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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Kunarek has a rather small consonant inventory which comprises of nineteen phonemes. The only phonemes that occur in voiceless-voiced pairs are plosives. | Kunarek has a rather small consonant inventory which comprises of nineteen phonemes. The only phonemes that occur in voiceless-voiced pairs are plosives. | ||
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! scope="col" style="width: 73px; "| | ! scope="col" style="width: 73px; "| | ||
! scope="col" style="width: 73px; text-align: center; "|Bilabial | ! scope="col" style="width: 73px; text-align: center; "|Bilabial | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Kunarek also has a simple vowel system. There are five vowels, three front and two back. These vowels are never reduced. | Kunarek also has a simple vowel system. There are five vowels, three front and two back. These vowels are never reduced. | ||
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! scope="col" style="width: 80px; "| | ! scope="col" style="width: 80px; "| | ||
! scope="col" style="width: 80px; text-align: center; "|Front | ! scope="col" style="width: 80px; text-align: center; "|Front | ||
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===Diphthongs=== | ===Diphthongs=== | ||
There are sixteen diphthongs in Kunarek. Ten of these are rising and six of these are falling. All vowels can produce rising diphthongs however close vowels cannot produce falling diphthongs. | There are sixteen diphthongs in Kunarek. Ten of these are rising and six of these are falling. All vowels can produce rising diphthongs however close vowels cannot produce falling diphthongs. | ||
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; "|Rising | ! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; "|Rising | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|ja | | style="text-align: center;"|ja | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|wu | | style="text-align: center;"|wu | ||
|} | |} | ||
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; "|Falling | ! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; "|Falling | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|aj | | style="text-align: center;"|aj | ||
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===Alphabet=== | ===Alphabet=== | ||
Since, prior to this, the mapping of phonemes to letters has not been explicitly stated a complete alphabet is provided below: | Since, prior to this, the mapping of phonemes to letters has not been explicitly stated a complete alphabet is provided below: | ||
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! style="width: 100px; "|Letter | ! style="width: 100px; "|Letter | ||
! style="width: 100px; "|A a | ! style="width: 100px; "|A a | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|ge | | style="text-align: center;"|ge | ||
|} | |} | ||
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! style="width: 100px; "|Letter | ! style="width: 100px; "|Letter | ||
! style="width: 100px; "|Ġ ġ | ! style="width: 100px; "|Ġ ġ | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|el | | style="text-align: center;"|el | ||
|} | |} | ||
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! style="width: 100px; "|Letter | ! style="width: 100px; "|Letter | ||
! style="width: 100px; "|Ł ł | ! style="width: 100px; "|Ł ł | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|re | | style="text-align: center;"|re | ||
|} | |} | ||
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! style="width: 100px; "|Letter | ! style="width: 100px; "|Letter | ||
! style="width: 100px; "|S s | ! style="width: 100px; "|S s | ||
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In the syllable onset and coda only certain consonant clusters may occur. These consonant clusters are given below with their realisations in IPA. | In the syllable onset and coda only certain consonant clusters may occur. These consonant clusters are given below with their realisations in IPA. | ||
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|+Onset | |+Onset | ||
! scope="col" style="width: 60px; "| | ! scope="col" style="width: 60px; "| | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|tj | | style="text-align: center;"|tj | ||
|} | |} | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class=" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; " | ||
|+Coda | |+Coda | ||
! scope="col" style="width: 66px; "| | ! scope="col" style="width: 66px; "| | ||