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! !! Labials !! Dentals !! Palat. dentals !! Retroflexes !! Palatals !! Velars !! Laryngeals | ! !! Labials !! Dentals !! Palat. dentals !! Retroflexes !! Palatals !! Velars !! Laryngeals | ||
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| Nasals || m mʲ || n || nʲ || ɳ || ɲ || ŋ || N* | | '''Nasals''' || m mʲ || n || nʲ || ɳ || ɲ || ŋ || N* | ||
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| Unvoiced stops || p pʰ || t̪ t̪ʰ || tʲ tʲʰ || ʈ ʈʰ || || k kʰ || ʔ | | '''Unvoiced stops''' || p pʰ || t̪ t̪ʰ || tʲ tʲʰ || ʈ ʈʰ || || k kʰ || ʔ | ||
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| Voiced stops || b bʱ || d̪ d̪ʱ || dʲ dʲʱ || ɖ ɖʱ || || g gʱ || | | '''Voiced stops''' || b bʱ || d̪ d̪ʱ || dʲ dʲʱ || ɖ ɖʱ || || g gʱ || | ||
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| Unvoiced affricates || || t̪͡s̪ t̪͡s̪ʰ || t͡sʲ t͡sʲʰ || || c͡ɕ c͡ɕʰ || || | | '''Unvoiced affricates''' || || t̪͡s̪ t̪͡s̪ʰ || t͡sʲ t͡sʲʰ || || c͡ɕ c͡ɕʰ || || | ||
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| Voiced affricates || || d̪͡z̪ d̪͡z̪ʱ || d͡zʲ d͡zʲʱ || || ɟ͡ʑ ɟ͡ʑʱ || || | | '''Voiced affricates''' || || d̪͡z̪ d̪͡z̪ʱ || d͡zʲ d͡zʲʱ || || ɟ͡ʑ ɟ͡ʑʱ || || | ||
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| Sibilant fricatives || || s || sʲ || ʂ || ɕ || || | | '''Sibilant fricatives''' || || s || sʲ || ʂ || ɕ || || | ||
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| Non-sibilant fricatives || f v || θ || || || || || ɦ | | '''Non-sibilant fricatives''' || f v || θ || || || || || ɦ | ||
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| Approximants || || ð̞ || || ɻ || j || || ʀ ʀʲ ɴ̆ ɴ̆ʲ | | '''Approximants''' || || ð̞ || || ɻ || j || || ʀ ʀʲ ɴ̆ ɴ̆ʲ | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
The vowel inventory of Chlouvānem is fairly large too, consisting of 23 phonemes: 14 monophthongs, 7 diphthongs, and 2 syllabic consonants.<br> | |||
Phonetically, there are also nasal vowels, but they are phonetically /VN/ sequences. On the contrary, breathy-voiced vowels may phonetically surface as [Vh] or [Vχ] in some contexts (most notably before stops) in some pronunciations — e.g. ''tąkis'' /tɑ̤kis/ (a kind of herb) pronounced in Cami as [ˈtaxkʲis]. | |||
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! !! Front !! Central !! Back | |||
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| '''High''' || i iː i̤ || || u uː ṳ | |||
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| '''Mid''' || e eː e̤ || || ɔ | |||
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| '''Low''' || æ || a aː || ɑ̤ | |||
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| '''Diphthongs''' || aɪ̯ eɪ̯ eɐ̯ || ɔə̯ || aʊ̯ ɔu̯ uo̯ | |||
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| '''Syllabic consonants''' || || ʀ̩ ʀ̩ː || | |||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
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<!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | <!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | ||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns - Halenī === | ===Nouns - Halenī === | ||