Appendix:Zemeni pronunciation

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Zemeni has 26 consonants, 5 vowels and 2 glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	a	father
b	b	bath
ch	tʃ	watch
d	d	dog
dz	dz	adze
e	e	bait
f	f	food
g	ɡ	good
h	h	ham
i	i	machine
j	dʒ	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	ɾ	battle
ry	ɾʲ	medium
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.
• Stress: When stress is not penultimate, it is marked with an acute accent over the stressed vowel.

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]
Tap			r [ɾ]		ry [ɾʲ]

Vowels

Zemeni has five phonemic vowels:

	Front	Mid	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Stress

Zemeni words are generally stressed on their penultimate syllable, exceptions are marked with acute accents.