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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
Ancient Raunan features a relatively simple phonology with no aspiration or voicing contrasts. Most consonants, however, feature a contrast between plain and labialized articulation, with some consonants also featuring a three-way plain vs labialized vs palatalized contrast. | |||
The following table shows the consonantal phonemes of Ancient Raunan in its practical romanization and in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA, between slashes). | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#efefef;" | | |||
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Bilabial | |||
! colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Alveolar | |||
! colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Velar / Glottal | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Plain | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Labialized | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Plain | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Labialized | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Palatalized | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Plain | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Labialized | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Palatalized | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Nasal | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | m /m/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | mw /mʷ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | n /n/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | nw /nʷ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | ny /nʲ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | ñ /ŋ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | ñw /ŋʷ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Plosive | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | p /p/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | pw /pʷ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | t /t/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | tw /tʷ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | ty /tʲ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | k /k/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | kw /kʷ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Fricative | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | s /s/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | h /h/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | hw /hʷ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | hy /hʲ/ | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Rhotic | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | r /r/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef;" | Lateral | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | l /l/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | lw /lʷ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | ly /lʲ/ | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#ffffff;" | | |||
|} | |||
As an ancient language, the exact pronunciation of certain consonants is not entirely known. This is particularly true of the rhotic /r/ whose exact realization is unknown but seems to have varied from region to region as ancient texts mention that 'the R sound has a weaker pronunciation in the west'. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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==Writing system== | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
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