Nemuti: Phonology

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Introduction

  • The Nemuti are divided into two nations, one north of the jungle and one south of the jungle. They speak the same language but there are some differences in their pronunciations. The following tables set out the these two different pronunciations.


Nemuti Phonology

Table of Phonemes

MOA nasals stops sibilants fricatives tap affricates approximants vowels
IPA
/m/
/n/ /ŋ/ /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/ /s/ (/θ/) /z/ (/ð/) /ʃ/ /ɸ/ /h/ /ɾ/ (/ʁ/) /ʦ/ /ʧ/ /ʤ/ /j/ /w/ /i/ /e/ /ä/ /o/ /u/ (/ɯ/)
Latin m n ŋ p b t d k g s z x f h r ſ ſ c j y w i e a o u
Nemuti Γ F E T Ŧ X Ӿ Y Ұ Ш Η Π
Devanagari स़ त्स इ / पि ए / पे अ / पा ओ / पो उ / पु
Cyrillic М м Н н Ӈ ӈ П п Б б Т т Д д К к Г г С с З з Ш ш Ф ф Һ һ Р р Ц ц Ч ч Џ џ Й й Ў ў И и Э э А а О о У у
Name ma na ŋa pa ba ta da ka ga sa za xa fa ha ra ſa ca ja ya wa i e a o u

Note

  • The alphabet is ordered according to the position of the letters on this table, first the nasals, then the stops, etc.
  • The Devanagari script is treated as an alphabet, not an abugida, in Nemuti by using the letter < ा > /ā/ to represent /a/.

Table of Consonants

  Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palato-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal Voiced <m> /m/ <n> /n/ <ŋ> /ŋ/
Stops Voiceless <p> /p/ <t> /t/ <k> /k/
Voiced <b> /b/ <d> /d/ <g> /g/
Sibilant Fricative Voiceless <s> /s/ <x> /ʃ/
Voiced <z> /z/
Non-sibilant Fricative Voiceless <f> /ɸ/ (<þ> /θ/) <h> /h/
Voiced (<ð> /ð/) (<r> /ʁ/)
Tap Voiced <r> /ɾ/
Affricate Voiceless <ſ> /ʦ/ <c> /ʧ/
Voiced <j> /ʤ/
Approximant Voiced <y> /j/ <w> /w/

Note:

  • Phonemes in parentheses indicate the pronunciations in southern Nemuti.

Table of Vowels

  Front Central Back
Close <i> /i/ <u> /u/ (/ɯ/)
Close-mid <e> /e/
Open-mid <o> /o/
Open <a> /a/

Note:

  • Phoneme in parentheses indicates the pronunciation in southern Nemuti.