IPA for urban Anajrn Knrawi

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The charts below show the way in which the IPA represents standard 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 Knrawi spoken in the cities of Yuvquat and Margquat, for other varieties see Knrawi IPA guides.

IPA Example Translation (near) equivalent
Consonants
β vuin corner agave (Spanish)
ɸ huf small あいく (Japanese)
ɸʰ ufh middle あいく (Japanese)
ɸˣ fjmm to hold あいく (Japanese)
h jua all have
wmaa time white
j shaia house yet
ɉ aythá jasper seguir (Spanish)
tjic to cook ski
k̟ʰ chuh raw key
hyk sugarcane scout
k̠ʰ nkh far cow
k̠ˣ kja sand cow
guq small island square
kʷʰ uqh snake queen
kʷˣ yqj to grow queen
m iim because man
n jna star not
zjna away anthem
cjni to stand ranch
ŋ thga wind sang
ŋ̟ chgag to hear sing
ŋ̠ jgr heart song
ŋʷ uwga animal penguin
p puskj yam spin
cuph snake burrow pin
guvpje posture pin
ɹ marg south right
asi shark see
s̠ʰ shera thunder see
s̠ˣ sjari city shin
t riti eye start
nth water tart
tjay sick tart
t͡ʃˣ cji black chart
θ cniz to try thing
θʰ zherg cloud thing
θˣ zjnr to eat thing
w rtiu where wing
yau bird treasure
ʔ̞ ua fish uh-oh
IPA Example Translation (near) equivalent
Vowels
ä agu face father
æ aà to speak fact
ɒ nauv different bot
ə sheya large island about
isji big bed
ɪ it head bid
zjeyu shore boat
ʊ cuy angry book
IPA Example Translation
Tones
˥ ik to see
˩ ìy to break
˥˩ shû east

Differences from standard Knrawi

  • /x̟,x̟ʰ,x̟ˣ/ are realized as [s̠,s̠ʰ,s̠ˣ].
  • /x̠,ʍ,h/ are realized as [h,hʷ,∅].
  • Approximants are fortified on word boundaries.
    • /ɹ/ does not fortify.
      • Labialized /ɹ/ is always realized as [β].
    • Fortified /ɉ/ is realized as [z̠].
  • Two-sonorant clusters syllabify the first sonorant.
    • Syllabic consonants are realized as [əC].
      • Syllabic /ɉ/ is realized as [əɉ] unless fortified.
  • Unstressed /ɪ,ʊ/ are realized as [e̞,o̞].
  • /a/ is realized as [ä].
    • Unstressed /a/ is realized as
      • [ɒ] adjacent to labial and dorsal consonants.
      • [æ] is not [ɒ].