Niwa Constructed Language

Niwa Phonology

Consonant and Vowel Symbols

For each trio, the 1st column represents the historical phoneme, the 2nd column the orthographic symbol, and the 3rd column the phonetic symbol in QAPA.

Vowel Symbols
Front Central Back

High /i/ i i

Mid-high /o/ o o

Mid-low /e/ e E

Low /a/ a A\

Vowel Symbols
	Front	Central	Back
High	/i/	i	i
Mid-high			/o/	o	o
Mid-low	/e/	e	E
Low		/a/	a	A\

The diphthongs are ay [ai], aw [au], and oy [Oi].

Consonant Symbols
Labial Coronal Dorsal Guttural

Stop Ejective p p p' - t t t' - - k k k' - -

V'celess p - t - - k - ' ' ?

Voiced b b - * d d - - g g - -

Flap Voiced - - r r 4 - - - - -

Trill Voiced - - r - - - - -

Affricate V'celess - - - c c t$) - - - -

Voiced - - - d*) - - - -

Fricative V'celess - f f f s s s x x $ - - q q X f h h

Nasal Voiced m m m - n n n - - n n N - -

Approximant w w w - l l l - y y j - - -

Consonant Symbols
	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal	Guttural
Stop	Ejective	p	p	p'	-	t	t	t'	-	-	k	k	k'	-	-
V'celess	p	-	t	-	-	k	-	'	'	?
Voiced	b	b	-	*	d	d	-	-	g	g	-	-
Flap	Voiced	-	-	r	r	4	-	-	-	-	-
Trill	Voiced	-	-	r	-	-	-	-	-
Affricate	V'celess	-	-	-	c	c	t$)	-	-	-	-
Voiced	-	-	-	d*)	-	-	-	-
Fricative	V'celess	-	f	f	f	s	s	s	x	x	$	-	-	q	q	X	f	h	h
Nasal	Voiced	m	m	m	-	n	n	n	-	-	n	n	N	-	-
Approximant	w	w	w	-	l	l	l	-	y	y	j	-	-	-

The fricatives f and h are complementary, with h before V and f otherwise.
The voiced affricate occurs between vowels and the voiceless otherwise.
The ejectives occur before consonants, the voiced stops occur between vowels, and the voiceless stops occur otherwise.
* When d alternates with r, it occurs only after n, l, or initially.

Syllables and Prosody

A syllable is either (C)V, (C)VV, or (C)VC. A coda consonant can be any historical phoneme except /y/, /w/, or /'/.

Accent is one of stress.

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current date: 2010.Dec.12 Sun
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