Phonology
Gnűcwik̦ (
or Gnutzish to non-Natives) has 21 distinct consonants in its inventory and has 4 vowel phonemes (each of which has a flattened allophone when in the environment of "pharyngeal" consonants). There are also an additional two marginal phonemes, both of which are syllabic consonants, which only appear as the final sound of a word. These are allophones of the coronal nasal and liquid.
Consonants
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Labial |
Coronal |
Dorsal |
Laryngeal
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| Nasal
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n /n/ |
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| Plosive
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PreN
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mb /mb/ |
nd /nd/ |
nz /nd͜z/ |
ng /ŋɡ/ |
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| Plain
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p (b) /b/ |
t /t/ and t’ /tˁ/ |
c /t͜s/ and c’ /t͜sˁ/ |
k /k/ and q /q/ |
’ /ʕ/ ~ [ʢ̞]
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| Fricative
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w /v/ ~ [ʋ] |
ț /θ/ and ț’ /θˁ/ |
s /s/ and s’ /sˁ/ |
k̦ /x/ |
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| Liquid
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l /l/ |
r /ʁ/ |
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Vowels
| Plain
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i /i/ |
ű /y(ː)/ |
e /ɛ/ |
u /u/
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| Flattened
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ı [ə] |
ő [ø(ː)] |
a [ɑ] |
o [o]
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Syllabic
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| Consonant
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-n [n̩] and -l [l̩]
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Phonotactics
The general description of the syllable unit in Gnűcwik̦ is the following: {INSERT HERE}.
Allophony
- If a pre-nasalized stop phoneme (e.g. ng) falls in the initial position of a word, it is instead a post-nasalized stop (in this case, gn).
- Whenever a vowel precedes or follows a pharyngeal consonants (t’, c’, q, ’, ț’, s’, r or sometimes k̦), it is expressed as its flattened equivalent.
- K̦ only causes non-front vowels to flatten: u and ű.
- Should l or n appear as the last segment of a word, and is preceded by a C, then the syllabic allophone is used instead.
Grammar
Pronouns
Writing & Script
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t |
c |
k |
’ |
ț |
s |
k̦
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t’ |
c’ |
q |
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ț’ |
s’ |
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| i/ı |
u/o |
e/a |
ű/ő |
∅ |
-n |
-l |
◌ː
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Lexicon
- —For the current list of words and roots in Gnutzish, see: Lexicon.
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