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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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|| || | |+ '''Elithoan Celinese Consonantal Inventory''' | ||
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! || Bilabial || Labiodental || Dental || Alveolar || Retroflex || Palatal || Velar || Uvular || Glottal | |||
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|| | ! Nasal | ||
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| | ! Plosive | ||
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| t d | |||
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| k g | |||
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|| | ! Fricative | ||
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| f (v) | |||
| θ ð | |||
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| (ʂ) (ʐ) | |||
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| χ | |||
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|| | ! Approximant | ||
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|| | ! Flap or tap | ||
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! Lateral Approximant | |||
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* <f> is pronounced [f], except intervocally, where it is [v]. In | '''Orthographical notes''' | ||
* <r> is pronounced [ɾ], except in word-final position, where it becomes [ʐ] in | |||
* [k] is written uniformly as <c> and [χ] as <ch>. [j] is typically written as <i>, but sometimes as <y>. [θ] is written <th>. | |||
* <f> is pronounced [f], except intervocally, where it is [v]. In most dialects, it is also pronounced [v], or vocalised as [u̯] in final position in most words. | |||
* <r> is pronounced [ɾ], except in word-final position, where it becomes [ʐ] in the Perís-Ioðinbêr acrolect. | |||
* <nowiki><s></nowiki> is pronounced [s], except in front of <é> and <í>, where it is instead pronounced [ʂ] | * <nowiki><s></nowiki> is pronounced [s], except in front of <é> and <í>, where it is instead pronounced [ʂ] | ||
* <g> is pronounced [g], except in word-final position, where it is pronounced [ç] | * <g> is pronounced [g], except in word-final position, where it is pronounced [ç] | ||
* <ch> [χ] is in free variation with [x]. [ɾ] is also often pronounced as [r]. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== |
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