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Revision as of 09:41, 8 December 2023
The Kezhwa language has 21 consonants and 5 vowels.
Standard Romanization
| Letter | IPA | English example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | a/ə | father or sofa | [a] when stressed, [ə] otherwise |
| b | b | bog | |
| d | d | dog | |
| dh | ð | this | |
| e | e/ɛ | gate or get | [ɛ] in closed syllables, [e] otherwise |
| f | f | fog | |
| g | g | good | |
| i | i | beet | |
| k | k | skill | Always unaspirated |
| l | l | left | |
| m | m | man | |
| n | n | no | |
| o | o/ɔ | tote or law | [ɔ] in closed syllables, [o] otherwise |
| p | p | span | Always unaspirated |
| r | ɾ | battle | |
| s | s | see | |
| sh | ʃ | shade | |
| t | t | stop | Always unaspirated |
| th | θ | thing | |
| u | u | rude | |
| v | v | voice | |
| w | w | wet | |
| y | j | yet | |
| z | z | zoo | |
| zh | ʒ | azure | |
| ‘ | ʔ | uh-oh |
Phonetics
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ' /ʔ/ | |
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | th /θ/, s /s/ | sh /ʃ/ | ||
| voiced | v /v/ | dh /ð/, z /z/ | zh /ʒ/ | |||
| Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | y /j/ | |||
| Tap | r /ɾ/ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | |
| Mid | e /e~ɛ/ | o /o~ɔ/ | |
| Open | a /a~ə/ |