Appendix:Hen Linge pronunciation: Difference between revisions
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! colspan="2" | Nasal | ! colspan="2" | Nasal | ||
| m | | m || || n || || (n [ŋ]) || | ||
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! rowspan="2" | Plosive | ! rowspan="2" | Plosive | ||
! <small>voiceless</small> | ! <small>voiceless</small> | ||
| p | | p || || t || || k || | | ||
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! <small>voiced</small> | ! <small>voiced</small> | ||
| b | | b || || d || || g || | | ||
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! rowspan="2" | Fricative | ! rowspan="2" | Fricative | ||
! <small>voiceless</small> | ! <small>voiceless</small> | ||
| f | | f || th [θ] || s || sh [ʃ] || || h | ||
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! <small>voiced</small> | ! <small>voiced</small> | ||
| v | | v || || z || || || | ||
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! colspan="2" | Lateral | ! colspan="2" | Lateral | ||
| | | w || || l || y [j] || || | | ||
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! colspan="2" | Rhotic | ! colspan="2" | Rhotic | ||
Revision as of 03:54, 22 October 2023
The Shiväisith language has 17 consonants, 8 vowels with two lengths and 2 glides.
Standard Romanization
| Letter | IPA | English example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | father | |
| b | b | bath | |
| d | d | dog | |
| e | ɛ | bet | |
| ei | e | bait | |
| f | f | food | |
| g | ɡ | good | |
| h | h | ham | |
| i | i | beet | |
| k | k | skill | |
| l | l | left | |
| m | m | man | |
| n | n | no | Assimilates to a following velar consonant. |
| o | o | moat | |
| ö | ø | — | Like e pronounced with rounded lips. |
| p | p | span | |
| r | ɾ | Like the t in batte. | |
| s | s | see | |
| sh | ʃ | sheep | |
| t | t | stop | |
| th | θ | think | |
| u | u | rude | |
| v | v | voice | |
| w | w | wet | |
| y | j/ɨ | young/chicken. | Pronounced as a glide before a vowel; otherwise pronounced as a vowel. |
| z | z | zone |
Phonetics
Hen Linge has a front rounded vowel that shows up from time to time and a central unrounded vowel, but is otherwise fairly plain in terms of its phonology.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | (n [ŋ]) | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |||
| voiced | b | d | g | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | th [θ] | s | sh [ʃ] | h | |
| voiced | v | z | |||||
| Lateral | w | l | y [j] | ||||
| Rhotic | r [ɾ] | ||||||
Vowels
Hen Linge has 8 phonetically distinct vowels:
| Front | Mid | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i [i] | y [ɨ] | u [u] |
| Mid | ei [e], e [ɛ],ö [ø] | o [o] | |
| Open | a [a] |
Diphthongs
Hen Linge has the dipthongs ai, ie, io, and öi [øy]. The former diphthong ei is now simply [e] and contrasts with plain e [ɛ].