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'''Irbel''' /iɹ.vʲeʎ/ is an ''a priori'' language isolate spoken in one of the Western Kingdoms of eastern Sword of Vortex. | '''Irbel''' /iɹ.vʲeʎ/ (or Westlang /ɚwəl/) is an ''a priori'' language isolate spoken in one of the Western Kingdoms of eastern Sword of Vortex. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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*Vowels ''ı'' and ''e'' can be used in single-syllable words in place of pronounced ''í'' and ''é'' if there is no risk of confusion: ''céc'' = ''cec'' | *Vowels ''ı'' and ''e'' can be used in single-syllable words in place of pronounced ''í'' and ''é'' if there is no risk of confusion: ''céc'' = ''cec'' | ||
*Only two vowels are written in a same syllable. If palatalization of both onset and coda is required, both triggers are placed after the consonants: ''ceace'' /cäc/ | *Only two vowels are written in a same syllable. If palatalization of both onset and coda is required, both triggers are placed after the consonants: ''ceace'' /cäc/ | ||
*If a syllable has a front vowel as nucleus but both onset and coda not palatalized, ''h'' can be used to alter the coda instead of ''o'': ''caétaét'' /ketet͡ɕ/ vs. '' | *If a syllable has a front vowel as nucleus but both onset and coda not palatalized, ''h'' can be used to alter the coda instead of ''o'': ''caétaét'' /ketet͡ɕ/ vs. ''caétaéht'' /ketetʰ/ | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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*Word-initial ''w'' before a back vowel is realized as /əw/ and before front vowels as /əɥ/. Word-initial ''y'' is | *Word-initial ''w'' before a back vowel is realized as /əw-/ and before front vowels as /əɥ-/. Word-initial ''y'' is similarly /əj-/. In coda, ''w'' is used only after ''a'' and ''y'' only after ''a'' and ''e'' for diphthongs /ɑʊ̯/, /äɪ̯/ and /ei̯/ respectively. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||