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Details of the allophony system, phonotactics, and intonation
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 16 Jul 2018, 20:00.
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1. Dictionary Classes
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3. Feirie Kinesics
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4. Feirie Phomo
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5. Languages of Mala
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6. Orthography
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Feirie phonology is complex. Not only is it just complex, it is pointlessly so, inasmuch as the complications provide nothing but subjective prettiness. While there are only twelve phonemic consonants, most have separate allophones, depending on what vowel is used.
The following is the base form for each consonant, separate from vowel mutations. These are called proto-consonants, and many of these are not used in the language, but are the reference point, from which the allophones derive.
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless | |||
| Ejective | |||
| Voiced | |||
| Nasal |
The velar ejective, that existed in Proto-Feirie has merged into the allophony of /s'/. Two alveolars have lost some of their original purpose. The nasal alveolar was historically always nasalized, and still can be in free variation within fast, lazy, or childish speech, as well as in older dialects. Furthermore, an alternate pronunciation, that of a nasal sibilant, also occurs when trying to enunciate slowly, clearly, or in some singing. The voiced alveolar may also be pronounced as a sibilant in these contexts, having merged from a such sound in Proto-Feirie. In most constructions, the voiced alveolar is not even voiced, but voiceless.
Additionally, all labials are typically labialized, and all nasals are palatal or palatalized.
Vowels nasalize after and before nasal consonants, within the same syllable.
/◌̼/ is used to mark whistled sibilants.
/ᵸ/ is used to mark vowel stridency. In the orthography this is represented by an ‘h’ before the vowel. Feirie physiology makes stridency both easier and less harsh. From their throats, this quality more resembles co-articulated purring.
If 'w' is in the syllable, or if any labial is the last consonants of a onset cluster or as a coda, the entire syllable is rounded. If a labial comes before a non-rounded consonants it loses its roundness.
(((C)C)C)(h)(w)V(C)
In onsets, only voiceless or voiced consonants can follow a voiceless consonants; only voiced or nasal consonants can follow a voiced consonants; and nasal consonants can only be followed by themselves. Any syllable with ‘f’, ‘p’, ‘v’, or ‘m’ are treated as if they contained ‘w’, nor can ‘w’ occur in a syllable contain one of those letters.
Feirie is volume marked. The last syllable of a word is slightly louder than the rest. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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