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! Äi äi !! Ääi ääi !! Äü äü !! Ääü ääü !! B b !! D d !! E e !! Ee ee | ! Äi äi !! Ääi ääi !! Äü äü !! Ääü ääü !! B b !! D d !! E e !! Ee ee | ||
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| /æi/ || /æːi/ || /æy/ || /æːy/ || /b/ || /d | | /æi/ || /æːi/ || /æy/ || /æːy/ || /b/ || /d/ || /e/ || /eː/ | ||
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! Ei ei !! Eei eei || Ë ë !! H h !! I i !! Ii ii !! J j !! K k | ! Ei ei !! Eei eei || Ë ë !! H h !! I i !! Ii ii !! J j !! K k | ||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Consonants | |||
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! !! colspan="2" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] !! colspan="2" | [[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] !! Dorsal | |||
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! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]] | |||
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] | |||
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! [[w:Stop consonant|Stop]] | |||
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] || [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Affricate|Affricate]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t͡s]] | |||
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! [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless alveolar fricative|s]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar fricative|z]] || [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Approximant|Approximant]] | |||
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Trill|Trill]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar trill|r]] | |||
|} | |||
*/n/ is realized as [ŋ] before /k,h/. | |||
*/h/ is realized as [x] in coda. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Vowels | |||
|- | |||
! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Unrounded vowel|unrounded]] !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Rounded vowel|rounded]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
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! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | |||
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] iː || [[w:Close front rounded vowel|y]] yː || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] uː | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]] | |||
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]] eː || [[w:Close-mid front rounded vowel|ø]] øː || [[w:Mid central vowel|ə]] [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]] oː | |||
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! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | |||
| [[w:Near-open front unrounded vowel|æ]] æː || || [[w:Open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]] ɑː | |||
|} | |||
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|+ Diphthongs | |||
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| ei eːi || øy øːy || oi || ou oːu | |||
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| æi æːi || æy æːy || ɑi ɑːi || ɑu ɑːu | |||
|} | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
Words bear initial stress. | Words bear initial stress. | ||
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| p t k || w z j | | p t k || w z j | ||
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| pp tt kk || p t k | | rowspan="2" | pp tt kk || p t k | ||
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| vv zz jj | |||
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| ts s || s h | | ts s || s h | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Etlish word order is flexible but predominantly SVO. | |||
===Noun and verb phrases=== | ===Noun and verb phrases=== | ||
Possessors, numerals, and adverbs precede their head. Adjectives may precede or follow their head. | |||
===Dependent clauses=== | ===Dependent clauses=== | ||
Dependent clauses directly follow their head. | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
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==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
[https://cals.info/language/etlish/ CALS] | *[https://cals.info/language/etlish/ CALS] | ||
*[[Etlish/Swadesh]] | |||
[[Category:Etlish language]] | [[Category:Etlish language]] | ||