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==== Diphthongs ==== | ==== Diphthongs ==== | ||
Ravkan has three diphthongs: '''ai''' [ | Ravkan has three diphthongs: '''ai''' [ai], '''ei''' [ɛi], and '''oi''' [ɔi]. | ||
=== Stress === | === Stress === | ||
Most Ravkan words are stressed on their penultimate syllable, although some are irregularly stressed. Furthermore, some suffixes move stress to the final or antepenultimate syllable. | Ravkan words can only be stressed on one of the last three syllables of the word (the antepenultimate, the penultimate and the final). Most Ravkan words are stressed on their penultimate syllable, although some are irregularly stressed. Furthermore, some suffixes move stress to the final or antepenultimate syllable. Some of the exceptions are as follows: | ||
* The word {{m|ravk|soldat}} has word-final stress. | |||
* The suffix {{m|ravk|-ost}} attracts stress, making it final. | |||
* The instrumental singular is stressed finally. | |||
* Any suffix of the shape ''-*VyV(C)'' leaves stress on the antepenultimate. | |||
* The past tense forms generally leave stress in place. However, past tense forms ending in ''-uwaya'' shift stress to the antepenultimate, since it cannot fall before. | |||
[[Category:Pronunciation by language]] | [[Category:Pronunciation by language]] | ||
[[Category:Ravkan language|Pronunciation]] | [[Category:Ravkan language|Pronunciation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:07, 8 May 2024
Ravkan has 38 consonants, 8 vowels and 2 glides.
Standard Romanization
| Letter | IPA | English example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | a ~ ə | father, sofa | Pronounced [ə] in post-tonic syllables, [a] elsewhere. |
| ai | ai | lie | |
| b | b | bath | |
| by | bʲ ~ bj | beauty | |
| ch | tʃ | watch | |
| d | d | dog | |
| dy | dʲ ~ dj | add you | |
| dz | dz | adze | |
| dzy | dzʲ ~ dzj | adds you | |
| e | ɛ | bet | |
| ei | ɛi | bait | |
| f | f | food | |
| fy | fʲ ~ fj | few | |
| g | ɡ | good | |
| gy | ɡʲ ~ ɡj | gules | |
| i | i, ɨ | machine, chicken | Pronounced [ɨ] in post-tonic syllables, [i] elsewhere. |
| j | dʒ | jog | |
| k | k | skill | |
| ky | kʲ ~ kj | skew | |
| l | l | left | |
| ly | ʎ | million | |
| m | m | man | |
| my | mʲ ~ mj | mule | |
| n | n | no | Assimilates to a following velar consonant. |
| ny | ɲ | onion | |
| o | ɔ | lot | |
| oi | ɔi | point | |
| p | p | span | |
| py | pʲ ~ pj | spew | |
| r | ɾ | battle | |
| ry | ɾʲ ~ ɾj | medium | |
| s | s | see | |
| sh | ʃ | sheep | |
| sy | sʲ ~ sj | pass you | |
| t | t | stop | |
| ts | ts | pits | |
| tsy | tsʲ ~ tsj | pits you | |
| ty | tʲ ~ tj | list you | |
| u | u | rude | |
| v | v | voice | |
| vy | vʲ ~ vj | view | |
| w | w | wet | |
| y | j | young | |
| z | z | zone | |
| zh | ʒ | casual | |
| zy | zʲ ~ zj | buzz you |
Phonetics
Consonants
Ravkan has 38 phonemic consonants and 2 phonemic glides:
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | palatalized | plain | palatalized | plain | palatalized | |||
| Nasal | m | my [mʲ] | n | ny [ɲ] | (n [ŋ]) | |||
| Stop | voiceless | p | py [pʲ] | t | ty [tʲ] | k | ky [kʲ] | |
| voiced | b | by [bʲ] | d | dy [dʲ] | g | gy [ɡʲ] | ||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | tsy [tsʲ] | ch [tʃ] | ||||
| voiced | dz | dzy [dzʲ] | j [dʒ] | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | fy [fʲ] | s | sy [sʲ] | sh [ʃ] | ||
| voiced | v | vy [vʲ] | z | zy [zʲ] | zh [ʒ] | |||
| Glide | w | y [j] | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ly [ʎ] | ||||||
| Tap | r [ɾ] | ry [ɾʲ] | ||||||
Vowels
Ravkan has five phonemic monophthongs:
| Front | Mid | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i [i] | (i [ɨ]) | u |
| Mid | e [ɛ] | (a [ə]) | o [ɔ] |
| Open | a |
Diphthongs
Ravkan has three diphthongs: ai [ai], ei [ɛi], and oi [ɔi].
Stress
Ravkan words can only be stressed on one of the last three syllables of the word (the antepenultimate, the penultimate and the final). Most Ravkan words are stressed on their penultimate syllable, although some are irregularly stressed. Furthermore, some suffixes move stress to the final or antepenultimate syllable. Some of the exceptions are as follows:
- The word soldat has word-final stress.
- The suffix -ost attracts stress, making it final.
- The instrumental singular is stressed finally.
- Any suffix of the shape -*VyV(C) leaves stress on the antepenultimate.
- The past tense forms generally leave stress in place. However, past tense forms ending in -uwaya shift stress to the antepenultimate, since it cannot fall before.