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| The Meereenese Valyrian language has X consonants, Y vowels and Z glides.
| | #REDIRECT [[Appendix:Meereenese Valyrian pronunciation]] |
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| == Standard Orthography ==
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| {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="5"
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| ! Letter
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| ! IPA
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| ! English example
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| ! Notes
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| | '''a'''
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| | a, ǝ
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| | US b'''o'''t, UK b'''a'''th.
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| | [ǝ] in unstressed final syllables.
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| |-
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| | '''ch'''
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| | t͡ʃ
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| | '''ch'''eck
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| |-
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| | '''dh'''
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| | ð
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| | '''th'''en
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| |-
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| | '''e'''
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| | e
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| | b'''ai'''t
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| |-
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| | '''f'''
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| | f
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| | '''f'''ool
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| |-
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| | '''g'''
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| | g
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| | '''g'''ood
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| |-
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| | '''gh'''
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| | ɣ ~ ʁ
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| | —
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| |-
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| | '''h'''
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| | h
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| | '''h'''am
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| |-
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| | '''i'''
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| | i
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| | b'''ee'''t
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| | '''j'''
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| | ʒ
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| | a'''z'''ure
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| | '''k'''
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| | k
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| | s'''k'''ill
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| | '''kh'''
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| | x ~ χ
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| | Ba'''ch''', or '''Ch'''anukkah
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| | '''l'''
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| | l
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| | '''l'''eft
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| | '''m'''
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| | m
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| | '''m'''an
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| | '''n'''
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| | n
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| | '''n'''o
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| | Assimilates to following palatal(?), velar or uvular consonant.
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| | '''ng'''
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| | ŋ
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| | si''ng''
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| | Only word-finally
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| | '''o'''
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| | o
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| | m'''oa'''t
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| | '''p'''
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| | p
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| | s'''p'''an
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| | '''r'''
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| | ɾ
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| | —
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| | Probably a tap.
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| |-
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| | '''s'''
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| | s
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| | '''s'''ee
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| | '''sh'''
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| | ʃ
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| | '''sh'''ip
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| | '''t'''
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| | t
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| | s'''t'''op
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| | '''th'''
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| | θ
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| | '''th'''ink
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| | '''u'''
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| | u
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| | f'''ou'''ton
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| | '''v'''
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| | v
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| | '''v'''oice
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| | '''w'''
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| | w
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| | '''w'''ave, do'''w'''ager
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| | '''y'''
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| | j
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| | '''y'''es
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| | '''z'''
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| | z
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| | '''z'''oo
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| == Phonetics ==
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| [[David J. Peterson]] revealed very little about Meereenese Valyrian. Therefore much of the information here may be unreliable.
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| === Consonants ===
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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| ! colspan="2" |
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| ! Labial
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| ! Dental
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| ! Alveolar
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| ! Palatal
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| ! Velar
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | m [m] || || n [n] || || n, ng [ŋ]
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| |-
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| ! colspan="2" | Plosive
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| | p [p] || || t [t] || || k [k]
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| ! rowspan="2" | Fricative
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | f [f] || th [θ] || s [s] || sh [ʃ] || kh [x]
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| |-
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| ! <small>voiced</small>
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| | v [v] || dh [ð] || z [z] || j [ʒ] || gh [ɣ]
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| ! colspan="2" | Approximant
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| | w [w] || || l [l] || y [j] ||
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| ! colspan="2" | Rhotic
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| | || || r [ɾ] || ||
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| |}
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| Notes:
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| * /n/ very likely assimilates to the position of the following consonant.
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| * /n/ becomes [ŋ] word-finally, and this is reflected in the transcription system. It is unclear whether or not this can be considered phonemic.
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| === Vowels ===
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| Meerenese Valyrian has 5 phonetically distinct vowels:
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| ! Front
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| ! Back
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| ! Close
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| | i [i]
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| | u [u]
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| |-
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| ! Mid
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| | e [e]
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| | o [o]
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| ! Open
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| | a [a]
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| Additionally, ‹a› is realized as [ǝ] in word-final syllables, but this is probably not phonemic.
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| ==== Diphthongs ====
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| It is unknown if Meereenese Valyrian has any diphthongs at all.
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| == Notes ==
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| <references/>
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| {{topic navbox|Phonology}}
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| [[category:Meereenese Valyrian|Phonology]]
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| [[category:Phonology|Meereenese Valyrian]] | |