2. Phonetics & Phonology

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This chapter contains the basic phonology of the Ancient Language.


2.1 Phonetics


2.1.1 Consonants

The ancient language has a consonant inventory consisting of 23 consonants. It has six plosive phonemes, of which the /p/ is very rare word-initially. It occurs in the the word pömnuria, which is the formal possessive pronoun. The /b/ does not occur between vowels. the sibilant /s̺/ only occurs when followed by /il/, otherwise it will show as an /s/. The following 23 consonants exist in the Ancient Language.


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