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Allowed initials are of the form C[-slender], C[+slender], or C[+slender]j (iotated). | Allowed initials are of the form C[-slender], C[+slender], C[-slender]ɰ or C[+slender]j (iotated). | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Revision as of 02:32, 17 February 2017
Ko is a Wiebic language inspired by Irish and Mandarin. It's a monosyllabic tonal language with palatalized consonants and initial consonant mutations. Schnüher is a close relative.
Phonology
Initials
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Laryngeal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | slender | broad | |||
| Nasal | voiceless | ʰmˠ | ʰmʲ | ʰn̪ˠ | ʰnʲ | ʰŋ | ʰɲ | |||
| voiced | mˠ | mʲ | n̪ˠ | nʲ | ŋ | ɲ | ||||
| Stop /Affricate |
plain | pˠ | pʲ | t̪ˠ | tʲ | c | k | ʔ | ||
| tense | pˠ˭ | pʲ˭ | t̪ˠ˭ | tʲ˭ | c˭ | k˭ | ||||
| voiced | bˠ | bʲ | d̪ˠ | dʲ | ɟ | g | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | fˠ | fʲ | θˠ | θʲ | sˠ | sʲ | ç | x | h |
| voiced | vˠ | vʲ | ðˠ | ðʲ | zˠ | zʲ | j | ɣ | ||
| Trill | voiceless | ʰrˠ | ʰrʲ | |||||||
| voiced | rˠ | rʲ | ||||||||
| Approximant | voiceless | ʰl̪ˠ | ʰlʲ | |||||||
| voiced | l̪ˠ | lʲ | [ɰ] | |||||||
Allowed initials are of the form C[-slender], C[+slender], C[-slender]ɰ or C[+slender]j (iotated).
Vowels
/a i u aː eː iː oː uː iə uə/
Finals
/p t k m n ŋ r j w/ ⟨b d g m n l r igh mh⟩
Tones
high, mid, low. rising