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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Tũka orthography is heavily inspired by Portuguese and the Polynesian languages. | Tũka orthography is heavily inspired by Portuguese and the Polynesian languages. Almost all consonants in Tũka are identical to their IPA symbols, except for /ɲ/, which is written ⟨nh⟩, like in Portuguese. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
! !! Front !! Back | ! !! colspan=2 | Short !! colspan=2 | Long | ||
|- | |||
! Front !! Back !! Front !! Back | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Close | ! Close | ||
| i || u | | i || u || ī || ū | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Open | ! Open | ||
| a || | | a || || ā || | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||