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/ʌ/ is debated, as most speakers do not consider it part of their phonemic inventory. Only a few dialects acknowledge its presence, and even in those, it is not frequently used in basic vocabulary. | /ʌ/ is debated, as most speakers do not consider it part of their phonemic inventory. Only a few dialects acknowledge its presence (such as Standard East Rikane), and even in those, it is not frequently used in basic vocabulary. | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
Rikane has a quite simple consonant chart, composed of 13 consonants | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width: 25em" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Labials | |||
! Coronals | |||
! Dorsals | |||
! Glottals | |||
|- | |||
! Nasals | |||
| m | |||
| n | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! Plosives | |||
| p | |||
| t | |||
| k | |||
| ʔ | |||
|- | |||
! Fricatives | |||
| f~ɸ | |||
| s | |||
| | |||
| h | |||
|- | |||
! Others | |||
| w | |||
| l, r | |||
| j | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
===Stress=== | |||
Like present-day Swedish, Rikane has a system of pitch accent, to mark different words. This pitch can change depending on the form of the word. | |||
Compare "aroni" /a.rɒ̂.ni/ - spider and "aroni" /a.rɒ̌.ni/ - skull | |||