The charts below show the way in which the IPA represents Ufhewat Knrawi pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. For more information, see Help:IPA.
This page is only for the variety of Knrawi spoken on Ufhewat Island, for other varieties see Knrawi IPA guides.
Differences from standard Knrawi
- /n/ and /ŋ/ do not assimilate.
- /θ,θʰ/ are realized as [s,sʰ].
- Labialized /θ,θʰ/ are realized as [f,h].
- /k̟,k̟ʰ,x̟,x̟ʰ/ are realized as [kʲ,kʲʰ,xʲ,xʲʰ].
- /k̠,k̠ʰ/ are realized as [k,kʰ].
- /x̠,ʍ,h/ are realized as [x,xʷ,ʔ].
- sequences of /x̠,ʍ,h/ and sonorants (and vice versa) are realized as glottalized sonorants.
- Non-syllabic and then following sonorants take priority.
- /ɹ/ is realized as [r].
- Labialized /ɹ/ is realized as [v] (which doesn't merge with [w]).
- /ɉ/ is realized as [ɰ].
- /ˣ/ is realized as [ʰ].
- /θˣ,x̟ˣ/ (including labialized /θˣ/) are realized as [x].
- Fortition does not occur.
- Two-sonorant clusters syllabify the first sonorant.
- Syllabic consonants are desyllabified adjacent to vowels (including nonsyllabic vowels).
- Syllabic [m,β] and other syllabic consonants are realized as [o̞] and [ə] respectively.
- /ɪ,ʊ/ are realized as [i,u].
- Unstressed /ɪ,ʊ/ are realized as [e̞,o̞].
- [i,e̞,a] are realized as [y,ø̞,ɒ] adjacent to labiovelar consonants (except [w], but including deleted underlying /ʍ/).
- Unstressed /a/ and [ə] are realized as
- [o̞] adjacent to labiovelar consonants.
- [ə] if not [o̞].
- [ʔ̞] is realized as [ː]
- Sequences of unstressed [e̞,ø̞,ə,o̞] and /a/ (stressed or unstressed) are realized as [e̞ː,ø̞ː,əː,o̞ː] respectively.
- /˧˩/ is distinct from /˥˩/ [˥˧].
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