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The Vōv language has 13 consonants, 6 short vowels and 5 long vowels.
Standard Romanization
| Letter | IPA | English example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | father | |
| ā | aː | father, but longer | |
| b | b | bog | |
| d | d | dog | |
| e | e | bait | |
| ē | eː | bait, but longer | |
| ǝ | ǝ | sofa | |
| g | g | good | |
| h | h | ham | |
| i | i | beet | |
| ī | iː | beet, but longer | |
| k | k | skill | |
| l | l | left | |
| m | m | man | |
| n | n | no | |
| o | o | coat | |
| ō | oː | coat, but longer | |
| q | q | - | Like a [k] but further back in the mouth. |
| r | r | - | Spanish perro |
| s | s | see | |
| t | t | stop | |
| u | u | rude | |
| ū | uː | rude, but longer | |
| v | v | voice |
Phonetics
Vōv's [ǝ] is a phoneme with equal status to all the other vowels.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | t | k | q | ||
| voiced | b | d | g | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | h | |||
| voiced | v | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
Vowels
Vōv has 6 phonetically distinct short vowels, but only 5 phonetically distinct long vowels:
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, ī [iː] | u, ū [uː] | |
| Mid | e, ē [eː] | ǝ | o, ō [oː] |
| Open | a, ā [aː] |
Phonotactics
Vōv's syllables have a (C)(C)V(C) structure, vowel sequences are allowed. Consonant clusters rarely occur root-initially, but several frequent prefixes only consist of a consonant and therefore result in most of Vōv's word-initial clusters when added to roots beginning with consonants.