Phonology
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1. Consonant inventory
The current consonant inventory is:
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
non-sibilant africate | bβ | ||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Trill | ʙ | ||||
Fricative | ɸ | ||||
Fricative | β | ||||
Click | ʘ | ||||
Plosive | ʔ |
The inventory is intentionally very small and highly marked.
The language is strongly labial and nasal in character.
The bilabial trill /ʙ/ and bilabial click /ʘ/ are central to the language’s bizarre comic identity.
2. Vowel system
Mimini has three basic oral vowels, three long oral vowels, and three nasal vowels. There are no rounded or any back vowels.
Oral short vowels
/i/
/ɛ/
/a/
Oral long vowels
/iː/
/ɛː/
/aː/
Nasal vowels
/ĩ/
/ɛ̃/
/ã/