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Revision as of 18:11, 10 July 2015
Zhuori is the language spoken by the upper class in a currently unnamed commission project by Elmer Johnson.
Orthography
The nuclear vowel, or initial vowel in a diphthong of a syllable is located in the upper left. The off-glide or secondary vowel is in the bottom right.
In this chart, B is shown in its geminate form to show the diacritic for geminates.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | Unvoiced | p ‹P› | t ‹T› | k ‹K› | ||||
| Voiced | b ‹B› | d ‹D› | g ‹G› | |||||
| Nasal | m ‹M› | n ‹N› | ŋ ‹NG› | |||||
| Fricative | Unvoiced | ɸ ‹F› | θ ‹TH› | s ‹S› | ʃ ‹SH› | |||
| Voiced | β ‹V› | z ‹Z› | ʒ ‹ZH› | |||||
| Approximant | r ‹R› | j ‹J› | h ‹H› | |||||
| Lateral | l ‹L› |
Vowels
Vowel length is phonemic.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i ‹I› · y ‹Y› | ʉ ‹U› | u ‹O› |
| Mid | e ‹E› | ə | o ‹Ǫ› |
| Low | a ‹A› | ||
Diphthongs
Zhuori has many diphthongs, both rising and falling.
Rising:
| IPA | Orth. |
|---|---|
| aɪ | AY |
| aʊ | AU |
| eɪ | EY |
| oʊ | OU |
| oɪ | UY |
Falling:
| IPA | Orth. |
|---|---|
| ia | YA |
| iʊ | YU |
| ʉʊ | UO |
Phonotactics
Appropriate complex onsets (word-initial) include: ST, SR, SK, TR and KR.
Appropriate complex codas (word-final) include: ST, TS, RS, SK, KS, RT, and RK.
