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Inner Sea language 1

The classical language of the ancient Inner Sea Kingdom (no I don't have proper names for anything sorry).

phonology

Consonant phonemes

LabialCoronalDorsalLabiodorsal
Plain stopptkkᵘ
Ejective stopk̓ᵘ
Fricatives, š2xxᵘ
Oral resonantw4l1h3hᵘ
Nasal resonantmnŋ
  1. realised as [ʊ̯] in coda position.
  2. typically realised as post-alveolar [ʃ] or alveolo-palatal [ɕ]
  3. dorsal resonants /h hᵘ/ are realised as uvular-to-pharyngeal approximants [ʁ̞~ʕ̞ ʁ̞ʷ~ʕ̞ʷ]
  4. realised as a bilabial or labiodental approximant [ʋ~β̞]

Vowel phonemes

FrontBackReduced
Highiuɨ
Lowe1a2ə
  1. realised as [e~ɛ]
  2. realised as [ɒ~ɔ]

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