Nemuti: Phonology

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	Ⴙ	Ⴌ	Ⴈ	ꟻ		X	Ӿ	ⵅ		Y	⅄		Ш		ⵡ	Η	Π		ᗐ	ᗑ		ᛁ	ᛚ	ᚫ	ᐃ	ᐁ
Devanagari	म	न	ङ		प	ब	त	ड	क	ग		स	स़	श		फ	ह		र		त्स	च	ज		य	व		इ	ए	अ	ओ	उ
Manaŋa	m	目	止		日	男	木	d	花	舌		s	里	血		f	母		火		心	c	j		w	山		天	石	支	o	u
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:

• ¹Phonemes in parentheses indicate the pronunciations in southern Fudasi.

Table of Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	<i> /i/		<u> /u/ (/ɯ/)1
Close-mid	<e> /e/
Open-mid			<o> /o/
Open		<a> /a/

Note:

• ¹Phoneme in parentheses indicates the pronunciation in southern Fudasi.

Nemuti: Syntax