Early Noldorin Phonetics

Phonemes


diphthongs [ai] [au] [ei] [io] [ui]
others [b] [d] [g] [ī] [k] [p] [t] [ū]

Phonetic Groups

Phonetic Rules

[ei] became [ai] or [ui] [ei] > [ai|ui]
[eu], [iu] became [io] [{eu|iu}] > [io]
final [lð] became [lt] [-lð] > [-lt]
initial [p] often became [h] [p-] > [h-]
initial [r-], [l-] were unvoiced [{lr}-] > [{l̥r̥}-]
initial [s] often became [h] [p-] > [s-]
initial [w], [j] became [gw], [dj] [w-|j-] > [gʷ-|dj-]
[j] became [i] after a vowel [ij] > [ī]
labialized velars became labials [] > []
non-initial [m] usually became [v] [Xm|m{mbp}] > [Xv|m{mbp}]
[oi] became [ui] [oi] > [ui]
[ou] became [au] [ou] > [au]
voiced stops became spirants after vowels [V{bdg}] > [V{vðɣ}]
voiceless stops voiced after vowels [V{ptk}|{pk}θ] > [V{bdg}|{pk}θ]
[v] vanished after [u] finally and before [i] [-uv|uvi] > [-u|ui]
[w] became [u] after a vowel [uw] > [ū]

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