User:Bukkia/sandboxVIII: Difference between revisions

From FrathWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 6: Line 6:
| colspan="3" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="3" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
| colspan="3" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="3" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
|-
|-
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>i</center> style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center>
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>i</center> style="width: 30px;"|| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center>
|-
|-
| <center>[e]</center> || || <center>[o]</center> || <center>e</center> || || || <center>o</center>
| <center>[e]</center> || || <center>[o]</center> || <center>e</center> || || || <center>o</center>

Revision as of 08:42, 11 May 2025

Vowels

There are 6 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[u]
i
style="width: 30px;"
u
[e]
[o]
e
o
[ə]
ə
[a]
a

5 vowels are framed in a complex tonal system. Conversely the mid-central phoneme, [ə], makes no distinction in tone.

The tonal system is thoroughly described below.