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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
According to the Kēleñi, there are five stops ('''ansāorīki anpōhi'''). These are /p/, /t/, /s/, /c/, /k/. These are all unaspirated and voiceless. They become voiced between vowels and/or sonorants. They stay voiceless at the beginning and end of words, or next to another stop or fricative. There are also five fricatives ('''ansāorīki ankōrji'''). These are /w/, /þ/, /x/, /j/, /h/. These are all voiceless at the beginning and end of words and next to another stop or fricative, and voiced between vowels and/or sonorants. Furthermore in some dialects these sounds are always voiced. And finally there are thirteen sonorants ('''ansāorīki antāni'''). These are /m/, /mm/, /n/, /nn/, /ñ/, /ññ/, /ŋ/, /ŋŋ/, /l/, /ll/, /λ/, /r/, and /rr/. These are almost always voiced, though various dialects will devoice these at the beginning of words. | |||
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|+ '''Consonant phonemes''' | |||
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| c | | c<sup>1</sup> | ||
| k | | k | ||
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! style="" |Fricative | ! style="" |Fricative | ||
| w [β] | | w [β]<sup>2</sup> | ||
| þ [θ] | | þ [θ] | ||
| s | | s<sup>3</sup> | ||
| x [ʃ] | | x [ʃ] | ||
| j [ç] | | j [ç]<sup>4</sup> | ||
| h [x] | | h [x]<sup>5</sup> | ||
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! style="" |Affricate | ! style="" |Affricate | ||
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|colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| l | |colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| l | ||
| λ [ʎ] | | λ [ʎ] | ||
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! style="" |Trill | |||
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|colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| r | |||
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'''Notes''': | |||
# /c/ is a palatal stop, but can be mispronounced as English /ch/ without any misunderstanding. | |||
# /w/ is a bilabial fricative, very much like the Spanish /v/. | |||
# /s/ is nowadays pronounced like English /s/, but used to be like German /z/ or /ts/. | |||
# /j/ is like the German /ch/ in /ich/, though mispronouncing it like English /hu/ in /human/ is accepted. | |||
# /h/ is like the German /ch/ in /ach/. Mispronouncing it like the English /h/ in /house/ is also accepted. | |||
===Vowel=== | ===Vowel=== | ||