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The phonemes of Gnorbaran
are represented here in X-SAMPA. |
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Consonants |
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Gnorbaran
makes use of 22 consonant phonemes, which consist mainly of the labial,
alveolar, and velar plosives articulated six different ways: plosive,
plosive with sibilant release, plosive with lateral release, voiced
plosive, nasalised plosive, and voiced plosive with lateral release.
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Labials |
Alveolars |
Velars |
| Nasal |
m |
n |
N
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| Plosive |
p |
t |
k |
| Plosive
+s |
p_s |
t_s |
k_s |
| Plosive
+l |
p_l |
t_l |
k_l |
| Plosive
+v |
b |
d |
g |
| Plosive
+n |
b~ |
d~ |
g~ |
| Plosive
+v +l |
b_l |
d_l |
g_l |
| Liquid |
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r |
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The phoneme /r/ only occurs in syllable codas. |
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Vowels |
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Gnorbaran
makes use
of six vowel phonemes
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Front |
Central |
Back |
| High |
i |
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u |
| Mid |
e
2 |
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o |
| Low |
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a |
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| Romanisation |
Phoneme |
Phonetic
Realisation |
Syllable
Environment |
| |m| |
/m/ |
[m] |
initial |
| |n| |
/n/ |
[n] |
initial |
| |gn| |
/N/ |
[N] |
initial |
| |p| |
/p/ |
[p] |
initial |
| |t| |
/t/ |
[t] |
initial |
| |k| |
/k/ |
[k] |
initial |
| |ps| |
/p_s/ |
[p_s] |
initial |
| |ts| |
/t_s/ |
[t_s] |
initial |
| |ks| |
/k_s/ |
[k_s] |
initial |
| |pl| |
/p_l/ |
[p_K] |
initial |
| |tl| |
/t_l/ |
[t_K] |
initial |
| |kl| |
/k_l/ |
[k_K] |
initial |
| |b| |
/b/ |
[b] |
initial |
| |d| |
/d/ |
[d] |
initial |
| |g| |
/g/ |
[g] |
initial |
| |mb| |
/b~/ |
[b~],
[mb] |
initial |
| |nd| |
/d~/ |
[d~],
[nd] |
initial |
| |ng| |
/g~/ |
[g~],
[Ng] |
initial |
| |bl| |
/b_l/ |
[b_l] |
initial |
| |dl| |
/d_l/ |
[d_l] |
initial |
| |gl| |
/g_l/ |
[g_l] |
initial |
| |r| |
/r/ |
[r\],[r\'],['] |
final |
| |i| |
/i/ |
[i] |
mid,
final |
| |e| |
/e/ |
[e] |
mid,
final |
| |ø| |
/2/ |
[2] |
mid,
final |
| |a| |
/a/ |
[a] |
mid,
final |
| |o| |
/o/ |
[O] |
mid,
final |
| |u| |
/u/ |
[u] |
mid,
final |
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