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.

Fudasi Phonology

Table of Phonemes

POA	labial						dental							alveolar			palato- alveolar		palatal			velar					glottal			vowels
IPA	m	/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/		/n/	/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l/		/s/	/z/		/ʤ/		/ç/	/j/		/ŋ/	/k/	/g/	/w/		/h/	/ʔ/		/i/	/e/	/ä/	/o/	/ɯ/
Latin	m	p	b	f	v		n	t	d	þ	ð	l		s	z		j		x	y		ŋ	k	g	w		h	‘		i	e	a	o	u
Devanagari	म	प	ब	फ	भ		न	त	ड	थ	ध	ल		स	स़		ज		ख	य		ङ	क	ग	व		ह	:		इ	ए	अ	ओ	उ
Name	ma	pa	ba	fa	va		na	ta	da	þa	ða	la		sa	za		ja		xa	ya		ŋa	ka	ga	wa		ha	‘a		i	e	a	o	u

Note

• 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	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	Voiced	<m> /m/	<n> /n/				<ŋ> /ŋ/
Stops	Voiceless	<p> /p/	<t> /t/				<k> /k/		(<‘> /ʔ/)2
	Voiced	<b> /b/	<d> /d/				<g> /g/
Sibilant Fricative	Voiceless			<s> /s/
	Voiced			<z> /z/
Non-sibilant Fricative	Voiceless	<f> /ɸ/	(<þ> /θ/)1			<x> /ç/		<h> /h/	(<r> /ʁ/)
	Voiced	<v> /β/	(<ð> /ð/)
Affricate	Voiced				<j> /ʤ/
Lateral Approximant	Voiced							<l> /l/
Approximant	Voiced					<y> /j/	<w> /w/

Notes:

• ¹Phonemes in parentheses indicate the pronunciations in southern Fudasi.
• ²Only intervocalic.

Table of Vowels

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