Classical Arnean
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Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Labiodental | Dental ~ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labialized velars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasals | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | ||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | kʷ gʷ | ||
| Fricatives | f v | s z | x ɣ | xʷ ɣʷ | ||
| Trills | r | |||||
| Lateral approximants | l | |||||
| Approximants | j |
Spelling
/p t k kʷ/ [p t k qu]
/b d g gʷ/ [b d g gu]
/f s x xʷ/ [f s h hu]
/v z ɣ ɣʷ/ [v z x xu]
/m n ŋ ŋʷ/ [m n ng ngu]
/r l/ [r l]
/j/ [i]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | |
| Close | i | iː | ɨ | ɨː | u | uː |
| Close-Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
| Open-Mid | ɛ | ɛː | ɔ | ɔː | ||
| Open | ä | äː | ||||
Spelling
/i ɨ u/ [u y u]
/e o/ e o]
/ɛ ɔ/ [è ò]
/ä/ [a]
/iː ɨː uː/ [í ý ú]
/eː oː/ [é ó]
/ɛː ɔː/ [ê ô]
/äː/ [á]
Phonotactics
initially:
sCCVCC-
in other places:
-CCVCC
Accent
- penultimate primary acute accent
- ultimate secondary gravis accent
