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Because SamSka is an auxiliary language, a range of pronunciations are accepted and some phonemes have alternative forms. | Because SamSka is an auxiliary language, a range of pronunciations are accepted and some phonemes have alternative forms. | ||
Many consonants have been subject to palatization when before a frontal vowel. For example '''sk-''' is normally /sk/ but before '''e, i, y, ä''' and '''ö''' it is /ʃ/. This means that related words may have quite different consonants. This can even be the case with the inflections of a word - if the vowel changes due to an inflection, then the consonant may be palatized as a result | Many consonants have been subject to palatization when before a frontal vowel. For example '''sk-''' is normally /sk/ but before '''e, i, y, ä''' and '''ö''' it is /ʃ/. This means that related words may have quite different consonants. This can even be the case with the inflections of a word - if the vowel changes due to an inflection, then the consonant may be palatized as a result. | ||
Some phonemes have allophones that are quite far from the phonemic pronunciation. For example '''V''' after a vowel, at the end of a word can be pronounced as /ʋ/ or even as the vowel /ʊ/. For example '''brav''' (good, great) can be pronounced /brɑːv/, /brɑːʋ/ or / | ====Word Final G==== | ||
Clusters of '''r''' followed by a dental consonant such as ''' | In the case of the '''G''' consonant, when at the end of word it will be pronounced as /g/. But adding a suffix such as '''-en''' will change the pronunciation to /j/. For example '''dag''' /dɑːg/ > '''dagen''' /ˈdɑːjən/. | ||
====Word Final V==== | |||
Some phonemes have allophones that are quite far from the phonemic pronunciation. For example '''V''' after a vowel, at the end of a word can be pronounced as /ʋ/ or even as the vowel /ʊ/. If /ʊ/ it will form a dipthong with the preceding vowel. For example '''brav''' (good, great) can be pronounced /brɑːv/, /brɑːʋ/ or /braʊ/. This also applies to '''v''' at the end of a syllable when the following syllable begins with a consonant. For example '''havde''' (past tense of '''ha''') may be pronounced as /ˈhɑːʊdə/ | |||
====Retroflex Consonants==== | |||
Clusters of '''r''' followed by a dental consonant such as '''rd, rt, rn, rl, rs''' merge to form the retroflex consonants /ɖ/, /ʈ/, /ɳ/, /ɭ/, /ʂ/. For example '''hard''' /haɖː/. | |||
====Tone==== | ====Tone==== | ||