Yenware Phonology
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Phonology
Consonants
| labial | dental | alveolar | palatal | glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasals | voiceless | |||||
| voiced | m /m/ ~ /ɱ/1 म |
n /n/ न |
ń /ŋ/ ङ |
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| Stops | voiceless | t /t/ त |
k /k/ क |
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| voiced | ||||||
| Fricatives | voiceless | f /φ/ फ |
s /s/ स |
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| voiced | v /β/ भ2 |
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| Sonorants | voiceless | h /h/ ह | ||||
| voiced | w /w/ व3 |
l /l/ ल |
r /ɾ/ र |
y /j/ य |
Notes
- 1 <m> becomes the labiodental /ɱ/ before the bilabials <f> and <v>.
- 2 भ /bʱ/ is assigned the phoneme /β/.
- 3 व /ʋ/ is assigned the phoneme /w/.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ इ / मि |
u /u/ उ / मु | |||
| Close-mid | e /e/ ए / मॆ |
o /o/ ओ / मॊ | |||
| Open | a /ä/ अ / म |