Appendix:Sondiv pronunciation

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The Sondiv language has 18 consonants and 8 vowels.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	Example	Notes
a	a	father	It has both a front and back pronunciation.
an	ɐ̃	-	A nasal version of a regular a, but centralized.
b	b	bog
d	d	dog
e	e	bait
en	ɛ̃	prince (French)	A nasal vowel.
f	f	food
g	g	good
h	h	ham
i	i	beet
j	ʒ	azure	Spelled with a j because the show takes place in New Orleans and the language is reminiscent of French.
k	k	skill
l	l	left
m	m	man
n	n	no
o	o	coat
on	ɔ̃	on (French)	A nasal vowel.
p	p	span
r	ɾ	battle
s	s	see
t	t	stop
u	u	rude
v	v	voice
w	w	wet
y	j	yawn
z	z	zoo

Phonetics

Sondiv is notable for having nasal vowels, as well as some final consonants that are lost in most positions but reintroduced if a word beginning with a vowel immediately follows them and is a part of the same constituent.

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m [m]	n [n]
Plosive	voiceless	p [p]	t [t]		k [k]
	voiced	b [b]	d [d]		g [g]
Fricative	voiceless	f [f]	s [s]			h [h]
	voiced	v [v]	z [z]	zh [ʒ]
Lateral			l [l]
Approximant		w [w]	r [ɾ]	y [j]

Vowels

Sondiv has 8 phonetically distinct vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i [i]		u [u]
Mid	e [e], en [ɛ̃]		o [o], on [ɔ̃]
Open	a [a]	an [ɐ̃]