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===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Kunarek has a rather small consonant inventory which comprises of nineteen phonemes. The only phonemes that occur in voiceless-voiced pairs are plosives.
Kunarek has a rather small consonant inventory which comprises of nineteen phonemes. The only phonemes that occur in voiceless-voiced pairs are plosives.
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! scope="col" style="width: 73px; text-align: center; "|Bilabial
! scope="col" style="width: 73px; text-align: center; "|Bilabial
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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Kunarek also has a simple vowel system. There are five vowels, three front and two back. These vowels are never reduced.
Kunarek also has a simple vowel system. There are five vowels, three front and two back. These vowels are never reduced.
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! scope="col" style="width: 80px; text-align: center; "|Front
! scope="col" style="width: 80px; text-align: center; "|Front
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===Diphthongs===
===Diphthongs===
There are sixteen diphthongs in Kunarek. Ten of these are rising and six of these are falling. All vowels can produce rising diphthongs however close vowels cannot produce falling diphthongs.
There are sixteen diphthongs in Kunarek. Ten of these are rising and six of these are falling. All vowels can produce rising diphthongs however close vowels cannot produce falling diphthongs.
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; "|Rising
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; "|Rising
| style="text-align: center;"|ja
| style="text-align: center;"|ja
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| style="text-align: center;"|wu
| style="text-align: center;"|wu
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; "|Falling
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; "|Falling
| style="text-align: center;"|aj
| style="text-align: center;"|aj
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===Alphabet===
===Alphabet===
Since, prior to this, the mapping of phonemes to letters has not been explicitly stated a complete alphabet is provided below:
Since, prior to this, the mapping of phonemes to letters has not been explicitly stated a complete alphabet is provided below:
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! style="width: 100px; "|A a
! style="width: 100px; "|A a
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| style="text-align: center;"|ge
| style="text-align: center;"|ge
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! style="width: 100px; "|Letter
! style="width: 100px; "|Letter
! style="width: 100px; "|Ġ ġ
! style="width: 100px; "|Ġ ġ
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| style="text-align: center;"|el
| style="text-align: center;"|el
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! style="width: 100px; "|Letter
! style="width: 100px; "|Letter
! style="width: 100px; "|Ł ł
! style="width: 100px; "|Ł ł
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| style="text-align: center;"|re
| style="text-align: center;"|re
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! style="width: 100px; "|Letter
! style="width: 100px; "|S s
! style="width: 100px; "|S s
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In the syllable onset and coda only certain consonant clusters may occur. These consonant clusters are given below with their realisations in IPA.
In the syllable onset and coda only certain consonant clusters may occur. These consonant clusters are given below with their realisations in IPA.
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| style="text-align: center;"|tj
| style="text-align: center;"|tj
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|+Coda
|+Coda
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! scope="col" style="width: 66px; "|

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