Foħθīrix phonology

Main article: Foħθīrix

This page gives an extensive description of Foħθīrix phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 30 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	voiceless	[p]	[k]	[t]	p	k	t
	voiced	[b]	[g]	[d]	b	g	d
	palatal	[c]		[ɟ]	c		ɟ
	uvular		[q]			q
nasal		[m]	[n]	[ɲ]	m	n	ň
liquid		[r]	[l]	[ɾ]	r	l	ṙ
fricative	sibilant		[s]			s
	post-alveolar	[ʃ]		[ʒ]	š		ž
	dental		[θ]			θ
	palatal	[ç]	[ɕ]	[ʝ]	ç	ɕ	ģ
	velar		[x]			x
	glottal		[h]			h
	pharyngeal		[ħ]			ħ
	labio-dental	[f]		[v]	f		v
affricate		[ʧ]		[ʤ]	č		ğ
approximant			[j]			j

The group of the plosive consonants distinguishes four sub-groups: voiceless, voiced, palatal and uvular, even though the uvular sub-group includes only the phoneme [q].

The groups of the nasal and of the liquid consonants are slighty poorer, but anyway quite developed. There are noticeably two clearly distinct rothic phonemes, namely [r] and [ɾ].

The group of the fricative consonants is overall well developed and rich in points of articulation, with a limited distinction between some voiced and voiceless phonemes.

There are two affricate consonants, voiceless [ʧ] and voiced [ʤ]. The phoneme [j] can have only a full consonantal value and it is never regarded as a semivowel.

Vowels

There are 8 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:

5 vowels have a short form and a long form. The phonemes [æ], [œ], and [ʏ], conversely, make no distinction in length.

IPA						Transcription
[i]	[iː]			[u]	[uː]	i	ī			u	ū
[ʏ]						y
	[e]	[eː]	[o]	[oː]			e	ē	o	ō
	[œ]						œ
	[æ]						æ
		[a]	[aː]					a	ā