Appendix:Aazh Naamori pronunciation

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The Aazh Naamori language has 16 consonants, 13 vowels, and no glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter IPA English example Notes
a ɑ ~ a father
an ɑ̃ ~ ã A nasal vowel. Pronounced like the vowel in French danse.
b b bog
d d dog
e ɛ ~ e get
en ɛ̃ ~ ẽ A nasal vowel. Pronounced like the vowel in French prince.
g ɡ good
i i machine
k k skill
kh x Pronounced like the ch in German Buch.
l l left
m m man
n n no
o ɔ ~ o law
on ɔ̃ ~ õ A nasal vowel. Pronounced like the vowel in French bon.
p p span
r ɾ, r battle, — A trill like in Spanish perro at the beginning or end of a word. Elsewhere, a tap like in English battle or Spanish pero.
s s see
sh ʃ shade
t t stop
u u rude
v v voice
z z zoo
zh ʒ casual

Notes:

  • Long variants exist for the oral (non-nasal) vowels, which are written in the romanization by doubling the vowel letter.

Phonetics

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d g
Fricative voiceless s sh [ʃ] kh [x]
voiced v z zh [ʒ]
Liquid l, r [ɾ]

Vowels

Aazh Naamori has five oral vowels with two lengths and three nasal vowels:

Front Central Back
Close i, ii [iː] u, uu [uː]
Mid e, ee [eː]
en [ẽ]
o, oo [oː]
on [õ]
Open a, aa [aː]
an [ã]

Phonotactics

Aazh Naamori has simple phonotactics, almost of its syllabes are open, a word may only end with a vowel (short, long, or nasal) or a sibilant (voiceless or voiced), and no codas are found word-medially. Syllable-initially, 2-consonants clusters are allowed, they must consist of an obstruent followed by a liquid. Vowels are lengthened before word-final voiced sibilants.

Stress

Main stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable, unless another is heavier, in which case it will be stressed instead. When a word contains multiple heavy syllables, stress falls on the final syllable if it is heavy, otherwise it falls on the antepenultimate. In a 4-syllable word, if the first and third syllables are heavy and the others light, the penultimate syllable is stressed. Superheavy word-final syllables are always stressed.