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Zemeni has 24 consonants, 5 vowels and 2 glides.
Zemeni has 26 consonants, 5 vowels and 2 glides.


== Standard Romanization ==
== Standard Romanization ==
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=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===


Zemeni has 24 phonemic consonants and 2 phonemic glides:
Zemeni has 26 phonemic consonants and 2 phonemic glides:


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! rowspan=2 | Stop !! <small>voiceless</small>
! rowspan=2 | Stop !! <small>voiceless</small>
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Revision as of 00:52, 20 December 2023

Zemeni Language Navigation: Home, Phonology, Grammar, Vocabulary, Orthography, Dialogue

Zemeni has 26 consonants, 5 vowels and 2 glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter IPA English example Notes
a a father
b b bath
ch watch
d d dog
dz dz adze
e e bait
f f food
g ɡ good
h h ham
i i machine
j jog
k k skill
kh x loch (Scottish English)
ky c ~ kʲ skew
l l left
ly ʎ million
m m man
n n no Assimilates to a following velar consonant.
ny ɲ onion
o o moat
p p span
r
ry
s s see
sh ʃ sheep
t t stop
ts ts pits
u u rude
v v voice
w w wet
y j young
z z zone
zh ʒ casual

Notes:

  • Geminates: To pronounce a geminate consonant, simply pronounce it twice. They are written by doubling the consonant letter. In the case of digraphs, only the first letter of the digraph is doubled.

Phonetics

Consonants

Zemeni has 26 phonemic consonants and 2 phonemic glides:

Labial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ny [ɲ] (ng [ŋ])
Stop voiceless p t ky [c ~ kʲ] k
voiced b d g
Affricate voiceless ts ch [tʃ]
voiced dz j [dʒ]
Fricative voiceless f s sh [ʃ] kh [x] h
voiced v z zh [ʒ]
Approximant w y [j]
Lateral l ly [ʎ]
Trill/Tap r ry

Vowels

Zemeni has five phonemic vowels:

Front Mid Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a