug.geː]
* ''tungé'' "tongue" [ˈtug.geː]
* ''þanht'' "thought" [θɔc͡çt]
* ''þanht'' "thought" [θɑc͡ç]
* ''þankan'' "to thank" [ˈθɑkːɑn]
* ''þankn'' "to thank" [ˈθɑkːŋ̩]
* ''þankjan'' "to think" [ˈθɔc͡çɑn]
* ''þankjn'' "to think" [ˈθɑc͡çɲ̩]
* ''sumf'' [sup͡f]
* ''sumpa'' "fungus" [ˈsupːɑ] (contrasts with ''supa'' "soup" [ˈsupɑ])
* ''sumf'' "swamp" [sup͡f]
* ''sandn'' "to send" [ˈsɑdːn]
 
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
===Prosody===
===Prosody===
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