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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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Revision as of 20:02, 10 April 2014
| Gathrírn | |
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| Gathrírn | |
| Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|gaˈθɾin]] |
| Created by | – |
| Native speakers | - (2013) |
Gathrírn is an a priori language inspired by Celtic languages. As such, it features extensive vowel and consonant mutations, as well as a relatively complex inflectional system. Its phonetic system is also remarkable in having up to four varieties of one phoneme.
Background
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Palat. | Labial. | Gemin. | Plain | Palat. | Labial. | Gemin. | Plain | Labial. | Plain | Palat. | Labial. | Gemin. | ||||
| Nasal | Voiced | m | mʲ | mʷ | m: | n | nʷ | n: | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||
| Voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | Voiced | b | bʲ | bʷ | b: | d | dʷ | d: | ɟ | g | gʷ | g: | |||||
| Voiceless | p | pʲ | pʷ | p: | t | tʷ | t: | c | k | kʷ | k: | ||||||
| Fricative | Voiced | ð | z | zʷ | ʑ | ɣ | |||||||||||
| Voiceless | f | fʲ | fʷ | f: | θ | s | sʷ | s: | ɕ | x | xʲ | h | |||||
| Approximant | Voiced | ʋ | j | ɥ | w | ||||||||||||
| Voiceless | j̊ | ʍ | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | Voiceless | r̥ | r̥ʷ | ||||||||||||||
| Flap or tap | Voiced | ɾ | ɾʲ | ɾʷ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral app. | Voiced | l | lʷ | l: | ʎ | ||||||||||||
| Voiceless | l̥ | l̥ʷ | |||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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| Close | i y | u | |||
| Near-close | ʏ | ʊ | |||
| Close-mid | e ø | o | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |||
| Near-open | æ | ||||
| Open | a |