Wistanian: Difference between revisions

Wistanian (view source)

Revision as of 23:10, 21 January 2019

1,284 bytes added , 21 January 2019

m

→‎Vowels: redoned

Upalldayallen

185

edits

@@ Line 135: / Line 135: @@
 ====Vowels====
-The vowels are as follows (allophones in parentheses):
+The following table features the five distinct monophthongs of Wistanian, /i e a ɑ ɯ/, in each form of phonological stress. With primary stress, they are long and tense; with secondary stress, they are short and tense; with tertiary stress, they are short and lax (/e/ and /ɑ/ never recieve tertiary stress). Wistanian's one diphthong /a͡i/ is always long and has no lax form, therefore receiving only primary stress.
 {| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | PRIMARY
+! rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" |
+! colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | SECONDARY
+! rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" |
+! colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | TERTIARY (LAX)
+|-
+! style="text-align: center;" |
+! style="text-align: center;" | Front
+! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Central
+! style="text-align: center;" | Back
+! style="text-align: center;" |
+! style="text-align: center;" | Front
+! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Central
+! style="text-align: center;" | Back
 ! style="text-align: center;" |
-! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Front
+! style="text-align: center;" | Front
-! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Central
+! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Central
-! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Back
+! style="text-align: center;" | Back
-|-
-! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | High
-| style="text-align: center;" | i (ɪ)<sup>1</sup>
-| style="text-align: center;" |
-| style="text-align: center;" | ɯ (u)<sup>2</sup>
 |-
-! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Mid
+! style="text-align: center;" | High
-| style="text-align: center;" | e
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | iː
-| style="text-align: center;" | (ə)<sup>1</sup>
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ɯː
-| style="text-align: center;" |
+! style="text-align: center;" | High
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | i
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ɯ
+! style="text-align: center;" | High
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ɪ
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ʊ
 |-
-! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Low
+! style="text-align: center;" | Mid
-| style="text-align: center;" |
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | eː
-| style="text-align: center;" | a
+| rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ɑː
-| style="text-align: center;" | ɑ (ɒ)<sup>2</sup>
+! style="text-align: center;" | Mid
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | e
+| rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ɑ
+! style="text-align: center;" | Mid
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |
+| rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |
 |-
-| colspan="4" | '''Diphthong''': ai̯
+! style="text-align: center;" | Low
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | aː
+! style="text-align: center;" | Low
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | a
+! style="text-align: center;" | Low
+| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | ə
 |}
-* All vowels lengthen when stressed.
 * All vowels become breathy after /ɦ/.
-# /i/ and /a/ shift to [ɪ] and [ə] whenever unstressed. The only exception is when /i/ follows /j/, /w/, or /l/ or is at the end of a word.
+* /ɯ/ and /ɑ/ shift to [u] and [ɒ] after /w~βʷ/.
-# /ɯ/ and /ɑ/ shift to [u] and [ɒ] after /w~βʷ/.
+* There is one diphthong, /a͡i/, which always receives primary stress.
 ===Phonotactics===