Appendix:Veda pronunciation: Difference between revisions

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The Noalath language has 23 consonants, 6 vowels with two lengths and 2 glides.

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	a	father
b	b	bog
ch	tʃ	chop
d	d	dog
e	e	bait
f	f	food
g	g	good
h	h	ham
i	i	beet
j	dʒ	jet
k	k	skill
l	l	left
m	m	man
n	n	no
ng	ŋ	sing	Can occur word-initially.
ny	ɲ	New York (certain pronunciations)	Like Spanish ñ.
o	o	coat
p	p	span
r	ɾ	battle
s	s	see
sh	ʃ	sheep
t	t	stop
u	u	rude
v	v	voice
y	j	yawn
zh	ʒ	casual

Veda uses [ǝ] as a phoneme, with equal status to all the other vowels. It also features word-initial [ŋ].

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m [m]	n [n]	ny [ɲ]	ng [ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p [p]	t [t], ts [ts]	ch [tʃ]	k [k]	q [q]	' [ʔ]
Plosive	voiced	b [b]	d [d], dz [dz]	j [dʒ]	g [g]
Fricative	voiceless	f [f]	s [s]	sh [ʃ]	kh [x~χ]		h [h]
Fricative	voiced	v [v]	z [z]	zh [ʒ]	gh [ɣ~ʁ]
Lateral			l [l]
Rhotic			r [ɾ]

Shiväisith has 6 phonetically distinct vowels:

Noalath has four diphthongs: yu and wi.

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 ! rowspan="2" | Plosive
 ! <small>voiceless</small>
-| p [p] || t [t], ts [ts]  || ch [tʃ]  || k [k] || q [q] || ' [ʔ]  |
+| p [p] || t [t], ts [ts]  || ch [tʃ]  || k [k] || q [q] || ' [ʔ]
 |-
 ! <small>voiced</small>
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 ! rowspan="2" | Fricative
 ! <small>voiceless</small>
-| f [f] ||  s [s] || sh [ʃ]  || colspan="2" kh [x~χ]  || h [h]
+| f [f] ||  s [s] || sh [ʃ]  || colspan="2" | kh [x~χ]  || h [h]
 |-
 ! <small>voiced</small>
-| v [v] || z [z]  || zh [ʒ]  || colspan="2" gh [ɣ~ʁ] ||
+| v [v] || z [z]  || zh [ʒ]  || colspan="2" | gh [ɣ~ʁ] ||
 |-
 ! colspan="2" | Lateral