Telerin Phonetics

Phonemes


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Phonetic Rules

aspirates became voiceless spirants [{ptk}ʰ] > [{ɸθx}]
aspirates became voiceless stops after voiceless stops [{ptk}tʰ] > [{ptk}t]
[ę̄], [ǭ] became [ā] [ę̄|ǭ] > [ā]
initial [ɣ] became [h] [ɣ-] > [h-]
initial nasalized voiced stops became stops [mb-|nd-|ŋg-] > [b-|d-|g-]
initial [ŋ] vanishes [ŋ-] > [ø-]
initial [sm], [sn] became nasals [m], [n] [sm-|sn-] > [m-|n-]
initial [w] became [v] [w-] > [v-]
[mt], [md] became [mpt] [m{td}] > [mpt]
palatalized velars became dentals [{kkʰgŋ}j-|ŋgj-] > [{ttʰdn}-|nd-]
[s] medially between vowels became [z] [VsV] > [VzV]
[z] became [ɾ] [z] > [ɾ]
[z] vanished before [d] lengthening preceding vowel [Vzd] > [V̄d]
[ɾ] became [r] [ɾ] > [r]

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