project Delta: Phonology and Orthography

[qiihoskeh]

Last Edited: 2006.Mar.20 Mon

This is really very preliminary and could be replaced completely.

Vowels

Vowel Phones

[i(:)], [y:]							[u(:)]
	[e:], [2:]					[o(:)]
		[E(:)]
				[A(:)]

Vowel Combinations

	-		+ *i		+ *e		+ *a		+ *u
*i	[i]	i	[i:]	ii	[jE:]	ye	[jA:]	ya	[ju:]	yu
*e	[E]	e	[e:]	ei	[E:]	ee	[Au]	au	[9:] *	eu
*a	[A]	a	[oi]	oi	[Ae]	ai	[A:]	aa	[o:]	oo
*u	[u]	u	[y:]	ui	[wE:]	we	[wA:]	wa	[u:]	uu
-	[o]	o

* or [2:] -- whichever is high-mid

Consonants

Consonant Letters and Phones

p	[p]	t	[t]	ts	[ts)]	tx	[tS)]			k	[k]
b	[b]	d	[d]	dz	[dz)]	dj	[dZ)]			g	[g]
f	[f]			s	[s]	x	[S]	ç	[C]	h	[x]
				z	[z]	j	[Z]	ry	[j\]
				r	[r]
m	[m]	n	[n]					ñ	[J]
		l	[l]					ly	[L]

Some consonants have been palatalized by a following *i ([i] or [j]). These include:
*t > [ts)] and *d > [dz)]
*k > [tS)] and *g > [dZ)]
*s > [S] and *z > [Z]
*h > [C]
*r > [j\]
*l > [L]
*n > [J]
The last three were palatalized only by [j].

Syllables and Stress

You tell me!