Leutiktja language: Difference between revisions

Line 10:

=== Phonology ===

The phonology of Leutiktja is very unusual, even compared to other Touban languages. It features 9 consonant phonemes, and two sets of five vowels, called ''pure vowels'' and ''chained vowels'' respectively, a direct translation of the name of the two sets in Leutiktja: ''natjaiei'' and ''naedlieoek''. In a word stem, only pure vowels are allowed to occur; chained vowels only occur when inflecting. In addition, in a cluster of two or more vowels, pure vowels are pronounced separately, whilst chained vowels form diphthongs. For example, the word ''tjauiae'' [IPA: c:.'auiaeɹ̠̊˔:] means banana tree (in the nominative), and the word ''tjáuiae'' [IPA: c:.ə͡œ͜ɪ͡ə.'ɛ] means banana tree's (in the genitive).

The phonology of Leutiktja is very unusual, even compared to other Touban languages. It features 9 consonant phonemes, and two sets of five vowels, called ''pure vowels'' and ''chained vowels'' respectively, a direct translation of the name of the two sets in Leutiktja: ''natjaiei'' and ''naedlieoek''. In a word stem, only pure vowels are allowed to occur; chained vowels only occur when inflecting; when a grammatical process requires a switch from pure to chained vowels, this is called "chaining". In addition, in a cluster of two or more vowels, pure vowels are pronounced separately, whilst chained vowels form diphthongs. For example, the word ''tjauiae'' [IPA: c:.'auiaeɹ̠̊˔:] means banana tree (in the nominative), and the word ''tjáuiae'' [IPA: c:.ə͡œ͜ɪ͡ə.'ɛ] means banana tree's (in the genitive).

~~Chaining is usually blocked by /ɸ/, /l/, /h/, and /j/. However, to mark that the chaining process applies to the entirety of a word~~

{| class="wikitable"

|+Leutiktja consonants

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 === Phonology ===
-The phonology of Leutiktja is very unusual, even compared to other Touban languages. It features 9 consonant phonemes, and two sets of five vowels, called ''pure vowels'' and ''chained vowels'' respectively, a direct translation of the name of the two sets in Leutiktja: ''natjaiei'' and ''naedlieoek''. In a word stem, only pure vowels are allowed to occur; chained vowels only occur when inflecting. In addition, in a cluster of two or more vowels, pure vowels are pronounced separately, whilst chained vowels form diphthongs. For example, the word ''tjauiae'' [<small>IPA</small>: c:.'auiaeɹ̠̊˔:] means banana tree (in the nominative), and the word ''tjáuiae'' [<small>IPA</small>: c:.ə͡œ͜ɪ͡ə.'ɛ] means banana tree's (in the genitive).
+The phonology of Leutiktja is very unusual, even compared to other Touban languages. It features 9 consonant phonemes, and two sets of five vowels, called ''pure vowels'' and ''chained vowels'' respectively, a direct translation of the name of the two sets in Leutiktja: ''natjaiei'' and ''naedlieoek''. In a word stem, only pure vowels are allowed to occur; chained vowels only occur when inflecting; when a grammatical process requires a switch from pure to chained vowels, this is called "chaining". In addition, in a cluster of two or more vowels, pure vowels are pronounced separately, whilst chained vowels form diphthongs. For example, the word ''tjauiae'' [<small>IPA</small>: c:.'auiaeɹ̠̊˔:] means banana tree (in the nominative), and the word ''tjáuiae'' [<small>IPA</small>: c:.ə͡œ͜ɪ͡ə.'ɛ] means banana tree's (in the genitive).
-Chaining is usually blocked by /ɸ/, /l/, /h/, and /j/. However, to mark that the chaining process applies to the entirety of a word
 {| class="wikitable"
 |+Leutiktja consonants