Senjecan pronunciation guide

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Consonants argyſŭenoes

Latin orthography:

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal
Plosive p b t d ć ź к (k) g
Fricative f v þ ð s z x ϙ (q)
Sonorant ɱ m ł l r n ħ (h) ȝ (j)

There are no velar consonants. <ng> = /ng/, not /ŋ/; <nx> = /nç/, not /ŋç/, etc.

Cyrillic orthography:

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal
Plosive п б т д ц ѕ к г
Fricative ф в ѳ ђ c з x ѓ
Sonorant ӎ м ӆ л p н ы j

Palatalized consonant see palatalized vowels.

Labialized consonant see labialized vowels.

There are no velar consonants. <нг> = /ng/, not /ŋ/; <нх> = /nç/, not /ŋç/, etc.

Greek orthography:

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal
Plosive π ϐ т δ ς Ϡ к γ
Fricative ф β θ ђ σ ζ χ Ϟ
Sonorant μ̀ μ ƛ λ ρ ν ħ j

There are no velar consonants. <νγ> = /ng/, not /ŋ/; <νχ> = /nç/, not /ŋç/, etc.

IPA:

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal
Plosive p b t d ʦ ʣ k g
Fricative ɸ β θ ð s z ç ʝ
Sonorant m l ɾ n j

X-SAMPA:

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal
Plosive p b t_d d_d ts) dz) c J\
Fricative p\ B T_d D_d s z C j\
Sonorant m_0 m l_0_d l_d 4_0 n j_0 j

Yahoo Conlang orthography:

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal
Plosive p b t d ts dz k g
Fricative f v þ ð s z x q
Sonorant mh m lh l rh n jh j

Vowels ſŭevſŭenoes

Latin orthography

front
unrounded
near-front
unrounded
near-back
rounded
back
unrounded
back
rounded
close i /i i/ w /ɯ M/ u /u u/
near-close ı /ɪ I/ w /ʊ U/
close-mid e /e e/ o /o o/
open-mid y /ɛ E/ ø /O ɔ/
open a /a a/

near back rounded is allophonic

Palatalized vowel indicated by a preceding ĭ.

Labialized vowel indicated by a preceding ŭ.

Cyrillic orthography

front
unrounded
near-front
unrounded
near-back
rounded
back
unrounded
back
rounded
close и /i i/ ъ /ɯ M/ у /u u/
near-close ь /ɪ I/ ъ /ʊ U/
close-mid е /e e/ о /o o/
open-mid э /ɛ E/ ѫ /O ɔ/
open а /a a/

near back rounded is allophonic

Palatalized vowel и → i; e → ε; a → я; ѫ → ѭ; o → ё; y → ю.

Labialized vowel и → ўи; е → ўе; а → ўа; ѫ → ўѫ; o → ўо; y → ўу.

Greek orthography

front
unrounded
near-front
unrounded
near-back
rounded
back
unrounded
back
rounded
close ι /i i/ ϋ /ɯ M/ υ /u u/
near-close ϊ /ɪ I/ ϋ /ʊ U/
close-mid η /e e/ ω /o o/
open-mid ε /ɛ E/ ο /O ɔ/
open α /a a/

near back rounded is allophonic

palatalized vowel ι → ῐι; η → ῐη; α → ῐα; o → ῐο; ω → ῐω; υ → ῐυ.

labialized vowel ι → ῠι; η → ῠη; α → ῠα; o → ῠο; ω → ῠω; υ → ῠυ.

Yahoo conlang orthography

front
unrounded
near-front
unrounded
near-back
rounded
back
unrounded
back
rounded
close i /i i/ w /ɯ M/ u /u u/
near-close ı /ɪ I/ ü /ʊ U/
close-mid e /e e/ o /o o/
open-mid y /ɛ E/ ø /O ɔ/
open a /a a/

near back rounded is allophonic

Palatalized vowel by, ðy, etc.

Labialized vowel bw, ðw, etc..

Tones ſŭenoes

Senjecas is a tonal language with three tones: high, mid, and low. The following rules apply to the lemmata in this WikiFrath lexicon:

  1. The high tone is found on verbs, nouns, and adjectives only.
  2. The high tone is always on the antepenult, e.g., âbes, ââźus, anêrus.
  3. The mid tone is found on every other syllable anterior to the primary, e.g., áɱaĸâþlis.
  4. Disyllabic adverbs and postpositions carry only a mid tone, and that on the antepenult, e.g., áfa.
  5. Monosyllables carry the base tone only, e.g., be, except for the ordinal numbers, which have a high tone, e.g., dŭô.
  6. Interjections carry the high tone on the ultima, e.g., aaî, , angû.
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