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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The Nurian consonant inventory contains around | The Nurian consonant inventory contains around 50 consonants and 10 vowels. A notable feature of the phonology of most Nurian accents is phonemic velarization vs. palatalization in hard-soft pairs. All consonants except /ħ ʕ h j/ are members of a hard-soft-pair. /ħ ʕ h j/ color the /a/ vowel as if they were soft, and /ħ ʕ/ tend to lower adjacent vowels. Nurian is quite phonologically conservative among Talmic languages, preserving vowel length and gemination. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Nurian forbids any consonant clusters other than those of the form homorganic nasal + consonant. As if in compensation (and indeed so, diachronically speaking), Nurian is rich in geminate consonants; word-medially, every consonant can be geminated except /j/ and /h/. Word-finally, usually only /n/, /h/ and vowels are allowed. | Nurian forbids any consonant clusters other than those of the form homorganic nasal + consonant. As if in compensation (and indeed so, diachronically speaking), Nurian is rich in geminate consonants; word-medially, every consonant can be geminated except /j/ and /h/. Word-finally, usually only /n/, /h/ and vowels are allowed. | ||