Consonants
bi-labial |
labio- dental |
inter- dental |
alveolar |
post- alveolar/ palatal |
velar |
post- velar | |
glottalized |
p' /p?/ |
...... |
... | t' /t?/ |
c' /c?/ |
k' /k?/ |
' /?/ |
aspirated |
p /p_h/ |
... |
... | t /t_h/ |
c /tS/ |
k /k_h/k /k/, /g/ |
... |
unaspirated |
b/b/ |
... |
d /d[/ |
( l /l/ ) |
j /J/ |
q /G/ | |
fricative |
fw /h_P/ |
f /f/ |
d' /T/ |
s /s/ |
x /S/ |
h /x/ , /C/ , /H/ | |
nasal |
m /m/ |
... |
n /n[/ |
... |
... | g /N/ |
... |
approximant |
w /w/ |
... |
... |
l /l/ |
y /j/ |
... |
q /h<vcd>/ |
trill |
p" /p<trl>/ |
... |
... |
... |
... | ... | ... |
click |
... |
... |
..... |
z /!/ |
... |
... |
... |
front |
central |
back |
| |||
high |
... |
... |
...
... |
u /u/ |
... |
|
i /i/ |
... |
...... |
... |
... | ||
mid |
... |
... | eh/@/ |
o /o/ |
... |
|
e /E/ |
... |
...... |
... | r /R-/ |
||
low |
... |
a /a/ |
...... |
... |
... |
|
| ia iar ieh iu io [ia] [ia<r>] [i@] [iu] [io] |
| ea ear eeh eu eo eor [ea] [ea<r>] [e@] [eu] [eo] [eo<r>] |
| ai ae aer ao aor [ai] [&E] [&E<r>] [&o] [&o<r>] |
| ehi eher ehu [@i] [@e<r>] [@u] |
| oi oa oar oe oehi [oi] [oa] [oa<r>] [oE] [o@i] |
| ui ua uar ueh uor [u-i] [ua] [ua<r>] [u@] [uo<r>] |
| ra ro [R-a] [R-o] |
| also: ehi + iar = ehiar, oi + ia = oia, ai + iu = aiu, etc. |
| pw tw cw kw bw jw d'w sw xw hw mw lw qw zw
[p_hw] [t_hw] [tSw] [k_hw] [bw] [Jw] [Tw] [sw] [Sw] [xw] [mw] [lw] [h<vcd>w] [!w] |
| py ty ky fy hy hwy my qy [p_hj] [t_hj] [k_hj] [fj] [cj] [xwj] [mj] [h<vcd>j] |
| pl tl kl fl sl xl hl ml [p_hl] [t_hl] [k_hl] [fl] [sl] [Sl] [hl] [ml] |
| ts ks d's kx sf [ts, dz] [ks] [Ts] [kx] [sf] |
| also: xl + lw = xlw, sf + fl = sfl, kx + xw = kxw ,etc. |
Syllable Structure
All draqa syllables follow the form:
C1 V (C2), or V (C2), or C2
where:
C1 is any consonant or allowable initial cluster
V is any vowel or allowable vowel combination
C2 is any of the following consonants: c, k, ', s, x, m, n, g, w, l
e.g. skeacmeehsk [s. keatS. me@. s. k] "s- gayahch- mayuh- s- g" Within a dreamscape
Stress
Draqa syllables all are pronounced with even stress.
Pitch-accenting of vowels only changes their pitch, and the pitch contour of the remaining phrase.
Different vowels and vowel combinations differ with regards to mora length:
i.e.