Limli: Phonology

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Table of Phonemes

MOA nasals stops fricatives approximants vowels
IPA
/m/
/n/ /ŋ/ /p/ /t/ /k/ /ʔ/ /ɸ/ /h/ /w/ /l/ /i/ /e/ /ä/ /o/ /u/
Hangul 1 2 3 4
Latin m n ŋ p t k ʻ f h w l i e a o u
Name Ma
Na
Ŋa
Pa
Ta
Ka
ʻa
Fa
Ha
Wa
La
i
e
a
o
u

Notes

  • 1 The jamo Ḳieuk <ㅋ> /kʰ/ is assigned the palatal nasal /ŋ/.
  • 2 The jamo Ssanggiyeok <ㄲ> /k͈/ is assigned the glottal stop /ʔ/.
  • 3 The jamo Pieup <ㅍ> /pʰ/ is assigned the voiceless bilabial fricative /φ/.
  • 4 The compound vowels are used for <w>, e.g., , wa.


Phonology

Consonants

labial dental palatal glottal
Nasals
voiced m /m/
n /n/
ń /ŋ/
Stops voiceless p /p/
t /t/
k /k/
ʻ /Ɂ/
Fricatives voiceless f /φ/
h /h/
Approximants voiced w /w/ l /l/

Compound Vowel

W
i
e
a
o
u

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i /i/
u /u/
Close-mid e /e/
o /o/
Open a /ä/


Alphabet

  • The Limli language has 16 phonemes.
  • As the Limlis had no writing when discovered by the space travelers, a written alphabet was created by the anthropologists who were on the voyage. As they were Korean, they used the Hangul.
  • The letters are ordered according to their Manner of Articulation.
  • The consonants are <m> ㅁ; <n> ㄴ; <ŋ> ㅋ; <p> ㅂ; <t> ㅌ; <k> ㄱ; <ʻ> ㄲ; <f> ㅍ; <h> ㅎ; <w> and <l> ㄹ.
  • The vowel inventory consists of <i>ㅣ; <e> ㅓ; <a> ㅏ; <o> ㅗ ; and <u> ㅜ.


Syllabary

i ㅣ
ī ㅢ
e ㅓ
ē ㅕ
a ㅏ
ā ㅑ
o ㅗ
ō ㅛ
u ㅜ
ū ㅠ
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