Appendix:Shiväisith pronunciation

The Shiväisith language has 21 consonants, 8 vowels with two lengths and 1 glide.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	a	father
ä	æ	mat
d	d	dog
dh	ð	then
dj	ɟ	-	Like the g in ague, but in any context.
e	e	bait
f	f	food
g	g	good
h	h	ham
i	i	beet
j	j	yawn
k	k	skill
l	l	left
m	m	man
n	n	no	Assimilates to a following velar consonant.
o	o	moat
ö	ø	—	Like e pronounced with rounded lips.
p	p	span
r	ɾ	—	Trilled when doubled.
s	s	see
sh	ʃ	sheep
t	t	stop
th	θ	think
tj	c	-	Like the c in cute, but in any context.
u	u	rude
v	v	voice
y	y	—	Like i pronounced with rounded lips.

Phonetics

Shiväisith has a few true palatal sounds and a couple front rounded vowels, as well as a distinction between low front and back vowels. Doubled vowels above are longer in duration than short vowels, but are otherwise identical in quality to short vowels.

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m [m]		n [n]	nj [ɲ]	(n [ŋ])
Plosive	voiceless	p [p]		t [t]	tj [c]	k [k]
	voiced			d [d]	dj [ɟ]	g [g]
Fricative	voiceless	f [f]	th [θ]	s [s]	sh [ʃ]		h [h]
	voiced	v [v]	dh [ð]
Lateral				l [l]	lj [ʎ]
Rhotic				r [ɾ]

Vowels

Shiväisith has 8 phonetically distinct vowels which occur in two thematic contexts:

Regular	Unround	Round
Close	i [i], ii [iː]	u [u], uu [uː]
Mid	e [e], ee [eː]	o [o], oo [oː]
Open	a [ɑ], aa [ɑː]

Fronted	Unround	Round
Close	i [i], ii [iː]	y [y], yy [yː]
Mid	e [e], ee [eː]	ö [ø], öö [øː]
Open	ä [æ], ää [æː]

In the vowel harmony system of Shiväisith, i and e are neutral, and occur in both sets of vowels, even though they (often) trigger fronted agreement.

Diphthongs

Shiväisith has a number of diphthongs—so many that it is easier to list those it does not allow as opposed to those it does. Suffice it to say most vowels can occur next to one another.