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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=2| | |||
!colspan=2| Front !! Near-front !! Near-back | |||
!colspan=2| Back | |||
|- | |||
! <small>unrounded</small> | |||
! <small>rounded</small> | |||
! <small>unrounded</small> | |||
! <small>rounded</small> | |||
! <small>unrounded</small> | |||
! <small>rounded</small> | |||
|- | |||
| High || '''í''' /i/ || '''ü''' /y/ || || || '''ũ''' /ɯ/ || '''ú''' /u/ | |||
|- | |||
| Near-High || || || '''i''' /ɪ̈/ || '''u''' /ʊ̈/ || || | |||
|- | |||
| Mid || '''é''' /e/ || '''ö''' /ø/ || || || '''õ''' /ɤ/ || '''o''' /o/ | |||
|- | |||
| Low-Mid || || || '''e''' /ɛ̈/ || '''o''' /ɔ̈/ || || | |||
|- | |||
| Low || '''á''' /æ/ || | |||
|colspan=2| '''a''' /a/ | |||
|colspan=2| '''å''' /ɑ~ɒ/ | |||
|} | |||
Vowels may be long. This is indicated orthographically by doubling the vowel letter. Proto-C'mon-C'mere does not have diphthongs. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C). In addition, clusters of two consonants are allowed word-finally. | |||
There are no restrictions on consonant clusters which means Proto-C'mon-C'mere allows some pretty weird consonant clusters,, for example: ''mkéénp'' (ferments into lactic acid) | |||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 19 February 2016
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | central | lateral | ||||||
| Voiceless stop | p /p/ | t /t/ | ṭ /ʈ/ | c /k/ | |||||
| Voiced stop | d /d/ | ||||||||
| Voiceless fricative | ph /ɸ/ | th /θ/ | s /s/ | ł /ɬ~ɮ/ | ṣ /ʂ/ | ł̣ /ɬ̢~ɮ̢/ | ch /x/ | ||
| Voiced fricative | ƀ /β/ | đ /ð/ | z /z/ | ẓ /ʐ/ | ǥ /ɣ/ | ||||
| Affricate | ts /ts/ | ||||||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ṇ /ɳ/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | |||||
| Nasalized fricative | mh /β̃/ | nh /ð̃/ | ṇh /ʐ̃/ | ŋh /ɣ̃/ | |||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | r /ɻ/ | ḷ /ɭ/ | y /y/ | w /w/ | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Near-back | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
| High | í /i/ | ü /y/ | ũ /ɯ/ | ú /u/ | ||
| Near-High | i /ɪ̈/ | u /ʊ̈/ | ||||
| Mid | é /e/ | ö /ø/ | õ /ɤ/ | o /o/ | ||
| Low-Mid | e /ɛ̈/ | o /ɔ̈/ | ||||
| Low | á /æ/ | a /a/ | å /ɑ~ɒ/ | |||
Vowels may be long. This is indicated orthographically by doubling the vowel letter. Proto-C'mon-C'mere does not have diphthongs.
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C). In addition, clusters of two consonants are allowed word-finally.
There are no restrictions on consonant clusters which means Proto-C'mon-C'mere allows some pretty weird consonant clusters,, for example: mkéénp (ferments into lactic acid)