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Daistallian Phonology

Consonants:

m - bilabial nasal /m/
n - alveolar nasal /n/
ny - palatal nasal /J/
ng - velar nasal /N/

b - voiced bilabial plosive /b/
p - voiceless bilabial plosive /p/ (allophone: aspirated /p_h/)
t - voiceless alveolar plosive /t/ (allophone: aspirated /t_h/)
d - voiced alveolar plosive /d/
k - voiceless velar plosive /k/ (allophone: aspirated / k_h/)
g - voiced velar plosive /g/
' - voiceless glottal plosive /?/

pf - voiceless bilabial-labiodental affricate /pf/
ts - voiceless alveolar affricate /ts/
dz voiced alveolar affricate /dz/
c - voiceless postalveolar affricate /tS/
j - voiced postalveolar affricate /dZ/
kch - voiceless velar affricate /kx/
ch - voiced velar affricate /gG/
f - voiceless labiodental fricative /f/
v - voiced labiodental fricative /v/
s - voiceless alveolar fricative s/
z - voiced alveolar fricative /z/
sh - voiceless postalveolar fricative /S/
zh - voiced postalveolar fricative /Z/
x - voiceless retroflex fricative /s'/
xh - voiced retroflex fricative /z'/
kh - voiceless velar fricative /x/
gh - voiced velar fricative /G/
h - voiceless glottal fricative /h/

vw - labiodental approximate /v\/
r - alveolar approximant /r\/
jy -palatal approximant /j/
w - velar approximant /M\/

rr- alveolar trill /r/ (allophone: alveolar tap /4/)

wh - voiceless labiovelar approximant /W/
l - voiceless alveolar lateral approximant /l_0/
lh - voiced alveolar lateral approximant /l_v/
ll - palatal lateral approximant /L/

Vowels:

a - Open back unrounded vowel /A/ (sp/a/) aa - Near-open front unrounded vowel /{/ (c/a/t) i - Close front unrounded vowel /i/ (happ/y/) ii - Near-close near-front unrounded vowel /y/ (b/i/t) u - Near-close near-back vowel /u/ (h/oo/k) ü - Near-close near-front rounded vowel /Y/ (b/oo/t) e - Close-mid front unrounded vowel /e/ (b/e/d) ee - Open-mid front unrounded vowel /E/ o - Open-mid back rounded vowel /O/ (h/o/t) ö - Open-mid front rounded vowel /9/ Dipthongs ai - /Ai/ au - /Au/ ae - /ei/ oe - /OE/ oi - /oi/ phonological constraints: (s) + (b, p, t, d ,k ,g + r) (C) + V + (C) + (h) 0 Nül 1 Ainz 2 Zhae 3 Drae 4 Fir 5 Fün 6 Sexh 7 Zaebaan 8 Aikch 9 Nün 10 Zhen who - vwer what - vwaz why - vwarüm when - vwaan where - vwoe how - vwi how many - vwile