Appendix:Sarkezhe pronunciation

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The Sarkezhe language has 22 consonants, 9 vowels and 2 glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	ɑ	father
ä	æ	cat
b	b	bog
ch	tʃ	watch
d	d	dog
e	e	bait
ẽ	ẽ	can't (American English)
gh	ʀ	—	Like the r in German raus.
h	h	ham
	ɦ	behind
i	i	machine
j	dʒ	jog
k	k	skill	This sound features no aspiration. Aspiration is the puff of air that occurs in the "k" in "key". Compare this with the "k" in "sky", which has no aspiration.
kh	x	loch (Scottish English)
l	l	left
ly	ʎ	million
m	m	man
n	n	no
ng	ŋ	sing
ny	ɲ	onion
ö	ø	—	Like the ai in "bait" pronounced with rounded lips.
õ	õ	don't (American English)
p	p	span	This sound features no aspiration. Aspiration is the puff of air that occurs in the "p" in "poke". Compare this with the "p" in "spoke", which has no aspiration.
r	r	—	Like the rr in Spanish perro.
s	s	see
t	t	stop	This sound features no aspiration. Aspiration is the puff of air that occurs in the "t" in "take". Compare this with the "t" in "stake", which has no aspiration.
th	θ	thin
ts	ts	pits
u	u	rude
ü	y	—	Like the i in "machine" pronounced with rounded lips.
w	w	wet
y	j	yes
zh	ʒ	casual

Phonetics

Consonants

		Labial	Coronal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ny [ɲ]	ng [ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k
	voiced	b	d
Affricate	voiceless		ts	ch [tʃ]
	voiced			j [dʒ]
Fricative	voiceless		s, th [θ]		kh [x]		h
	voiced			zh [ʒ]			[ɦ]
Approximant		w		y [j]
Lateral			l	ly [ʎ]
Trill			r			gh [ʀ]

Vowels

		Front		Back
		unrounded	rounded
Close		i	ü [y]	u
Mid	oral	e	ö [ø]
	nasal	ẽ		õ
Open		ä [æ]		a [ɑ]

Vowel harmony

Sarkezhe has front-back vowel harmony.

Stress

Stress in Sarkezhe is mostly word-initial.