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===Vowel harmony=== | ====Vowel harmony==== | ||
Sarkezhe has front-back vowel harmony. | Sarkezhe has front-back vowel harmony. | ||
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Stress in Sarkezhe is mostly word-initial. | |||
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[[Category:Sarkezhe language|Pronunciation]] | [[Category:Sarkezhe language|Pronunciation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:34, 26 April 2024
The Sarkezhe language has 22 consonants, 9 vowels and 2 glides.
Standard Romanization
| Letter | IPA | English example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | ɑ | father | |
| ä | æ | cat | |
| b | b | bog | |
| ch | tʃ | watch | |
| d | d | dog | |
| e | e | bait | |
| ẽ | ẽ | can't (American English) | |
| gh | ʀ | — | Like the r in German raus. |
| h | h | ham | |
| ɦ | behind | ||
| i | i | machine | |
| j | dʒ | jog | |
| k | k | skill | This sound features no aspiration. Aspiration is the puff of air that occurs in the "k" in "key". Compare this with the "k" in "sky", which has no aspiration. |
| kh | x | loch (Scottish English) | |
| l | l | left | |
| ly | ʎ | million | |
| m | m | man | |
| n | n | no | |
| ng | ŋ | sing | |
| ny | ɲ | onion | |
| ö | ø | — | Like the ai in "bait" pronounced with rounded lips. |
| õ | õ | don't (American English) | |
| p | p | span | This sound features no aspiration. Aspiration is the puff of air that occurs in the "p" in "poke". Compare this with the "p" in "spoke", which has no aspiration. |
| r | r | — | Like the rr in Spanish perro. |
| s | s | see | |
| t | t | stop | This sound features no aspiration. Aspiration is the puff of air that occurs in the "t" in "take". Compare this with the "t" in "stake", which has no aspiration. |
| th | θ | thin | |
| ts | ts | pits | |
| u | u | rude | |
| ü | y | — | Like the i in "machine" pronounced with rounded lips. |
| w | w | wet | |
| y | j | yes | |
| zh | ʒ | casual |
Phonetics
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ny [ɲ] | ng [ŋ] | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |||
| voiced | b | d | |||||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | ch [tʃ] | ||||
| voiced | j [dʒ] | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s, th [θ] | kh [x] | h | |||
| voiced | zh [ʒ] | [ɦ] | |||||
| Approximant | w | y [j] | |||||
| Lateral | l | ly [ʎ] | |||||
| Trill | r | gh [ʀ] | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| Close | i | ü [y] | u | |
| Mid | oral | e | ö [ø] | |
| nasal | ẽ | õ | ||
| Open | ä [æ] | a [ɑ] | ||
Vowel harmony
Sarkezhe has front-back vowel harmony.
Stress
Stress in Sarkezhe is mostly word-initial.