Appendix:Haughòf pronunciation: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 03:37, 27 April 2024
The Haughòf language has consonants, vowels and glides.
Standard Romanization
Letter | IPA | English example | Notes |
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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 | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | |||||||
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plain | pharyngealized | plain | pharyngealized | labialized | plain | pharyngealized | plain | labialized | |||
Nasal | m | ṃ [mˤ] | n | ṇ [nˤ] | ny [ɲ] | ṇy [ɲˤ] | ng [ŋ] | ngw [ŋʷ] | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p [pʰ] | t [tʰ] | ṭ [tˤ] | ky [cʰ] | ḳy [cˤ] | k [kʰ] | kw [kʷʰ] | |||
voiced | b | ḅ [bˤ] | d | ḍ [dˤ] | gy [ɟ] | ġy [ɟˤ] | g | gw [ɡʷ] | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f [ɸ] | s | ṣ [sˤ] | ch [ç] | kh [x] | khw [xʷ] | h [ħ] | |||
voiced | v [β] | ṿ [βˤ] | z | ẓ [zˤ] | y [ʝ] | ẏ [ʝˤ] | gh [ɣ] | ghw [ɣʷ] | ḥ [ʕ] | ||
Approximant | w | r [ɹ ~ ɾ] | rh [ɹˤ ~ ɾˤ] | rw [ɹʷ ~ ɾʷ] | l [ʟ] |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ù [ʊ] | ||
Close-mid | e | à [ə] | o |
Open-mid | è [ɛ] | ò [ɔ] | |
Open | a [ɑ] |