mehrileh

	A	B	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V
1	Here be the Phonology of the Mery Horde
2		⚠ NOTE: phonemes on the left are voiceless, those on the right are voiced (just for consonants table)
3		Consonants
4		--	Labial		Dental		Alveolar				Retroflex		Post-Alveolar		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
5		--	Labial		Dental		Central		Lateral		Retroflex		Post-Alveolar		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
6		Stop	p	b			t	d							k	g
7		Stop																			IPA Symbol (/Romanization/)
8		Fricative	f	v	θ (/th/)	ð (/vh/)	s	z					ʃ (/sh/)				χ (/ch/)	ʁ (/rh/)	h
9		Fricative
10		Affricate											tʃ (/tsh/)
11		Affricate
12		Nasal		m				n								ŋ (/ng/)
13		Nasal
14		Liquid						r		l				j	ʍ	w
15		Liquid
16									⚠ NOTE: the romanized digraphs (/hw/, /ng/, /sh/, etc) will be distinct from consonant clusters of multiple different phonemes since the latter will be represented with an intervening apostrophe (/n'g/, /t'h/, /t's'h/, etc)
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19		Vowels								Diphthongs
20		--	Front		Central		Back			\/ First Component \/		\/ Second Component \/
21		--	Front		Central		Back			\/ First Component \/		Front			Central			Back
22		Close (High)	ɪ (/ih/)	i			u			Close (High)
23		Close (High)	ɪ (/ih/)	i			u			Close (High)
24		Mid	ɛ (/eh/ or /e/)		ə (/eu/)		ɔ (/o/)			Mid		ɔɪ (/oy/)*	ɛɪ (/ehy/)*
25		Mid	ɛ (/eh/ or /e/)		ə (/eu/)		ɔ (/o/)			Mid		ɔɪ (/oy/)*	ɛɪ (/ehy/)*
26		Open (Low)			a					Open (Low)		aɪ (/ay/)*
27		Open (Low)			a					Open (Low)		aɪ (/ay/)*
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29		Phonotactical Rules:																Sonority Hierarchy - top (most sonorous) to bottom (least)
30		1. The Syllable Structure allows for a maximum of three consonants in the onset of a syllable, one vowel in the nucleus and four consonants in the coda, with the onset being optional and the coda and nucleus being mandatory, (C) (C) C V (C) (C) (C) (C)*																Vowels		[ɪ] [i] [u] [ɛ] [ə] [ɔ] [a]
31		2. All consonants may be used in the onset of a syllable																Semi-vowels		[j] [w]
32		3. All consonants may be used in the coda of a syllable except [ʍ]																Liquids (incl. trills)		[r] [l] [j] [ʍ] [w]
33		4. All vowels may be used in the nucleus of a syllable																Nasals		[m] [n] [ŋ]
34		5. The following sounds may not cluster together in a consonant cluster: [ʍ]																Fricatives		[f] [v] [θ] [ð] [s] [z] [ʃ] [ʒ] [χ] [ʁ] [h]
35		6. Syllables must generally follow the sonority hierarchy in such a way that all onset consonants must increase in sonority as they approach the nucleas, and all consonants in the coda must decrease in sonority from the nucleus on, (C) < (C) < C < V > (C) > (C) > (C) > (C) (rule is to be taken very lightly)																Stops (incl. Affricates)		[p] [b] [t] [d] [k] [g] [tʃ] [dʒ]
36		7. If [ʁ] appears in the adjacaent syllable of a syllable (or in the same one) containing [r], it becomes [r]
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41		* the diphthongs aɪ, ɔɪ and ɛɪ evolved from the letters "ay", "oy" and "ehy" respectively and as such are written with these two letters in mehrileh. only the instances where there was no other vowel behind the "y" letter evolved into the diphthong, other words such as "rha'ya" were and are thereforth written in romanized mehrileh with an apostrophee between the two letters and pronounced like previously
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