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== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
There are a total of 32 phonemes (in the Central Dialect). There are 12 vowel sounds and 20 consonant sounds. They are not much different from English phonemes so all the sounds should be familiar to English speakers. | |||
=== Vowels === | |||
There are 12 vowel sounds. They are represented by the 6 letters below. <br /> | There are 12 vowel sounds. They are represented by the 6 letters below. <br /> | ||
A- [ɑ:]/[æ]<br /> | A- [ɑ:]/[æ]<br /> | ||
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U- [u:]/[ʌ]<br /> | U- [u:]/[ʌ]<br /> | ||
Y- [ʊ]/[ə]<br /> | Y- [ʊ]/[ə]<br /> | ||
The each of the letters has two sounds, one long and one short. The long vowels are generally pronounced for twice the length of time as short vowels. A vowel can be long if it is in a stressed syllable and not followed by more than one consonant. The only vowels that are allowed at the end of a word are A, E, and Y, and all are reduced to a schwa at that position. <br /> | |||
When a vowel is followed by a single consonant and then an E, it may change quality. In the following example we use the letter N to represent any consonant. <br /> | |||
ANE- [ɛ:n]<br /> | |||
ENE- [i:n]<br /> | |||
INE- [ɑin]<br /> | |||
ONE- [o:n]<br /> | |||
UNE- [u:n]<br /> | |||
YNE- [ɑin]<br /> | |||
== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||
== Samples == | == Samples == | ||