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Revision as of 10:11, 7 December 2006
Writing System
The writing system of mabri is a logosyllabic (it is both logographic and syllabic), i.e., each syllable represents a distinct morpheme and is uniquely written with a grapheme.
Romanization
Sounds
Phoneme Inventory
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Labiovelar | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |||||
| Affricate | ʧ <ch> ʤ <dj> | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ <sh> ʒ <j> | h | ||||
| Approximant | w | j <y> | ||||||
| Tap | ɾ <r> | |||||||
| Lat. Approx. | l |
Vowels
Mabri has five phonemic vowels, transcribed as a, e, i, o, and u. In an unstressed position, their phonetic realizations are respectively /ɐ e i o u/. When stressed, at the end of verbs, they are nasalized: /ɐ̃ ẽ ĩ õ ũ/. When stressed, elsewhere, they are pronounced as follows: /a ɛ e i ɔ u/.
| Transcription | Stressed (non-V) | Unstressed | Stressed (V) |
| a | a | ɐ | ɐ̃ |
| e | ɛ | e | ẽ |
| i | i | i | ĩ |
| o | ɔ | o | õ |
| u | u | u | ũ |
