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====Liquids==== | ====Liquids==== | ||
Velshaj has one lateral /l/, and one rhotic /r/. Like its nasal counterpart, the sequence /l/ + /ĭ/ yields a lateral palatal approximant [ʎ], but this is not regarded as a separate phoneme. Semivowels /ŭ/ and /ĭ/ exist, but are not regarded as consonants. | Velshaj has one lateral /l/, and one rhotic /r/. Like its nasal counterpart, the sequence /l/ + /ĭ/ yields a lateral palatal approximant [ʎ], but this is not regarded as a separate phoneme. Semivowels /ŭ/ and /ĭ/ exist, but are not regarded as consonants. | ||
====Summary Chart==== | |||
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! style="width: 68px; "| | |||
! style="width: 68px; "|Labial | |||
! style="width: 68px; "|Dental | |||
! style="width: 68px; "|Alveolar | |||
! style="width: 68px; "|Postalveolar | |||
! style="width: 68px; "|Velar | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|Nasal | |||
| m | |||
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| n | |||
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| ŋ | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|Fricative | |||
| v | |||
| ð | |||
| z | |||
| ʒ | |||
| ɣ | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|Plosive | |||
| p | |||
| t̪ | |||
| t | |||
| tʃ | |||
| k | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|Lateral | |||
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| l | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|Rhotic | |||
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| r | |||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Shaj has five cardinal vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/, and two semivowels /ĭ/ and /ŭ/. Semivowels form rising diphthongs /eĭ/, /aĭ/, /oĭ/, /ŭĭ/, /aŭ/; and falling diphthongs /ĭə/, /ĭe/, /ĭa/, /ĭo/, /ĭu/. Any time /u/ or /ŭ/ precedes /i/ or /ĭ/, the result is /ŭĭ/. There are also two rounded front vowels /y/ and /ø/, one open front vowel /æ/, a homogenous diphthong /ĭĭ/, and a schwa /ə/. There is no length distinction in Velshaj, but there used to be in its parent languages. | Shaj has five cardinal vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/, and two semivowels /ĭ/ and /ŭ/. Semivowels form rising diphthongs /eĭ/, /aĭ/, /oĭ/, /ŭĭ/, /aŭ/; and falling diphthongs /ĭə/, /ĭe/, /ĭa/, /ĭo/, /ĭu/. Any time /u/ or /ŭ/ precedes /i/ or /ĭ/, the result is /ŭĭ/. There are also two rounded front vowels /y/ and /ø/, one open front vowel /æ/, a homogenous diphthong /ĭĭ/, and a schwa /ə/. There is no length distinction in Velshaj, but there used to be in its parent languages. | ||