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The orthography is largely regular, albeit not completely intuitive to speakers of, say, English. The vowels are fairly straightforward, while the consonants have more ambiguities that are not inherently evident at first glance. | The orthography is largely regular, albeit not completely intuitive to speakers of, say, English. The vowels are fairly straightforward, while the consonants have more ambiguities that are not inherently evident at first glance. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
The following table presents the consonant phonemes of Mannish. | The following table presents the consonant phonemes of Mannish. | ||
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| Fricative || ||/f/ || /θ/ || /s/ || /ç/ || || | | Fricative || ||/f/ || /θ/ || /s/ || /ç/ || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Approximant || || || || /l/|| /j/ || /w/ || /ɰ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Rhotic || || || || || /r/ || || | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Allophonic Variation==== | ====Allophonic Variation==== | ||
=====Nasals===== | =====Nasals===== | ||
The phonemes /m/ and /n/ are both subject to significant allophony before fricatives. Before the fricatives /f θ s ç/ both sounds denasalize and shift place of articulation to assimilate with the appropriate fricative. Before /k g/ the nasals assimilate completely, resulting in gemination of the original velars. This change is not reflected in the orthography. | The phonemes /m/ and /n/ are both subject to significant allophony before fricatives. Before the fricatives /f θ s ç/ both sounds denasalize and shift place of articulation to assimilate with the appropriate fricative. Before /p b t d k g/ the nasals assimilate completely, resulting in gemination of the original velars. This change is not reflected in the orthography. | ||
Example: | Example: | ||
* ''iksénþe'' "they beg" [ | * ''iksénþe'' "they beg" [ˈiˌt͡sæ:t̪͡θe] | ||
* ''tungé'' "tongue" [ˈtug.geː] | * ''tungé'' "tongue" [ˈtug.geː] | ||
* ''þanht'' "thought" [ | * ''þanht'' "thought" [θɑc͡ç] | ||
* '' | * ''þankn'' "to thank" [ˈθɑkːŋ̩] | ||
* '' | * ''þankjn'' "to think" [ˈθɑc͡çɲ̩] | ||
* ''sumf'' [sup͡f] | * ''sumpa'' "fungus" [ˈsupːɑ] (contrasts with ''supa'' "soup" [ˈsupɑ]) | ||
* ''sumf'' "swamp" [sup͡f] | |||
* ''sandn'' "to send" [ˈsɑdːn] | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||