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	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	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ny [ɲ]	(ng [ŋ])
Stop	voiceless	p	t	ky [c]	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