Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages/Lexicon
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Khmer with broad/slender
Numbers:
- 1: *can
- 2: *ʔajr
- 3: *ʔəfuut
- 4: *gʉʉʔ
- 5: *seŋr
- 6: *!xiit
- 7: *g-dee
- 8: *tnuaʔ
- 9: *ŋiat
- 10: *sraat
- 100: *jeŋʔ
Consonants
PTie *ɲ- > j word-initially, nʲ- otherwise if not word-final, -n word-final
| Labial | Alveolar | "Click" | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | pal. | plain | pal. | plain | pal. | pal. | plain | plain | pal. | ||
| Nasal | m m | mj mʲ | n n̪ | nj nʲ | ꞥ ŋ! | ꞥj ŋ!ʲ | ŋj ɲ | ŋ ŋ | |||
| Stop | plain | p p | pj pʲ | t t̪ | tj tʲ | ŧ ! | ŧj !ʲ | kj c | k k | ʔ ʔ | ʔj ʔʲ |
| implosive | b ɓ | bj ɓʲ | d ɗ | dj ɗʲ | |||||||
| Affricate | ts t̪͡s̪ | tsj t͡sʲ | |||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f f | fj fʲ | s s̪ | sj sʲ | sh ʃ | shj ʃʲ | xj, hj ç | x x | h h | |
| voiced | v v | vj vʲ | |||||||||
| Approximant | l ɫ̪ | lj lʲ | y j | ||||||||
| Trill | r r | rj rʲ | |||||||||
Allowed finals: p t k m n ng l r y w h ʔ /p t k m n ŋ ɫ̪ r j w h ʔ/
Vowels
i ʉ u e ɵ o a iː ʉː uː eː ɵː oː aː iə ʉə uə
(In Pradjuul > 'i 'u u i 'ə ə a 'iː 'uː uː iː 'əː aː 'aː 'iə 'uə uə)
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | ii /iː/ | u /u/ | uu /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /ə/ | ee /əː/ | ||||
| Open | a /a/ | aa /aː/ | ||||
Diphthongs: ia ua /iə uə/
Register
A stressed vowel may be in the clear register or the breathy register. In this article the breathy register is marked with a grave accent: tsjàang /t͡sʲa̤ːŋ/ 'father'.