Phonology

The phonemes of Aurogaelb are represented here in X-SAMPA.

Consonants

Aurogaelb primarily makes use of thirteen different consonant phonemes. The phoneme /t/ is the only unvoiced plosive present; it is extremely rare, and is mostly found only in names and borrowed words.
The majority of consonant phonemes are fricatives, and are found contasting voiced and voiceless. Although /l/ is the only liquid phoneme, [r\] is also found phonetically, though it is treated by the language as part of a diphthong.
The lack of /m/ is interesting, although, it occurs in other dialects in place of /b/, and sometimes occurs as an allophone of /b/ in Aurogaelb.
Labial Interdental Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Plosive -v t
Plosive +v b d g
Fricative -v T s x h
Fricative +v D G R
Liquid +v l
Nasal +v n N
-v and +v represent unvoiced consonants aand voiced consonants repectively.

Vowels and Diphthongs

Aurogaelb vowels and diphthongs can be divided into three groups: "lax vowels", "diphthongs", and "tense vowels". These names are not really as accurate as much as they are convenient.
Lax Vowels
I
E @ O
Diphthongs
aU or\
aE oE
Tense Vowels
i
e o
a

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