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==Phonology and Orthography== | ==Phonology and Orthography== | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Pulqer has a very simple vowel inventory, consisting of only | Pulqer has a very simple vowel inventory, consisting of only five primary vowels and two diphthongs, with no distinctions of length. | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 300px; text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 300px; text-align:center;" | ||
! style="width: 90px; "| | ! style="width: 90px; "| | ||
! style="width: 90px; " |Front | ! style="width: 90px; " |Front | ||
! style="width: 90px; " |Mid | |||
! style="width: 90px; " |Back | ! style="width: 90px; " |Back | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Close | ! style="" |Close | ||
| i | | '''i''' /i/ | ||
| u | | | ||
| '''u''' /u/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Open-mid | ! style="" |Open-mid | ||
| ɛ | | '''e''' /ɛ/ | ||
| '''y''' /ə/ | |||
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|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Open | ! style="" |Open | ||
| a | | '''a''' /a/ | ||
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|} | |} | ||
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;" | ||
! style="width: 68px; "| | ! style="width: 68px; " rowspan="2;" | | ||
! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial | ! style="width: 68px; " rowspan="2;" |Bilabial | ||
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar | ! style="width: 68px; " rowspan="2;" |Alveolar | ||
! style="width: 68px; " |Post-alveolar | ! style="width: 68px; " rowspan="2;" |Post-alveolar | ||
! style="width: 68px; " | | ! " colspan="2;" |Velar | ||
! style="width: 68px; | ! style="width: 68px; " rowspan="2;" |Glottal | ||
! style="width: 68px; | |- | ||
! style="width: 68px;| Plain | |||
! style="width: 68px;| Labial | |||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Nasal | ! style="" |Nasal | ||
| m | | '''m''' /m/ | ||
| n | | '''n''' /n/ | ||
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! style="" |Plosive | ! style="" |Plosive | ||
| p | | '''p''' /p/ | ||
| t | | '''t''' /t/ | ||
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| k | | '''k''' /k/ | ||
| '''q''' /kʷ/ | |||
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|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Fricative | ! style="" |Fricative | ||
| ɸ | | '''f''' /ɸ/ | ||
| s | | '''s''' /s/ | ||
| ʃ | | '''ś''' /ʃ/ | ||
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| h | | '''h''' /h/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Affricate | ! style="" |Affricate | ||
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| t͡s | | '''ts''' /t͡s/ | ||
| t͡ʃ | | '''tś''' /t͡ʃ/ | ||
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! style="" |Approximant | ! style="" |Approximant | ||
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| r | | '''r''' /r/ | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Lateral app. | ! style="" |Lateral app. | ||
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| | | '''l''' /l/ | ||
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|} | |} | ||
====Stress==== | |||
Primary stress is routinely placed on the final syllable of a word, except where that syllable contains ''y'' /ə/, e.g. ''atnel'' /at'nel/ but ''atyn'' /'atən/. | |||