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Jaguar 6 has an unusual phonology.
The tables show the relevent phonetic symbols (in IPA) with the
corresponding orthographic (romanization) symbols.
Jaguar 6 is written using 33 letters:
a á å â æ ǽ
b ç d e é
f g h i í
j m n ŋ o ó ø ǿ
q r s u ú
v x y z
— c k l p t w aren't used.
In the following tables, an asterisk * indicates that the letter is used for more than one sound.
There are 8 oral vowels with 2 tones each and 5 nasal vowels.
front | central | back | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
high | i˨ i˦ | i* í |
- | - | - | u˨ u˦ | u* ú | |||||||||
high-mid | - | e˨ ø˨ e˦ ø˦ |
e* ø é ǿ |
- | - | - | o˨ o˦ | o* ó |
- | |||||||
mid | - | ə˨ ə˦ | a* á |
- | ||||||||||||
low-mid | - | ɛ˨ ɛ˦ |
æ ǽ |
- | - | - | ||||||||||
low | - | - | ɑ˨ ɑ˦ | å â |
- |
front | central | back | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
high | ĩ | i* | - | - | - | ũ | u* | |||||||||
mid | - | ə̃ | o* | - | ||||||||||||
low-mid | - | ɛ̃ | e* | - | - | - | ||||||||||
low | - | - | ɑ̃ | a* | - |
There are 21 consonant phones for 9 consonants.
labial | coronal | dorsal | guttural | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
stop | voiced | b | b | - | - | d | d | - | - | g | g | - | - | ||||||||
voiceless | p | - | - | t | - | - | k | - | ʔ | ||||||||||||
fricative | voiceless | - | f | f | - | s | s | ʃ | x | ç | ç | - | χ | q | - |
labial | coronal | dorsal | guttural | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nasal | voiced | m | m | - | - | n | n | - | - | ŋ | ŋ | - | ɴ | h | - | ||||||
fricative | voiced | - | v | v | - | z | z | ʒ | y | ʝ | j | - | - | ||||||||
rhotic | voiced | - | - | - | ʀ | r | - |
An epiglottal trill may occur for r.
Words are formed using sequences of V(C) units plus an initial C. Each unit is either nasal or oral, with the consonant allophone depending on the quality of the vowel.
Initial [ʔə˨] is generally deleted.
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