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==Phonetics and phonology== | ==Phonetics and phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ colspan="8" | Consonantal phonemes of Khaz | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" | | |||
! rowspan="1" | Labial | |||
! rowspan="1" | Dental | |||
! rowspan="1" | Palatal | |||
! rowspan="1" | Velar | |||
! rowspan="1" | Uvular | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Nasal | |||
| m | |||
| n | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Stop | |||
| p pʰ b bʱ | |||
| t d | |||
| | |||
| k kʰ g gʱ | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Fricative | |||
| f | |||
| s z | |||
| ʃ | |||
| | |||
| (χ) (ʁ) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Trill | |||
| | |||
| r<sup>1</sup> | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| (ʀ) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Approximant | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|j | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
<small> | |||
# The /r/ phoneme may be realised as either an alveolar trill (r), a uvular trill (ʀ), a voiced uvular fricative (ʁ), or a voiceless uvular fricative (χ). | |||
</small> | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
===Vowels=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Vowel phonemes | |||
! !! Front !! Central !! Back | |||
|- align="center" | |||
! Closed | |||
| i || || u | |||
|- align="center" | |||
! Mid | |||
| e || || o | |||
|- align="center" | |||
! Open | |||
| || a || | |||
|} | |||
All vowels come in both long and short variants. Long vowels are written with a caron (â, ê, î, ô, û). The length distinction is phonemic, e.g. ''azbâzún'' (‘I write’) versus ''azbazún'' (‘That I may write’) | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||