TriCons Notes: Phonology

[qiihoskeh]

I'll continue to edit this post. The phonetic symbols are some version of CXS.

Phonemes, Romanization, and Phones

/p/ p  [p]   f [f]   /b/ b  [b]   v [v]   /m/ m  [m]       /o/ ô, o
/t/ t  [t]  th [T]   /d/ d  [d]  dh [D]   /n/ n  [n], [N]  /ê/ ê
/s/ ts [ts)] s [s]   /z/ dz [dz)] z [z]   /l/ l  [l]       /&/ æ  /e/ e
/c/ tc [tS)] c [S]   /j/ dj [dZ)] j [Z]   /y/ y  [j]       /î/ î  /i/ i
/k/ k  [k]  kh [x]   /g/ g  [b]  gh [G]   /w/ w  [w]       /û/ û  /u/ u
/q/ q  [?]           /h/ h  [h]           /r/ r  [r]       /â/ â  /a/ a
                                                                  /@/ ' [@_X]

The first column, where there are two, gives the values for onsets and the second column for codas.
/n/ occurs as [N] only when coda before /k/ or /g/.
/y/ and /w/ may appear as [Z] and /v/, respectively, between vowels.
/@/ may be devoiced.
There may also be assimilations of coda + onset and other changes.

Note on Romanization

Double vowel letters may be substituted for vowel letters with macrons (which represent long vowels), e.g. madaarii for madârî. Also, |o| takes the macron or is doubled if and only if stressed.

Syllables

The types of syllables are:
CL long syllable, long vowel
CSC long syllable, strong short vowel + coda consonant
CS short syllable, strong short vowel
CW short syllable, weak short vowel (/e/ is excluded; if the syllable is initial, /@/ can occur)