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+The phonology of Skylandic is almost identical to that of French with only some minor differences.
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
+|+ Consonant Inventory
+|-
+!   !! Labials !! Coronals !! Dorsals !! Other
+|-
+| '''Nasals''' ||   m ||   n ||   ɲ ||
+|-
+| '''Plosives''' ||   p  b ||   t  d ||   k  g ||
+|-
+| '''Fricatives''' ||   f  v ||   s  z ||   ɕ  ʑ ||
+|-
+| '''Approximants''' ||   w ||  ||   ʁ  j ||   ɥ
+|-
+| '''Lateral''' ||  ||   l ||  ||
+|}
+'''Vowel Inventory'''
+{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="2" style="text-align:center"
+|+  Modal Vowels
+|-
+!   !! Front !! Central !! Back
+|-
+| '''Close''' || i  y ||  || -  u
+|-
+| '''Close Mid''' || e  ø ||  || -  o
+|-
+| '''Mid''' ||  || ə ||
+|-
+| '''Open Mid''' || ɛ  - ||  || - ɔ
+|-
+| '''Open''' || a ||  || ɑ  -
+|}
+{| border="1" class="wikitable article-table" cellpadding="1" style="text-align:center"
+|+ Nasal Vowel
+|-
+! !! Front !! Back
+|-
+| '''Near Close''' || - ʏ̃ ||
+|-
+| '''Open Mid''' || ɛ̃  œ̃ || - ɔ̃
+|-
+| '''Open''' ||  || ɑ̃  -
+|}
+=== Allophones ===
+[[File:Sky vowels.png|thumb|right|Vowel phonemes of Skylandic.]]
+The mid central vowel /ə/ is realized as a close mid unrounded vowel [ɘ] in stressed syllables. In the Primétoilean dialect, this vowel is realized as [ø].
+The front close-mid rounded vowel /ø/ in the present tense of regular verbs is realized in the Bernstein dialect as a mid-central vowel [ə] but is silent in the Primétoilean dialect.
+The consonants /ɕ ʑ ʁ/ are often realized as [ʃ ʒ ɾ~r~ɹ], especially by younger generations.
+=== Liaison and Enchaînement ===
+Just like French, Skylandic also exhibits liaison and enchaînement. '''Liaison''' is a phonological phenomenon in which a silent final consonant of word is pronounced and becomes the onset consonant of the next word's initial vowel. Unlike French, though, there are only two rules where liaison is impossible (see below). Otherwise, it's always possible.
+The two rules that predict impossible liaison are as follows:
+# If the first word ends with a consonant followed by the '''''morpheme''''' -s, making the grapheme sequence silent.
+# If the next word starts a new clause.
+'''Enchaînement''' [ɑ̃.ɕɛn.mɑ̃], on the other hand, is a phonological phenomenon where a pronounced final consonant from a word forms its own syllable with the initial vowel of the next word, or when two vowels become one long vowel or a phonetic diphthong. Unlike liaison which is mandatory, enchaînement is just optional and depends on the person speaking. In this phenomenon, the full vowels /i u y/ become the semi-vowels [j w ɥ].
+Liaison: <br>
+les House <br>
+[le.z‿uz] <br>
+"the house"
+Enchaînement:<br>
+Tu îte gout. <br>
+[tɥ‿it ɡu] <br>
+"You are good."
 ===Orthography===
 ===Consonants===
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