Sinatolean broad and slender consonants
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Like in Irish, the realisation of consonants in Sinatolean change depending on the vowel after it. For example, a /g/ before an /i/ or /e/(slender vowels) changes to /ɟ/, while the same for /k/ changes it to /c/. These changes are not shown in the orthography.
| Base Phoneme |
Broad | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Slender | ||
| Plosives | ||
| /p/ | /p/ | pola [pɔla] "move" |
| /f/ | pisa [fisa] "dog" | |
| /b/ | /b/ | boso [bɔsɔ] "roof" |
| /v/ | labin [laviɲ] "wave" | |
| /t/ | tolo [tɔlɔ] "triggerfish" | |
| /d/ | /d/ | dole [dɔle] "islands" |
| /ɟ/ | didika [ɟiɟika] "beach" | |
| /k/ | /k/ | angaka [aŋaka] "temple, shrine" |
| /c/ | kēnene [ceːɲeɲe] "waterfalls" | |
| /g/ | /g/ | ganeu [gaɲəw] "pet food" |
| /ɟ/ | ginja [ɟiɲd͡ʑa] "june, 6 months" | |
| /ʔ/ | āyo [ʔajɔ] "hey (Sinatʼ regional variation)", janiʼpi [d͡ʑaɲiʔfi] "jasmine tea" | |
| Fricatives | ||
| /h/ | /x/ | sahala [saxala] "Sahara desert" |
| /h/ | mēhi [meːhi] "May, 5 months" | |
| /s/ | /s/ | sāno [saːnɔ] "wind" |
| /ɕ/ | sinadoleya [ɕinadɔleja] "Sinatolean language" | |
| /z/ | /z/ | zon [zɔn] "zone" |
| /ʑ/ | uklēzin [ukleːʑiɲ] "Ukrainian" | |
| Nasals | ||
| /n/ | /n/ | nak [nak] "bird" |
| /ɲ/ | sin [ɕiɲ] "person" | |
| /m/ | moyu [mɔju] "rubber" | |
| Lateral Approximants | ||
| /l/ | /l/ or /ɫ/ | lonos [lɔnɔs] "time" |
| /ʎ/ | ēliād [ʔeʎi.aːd] "The Iliad" | |