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Teivo phonotactics is often described using a term "mora" instead of a "syllable", which is a combination of a short vowel and a preceding consonant (if present). Long vowels, diphthongs and syllables with coda consonants are counted as two moras. With these units it is easier to set up morpheme boundaries and show conjugation patterns. | Teivo phonotactics is often described using a term "mora" instead of a "syllable", which is a combination of a short vowel and a preceding consonant (if present). Long vowels, diphthongs and syllables with coda consonants are counted as two moras. With these units it is easier to set up morpheme boundaries and show conjugation patterns. | ||
===Historical phonology=== | ===Historical phonology=== | ||
Proto-Teivo (a hypothetical ancestor of two Eastern Moran languages) is reconstructed having | Proto-Teivo (a hypothetical ancestor of two Eastern Moran languages) is reconstructed having 14 distinct phonemes (or 15 if */ð/ had not elided by the the time of the split). Geminate consonants had already been present, while long vowels and diphthongs began developing in already separate North and South dialects of Proto-Teivo. | ||
A table below shows common regular sound changes, that happened in Eastern Moran. "Ø" indicates elision. | A table below shows common regular sound changes, that happened in Eastern Moran. "Ø" indicates elision. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
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| Proto-Teivo || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /q/ || /ɣ/ || /x/ || /ɸ/ || /h/ || /m/ || /n/ || /β/ || /l/ || /s/ || /t͡s/ | | Proto-Teivo || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /q/ || /ɣ/ || /x/ || /ɸ/ || /h/ || /ð/ || /m/ || /n/ || /β/ || /l/ || /s/ || /t͡s/ | ||
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| Teivo Hia || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /h/ || colspan=2 | /ɣ/~Ø, Ø || /ɸ/ || Ø || /m/ || /n/ || colspan=2 | /β/ || colspan=2 | /l/ | | Teivo Hia || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /h/ || colspan=2 | /ɣ/~Ø, Ø || /ɸ/ || colspan=2 | Ø || /m/ || /n/ || colspan=2 | /β/ || colspan=2 | /l/ | ||
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| Teivo Qii || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /ʔ/~Ø || /w~β/ || colspan= | | Teivo Qii || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /ʔ/~Ø || /w~β/ || colspan=4 | Ø || /m/ || /n/ || colspan=2 | /w~β/ || /r~ɾ~l/ || /t͡s~ɾ~l/ | ||
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|} | |} | ||