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| =What & Why Jaŋatil?= | | =What & Why Jaŋatil?= |
| <p>Jaŋatil is a common Turkic language. | | <p>Jaŋatil is a common Turkic language. |
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| =Sounds=
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| ==Consonants==
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| <table border=1 cellspacing=0 align=center style="font-size:175%">
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| <tr><td><td>Bilabial<td>Labiodental<td>Dental<td>Postalveolar<td>Palatal<td>Velar<td>Glottal
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| <tr><td align=center>Plosive<th>p b<th><th>t d<th><th><th>k g<th>ʔ
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| <tr><td align=center>Fricative<th>β<th>f<th>s z<th>ʃ<th><th><th>h
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| <tr><td align=center>Affricate<th><th><th><th><th>tɕ<th><th>
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| <tr><td align=center>Nasal<th>m<th><th>n<th><th><th>ŋ<th>
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| <tr><td align=center>Trill<th><th><th>r<th><th><th><th>
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| <tr><td align=center>Approximant<th><th><th>l<th><th>j<th><th>
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| </table>
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| <ul>
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| <li><b>/f/, /h/, /ʔ/</b> are only used in loanwords.
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| <li><b>/v/</b> or <b>/w/</b> are allowed instead of <b>/β/</b>.
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| <li><b>/tʃ/</b>, <b>/ts/</b> or <b>/ɕ/</b> are allowed instead of <b>/tɕ/</b>.
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| <li><b>At the beginning of a word</b> <b>/dʒ/</b>, <b>/dz/</b>, <b>/dʑ/</b>, <b>/ʑ/</b> or <b>/ʒ/</b> are allowed instead of <b>/j/</b>.
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| <li><b>/h/</b> is interchangeable with <b>/χ/</b>.
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| <li>In a hard context <b>/q/, /ʁ/ (/ɣ/)</b> are allowed instead of <b>/k/, /g/</b> respectively.
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| <li>In a soft context <b>/k<sup>j</sup>/, /g<sup>j</sup>/, /l<sup>j</sup>/</b> are allowed instead of <b>/k/, /g/, /l/</b> respectively.
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| <li>In native words the difference between <b>p/t/k</b> and <b>b/d/g</b>,
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| isn't very meaningful.
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| </ul>
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| ==Vowels==
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| <table border=1 cellspacing=0 align=center>
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| <tr><td rowspan=2><td colspan=2 align=center>Front<td colspan=2 align=center>Back
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| <tr><td>unrounded<td>rounded<td>unrounded<td>rounded
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| <tr><td>Close<th>i<th>y<th>ɯ<th>u
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| <tr><td>Open<th>æ<th>œ<th>a<th>o
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| </table>
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| ===Characteristics of the vowels===
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| <tr><td rowspan=2><td colspan=2 align=center>Strong<td colspan=2 align=center>Weak
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| <tr><td>unrounded<td>rounded<td>unrounded<td>rounded
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| <tr><td>Hard<th>a<th>o<th>ɯ<th>u
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| <tr><td>Soft<th>æ<th>œ<th>i<th>y
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| </table>
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| ===Vowel harmony===
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| <p>In a native Jaŋatil word each vowel must be either <b>soft</b> (front) or <b>hard</b> (back). This is
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| called <b>front/back harmony</b>. The same
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| is true for loanwords with the exception of letter <b>i</b> — we can combine it not only with the soft <b>e, i, ö, ü</b>
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| but also with the hard <b>a, ı, o, u</b>. Thus any loanword
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| written in the standard Latin alphabet can be borrowed without change.
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| <p>There is <b>no</b> rounded/unrounded harmony in the written language.
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| Therefore in native words the weak rounded vowels <b>u, ü</b> may only be in the first syllable.
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| However, one should round <b>ı, i</b> while speaking when they come immediately
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| after a rounded vowel.
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| ===Word stress===
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| <p>Word stress is <b>always</b> put on the last vowel. But if you
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| want to emphasize a word then you may stress another syllable.
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