Fudasi: Phonology

Introduction

• The Fudasi 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.

North Fudasi Phonology

Table of Phonemes

POA	labial						dental					alveolar			velar			glottal		vowels
IPA	m	/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/		/n/	/t/	/d/	/l/		/s/	/z/		/k/	/ŋ/		/h/		/i/	/e/	/ä/	/o/	/ɯ/
Latin	m	p	b	f	v		n	t	d	l		s	z		k	ǹ		h		i	e	a	o	u
Devanagari	म	प	ब	फ	भ		न	त	ड	ल		स	स़		क	ङ		ह		इ	ए	अ	ओ	उ
Fudasi	Π	Γ	F	Ⴈ	ꟻ		Ш	Y	Ұ	Η		T	Ŧ		Ⴌ	Ⴞ		Ⴃ		Ⱶ	Λ	⅄		L
Name	ma	pa	ba	fa	va		na	ta	da	la		sa	za		ka	ǹa		ha		i	e	a	o	u

Notes

• The alphabet is ordered according to the position of the letters on this table, first the labials, then the dentals, etc.

Table of Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	Voiced	<m> /m/	<n> /n/		<ǹ> /ŋ/
Stops	Voiceless	<p> /p/	<t> /t/		<k> /k/
	Voiced	<b> /b/	<d> /d/
Sibilant Fricative	Voiceless			<s> /s/
	Voiced			<z> /z/
Non-sibilant Fricative	Voiceless	<f> /ɸ/				<h> /h/
	Voiced	<v> /β/
Lateral Approximant	Voiced		<l> /l/

Table of Vowels

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

South Fudasi Phonology

Table of Phonemes

POA	labial						dental							velar		glottal			vowels
IPA	m	/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/		/n/	/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l/		/ŋ/		/h/	/ʔ/		/i/	/e/	/ä/	/o/	/u/
Latin	m	p	b	f	v		n	t	d	þ	ð	l		ǹ		h	‘		i	e	a	o	u
Arabic	م	ٮ 1	ب 2	ڡ 3	ڢ 4		ن	ط	ﻅ	د	ذ 5	ر		ݢ		ح 6	ء		ي طي	ه طه	ا طا	وٛ طوٛ	وٚ طوٚ
Names	ma	pa	ba	fa	va		na	ta	da	þa	ða	la		ǹa		ha	‘a		i	e	a	o	u

Notes

• The alphabet is ordered according to the position of the letters on this table, first the labials, then the dentals, etc.
• ¹ Dotless Beh <ٮ> is assigned the value /p/.
• ² The dotted letter is the voiced member of the pair.
• ³ Dotless Feh <ڡ> is assigned the value /φ/.
• ⁴ <ڢ> /β/ is taken from the Comorian alphabet [1].
• ⁵ <ذ> /ð/ is taken from the Comorian alphabet [2].
• ⁶ <ح> /h/ is taken from the Azeri alphabet [3].

Table of Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	Voiced	<m> /m/	<n> /n/	<ǹ> /ŋ/
Stops	Voiceless	<p> /p/	<t> /t/			<‘> /ʔ/
	Voiced	<b> /b/	<d> /d/
Non-sibilant Fricative	Voiceless	<f> /ɸ/	<þ> /θ/		<r> /ʁ/	<h> /h/
	Voiced	<v> /β/	<ð> /ð/

Table of Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	<i> /i/		<u> /u/
Close-mid	<e> /e/
Open-mid			<o> /o/
Open		<a> /a/