Talk:Shirerothian language
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Consonants
Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
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Nasal | ⟨ m ⟩ / m / |
⟨ n ⟩ / n / |
⟨ ng ⟩ / ŋ / |
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Plosive | ⟨ p ⟩ / p / |
⟨ b ⟩ / b / |
⟨ t ⟩ / t / |
⟨ d ⟩ / d / |
⟨ k ⟩ / k / |
⟨ g ⟩ / g / |
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Affricate | / tʃ / | / dʒ / | ||||||||||||||
Fricative | ⟨ f ⟩ / f / |
⟨ v ⟩ / v / |
⟨ þ ⟩ / θ / |
⟨ ð ⟩ / ð / |
⟨ s ⟩ / s / |
⟨ z ⟩ / z / |
⟨ x ⟩ / ʃ / |
⟨ ⟩ / ʒ / |
⟨ ⟩ / x / |
⟨ h ⟩ / h / | ||||||
Approximant | ⟨ l ⟩ / l / |
⟨ ȝ ⟩ / j / |
⟨ ⟩ / ʍ / |
⟨ w ⟩ / w / |
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Trill | ⟨ r ⟩ / r / |
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Lateral Fricative | ⟨ ɬ ⟩ / ɬ / |
Vowels
Front | Back | ||
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High | ⟨ i ⟩ / i / |
⟨ ü ⟩ / y / |
⟨ u ⟩ / u / |
Mid | ⟨ e ⟩ / e / |
⟨ ö ⟩ / ø / |
⟨ o ⟩ / o / |
Low | ⟨ æ ⟩ / æ / |
⟨ a ⟩ / ɑ / |
[y] and [ø] are allophones of /u/ and /o/, respectively, occurring in complementary distribution with [u] and [o].
There are five diphthongs: [æj], [æw], [iw], [oj], and [øj]. They are best analyzed phonemically as /Vj/ rather than /Vɪ̯/.