Phonology
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Wéddytas has ~10 vowels:
Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
Close | /i/ /y/ | /u/ | |
Near-close | /ɪ/ | ||
Close-mid | /e/ | /o/ | |
Mid | /ə/ | ||
Open-mid | /ɛ/ | /ɔ/ | |
Open | /ɑ/ |
/y/ is the most common realization of ‹y› due to several factors, but it lies closer to [ʉ] on the vowel chart.
There are 4 diphthongs in Wéddytas. These are: ei [eɪ], ai [aɪ], oi [ɔɪ], and au [ɑʊ]. Other vowel diphthongs use approximants.
Wéddytas has ~21 consonants:
Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | /p/ /b/ | /t̪/ /d̪/ | /k/ /g/ | |||||||||||||
Nasal | /m/ | /n̪/ | ||||||||||||||
Trill | /r/ | |||||||||||||||
Fricative | /f/ /v/ | /θ /ð/ | /ɕ/ | /x/ /ɣ/ | /ɦ/ | |||||||||||
Approximant | /j/ | /w/ | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | /l̪/ | |||||||||||||||