Appendix:Gerna Mohr pronunciation

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The Gerna Mohr language has 25 consonants and 7 vowels. It is notable for having a series of voiceless sonorants that contrast with their voiced counterparts.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	ɑ~ə	father, sofa	Pronounced like in father when stressed, like in sofa otherwise.
b	b	bog
ch	tʃ	chief	Spelt cch when geminated.
d	d	dog
e	ɛ	get
ei	e	gate
f	f	fight
g	g	good
h	h	hop
hl	l̥~ɬ	No English equivalent	Roughly like h followed by l. Spelt hhl when geminated.
hr	ɾ̥	No English equivalent	Roughly like h followed by r. Spelt hhr when geminated.
hw	w̥~ʍ	No English equivalent	Roughly like h followed by w. Spelt hhw when geminated.
hy	j̊~ç	No English equivalent	Roughly like h followed by y. Spelt hhy when geminated.
i	i~ɪ	machine, chip	Pronounced like in machine when stressed, like in chip otherwise.
j	dʒ	jam
k	k	kite
l	l	left
m	m	man
n	n	no
ng	ŋ	song	Spelt nng when geminated. The sequence [ŋw] is spelt nw rather than ngw.
ny	ɲ	onion	Spelt nny when geminated.
o	ɔ	law
ou	o	dope
p	p	pike
r	ɾ	matador
s	s	see
sh	ʃ	shade	Spelt ssh when geminated.
t	t	take
u	u~ʊ	ruminate, hood	Pronounced like in ruminate when stressed, like in hood otherwise.
w	w	wage
y	j	yeti
'	ʔ	uh-oh

Phonetics

Consonants

		Labial	Coronal	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ny [ɲ]	ng [ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	ch [tʃ]	k	' [ʔ]
	voiced	b	d	j [dʒ]	g
Fricative		f	s	sh [ʃ]		h
Approximant	voiceless	hw [w̥~ʍ]	hl [l̥~ɬ]	hy [j̊~ç]
	voiced	w	l	y [j]
Tap	voiceless		hr [ɾ̥]
	voiced		r [ɾ]

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i [i~ɪ]	u [u~ʊ]
Close-mid	ei [e]	ou [o]
Open-mid	e [ɛ]	o [ɔ]
Open		a [ɑ~ə]

Stress

Stress usually falls on a word's root in Gerna Mohr, and secondary stress falls on every other syllable outwards from the main stress. In romanized Gerna Mohr, stress is marked with an acute accent when it falls on the last syllable.