Azkali language: Difference between revisions
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The pronunciation of these vowels changes depending on the phonological environment that surrounds it. The following is a list of most allophonic variation in regards to vowels: | The pronunciation of these vowels changes depending on the phonological environment that surrounds it. The following is a list of most allophonic variation in regards to vowels: | ||
* Word initially, /i/ is pronounced as /ɪ/. | * Word initially, /i/ is pronounced as /ɪ/. The sole exception to this rule that can be found is ironically the word ''azkali''. | ||
* Word initially, /a/ is pronounced as /æ/. | * Word initially, /a/ is pronounced as /æ/. | ||
* Word finally, /a/ is pronounced as either a schwa, or occasionally it is not said at all. | |||
* /e/, when followed by /t̪s̻/, /t̺s̺/, /s̻/, /s̺/, /θ/, and /ð/, is pronounced as /ɛ/. | * /e/, when followed by /t̪s̻/, /t̺s̺/, /s̻/, /s̺/, /θ/, and /ð/, is pronounced as /ɛ/. | ||
* Word initially, or before /k/, /u/ is pronounced as /ʊ̜/, i.e a less rounded (or sometimes completely unrounded) pronunciation of /ʊ/. | * Word initially, or before /k/, /u/ is pronounced as /ʊ̜/, i.e a less rounded (or sometimes completely unrounded) pronunciation of /ʊ/. | ||