Juliscan Phonology

Fonologu Iuliscanu

    Juliscan has 26 phonemes, and is written with an alphabet of 21 characters. Those omitted from the Roman alphabet are j, k, v, w, and y. Polygraphs in Juliscan include the digraphs ch, cc, gi, ni, and one trigraph, chi. 
Consonants
Labials Alveolars Palatals Velars Glottals
Nasals m n J (N)
Plosives p   b t   d k   g
Affricates ts tS   dZ ks
Fricatives f s S x h
Approximants r j
Laterals l
Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
Diphthongs
Advancing Retreating
Rising ai   oi ei eu   au
ui eo
Falling
Orthographic Realisation Environment Phoneme Phonetic Realisation Environment
|p| initial, medial, final /p/ [p] initial, medial, final
|t| initial, medial, final /t/ [t] initial, medial, final
|q| initial /k/ [k] initial, medial, final, never preceeding /i/
|c| medial, final, never preceeding |i|, |h|, nor part of |cc|, initial only if followed by consonant
|b| initial, medial, final /b/ [b] initial, medial, final
|d| initial, medial, final /d/ [d] initial, medial, final
|g| initial, medial, never preceeding |i| /g/ [g] initial, medial, never preceeding /i/
|f| initial, medial, final /f/ [f] initial, medial, final
|s| initial, medial, final /s/ [s] initial, medial, final
|chi| initial, medial /S/ [S], [C] initial, medial
|ch| initial, medial, only preceeding /i/
|ch| initial, medial, never preceeding |i| /x/ [x], [X] initial, never preceeding /i/
[x], [X], [h] medial, never preceeding /i/
|h| initial, only in stressed syllables /h/ [h] initial, only in stressed syllables
|z| initial, medial, final /ts/ [ts] initial, medial, final
|c| initial, never followed by consonant /tS/ [tS] initial, medial
|cc| medial
|x| initial, medial, final /ks/ [ks] initial, medial, final
|gi| initial, medial /dZ/ [dZ] initial, medial
|g| initial, medial, only preceeding /i/
|m| initial, medial, final /m/ [m] initial, medial, final
|n| initial, medial, final, never preceeding |i| /n/ [n] initial, medial, final, not preceeding /i/, /k/, /ks/, or /g/
[N] medial, only preceeding /k/, /ks/, or /g/
|ni| initial, medial /J/ [J] initial, medial
|n| initial, medial, only preceeding /i/
|r| initial, medial, final /r/ [r\], [r\'] initial, medial, final
|l| initial, medial, not preceeding consonants /l/ [l] initial, medial, not preceeding consonants
|i| initial, medial, only followed by a vowel /j/ [j] initial, medial, only followed by a vowel
|i| initial, medial, final, never followed by a vowel, never between |n| and a vowel, nor between |g| and a vowel, nor between |ch| and a vowel /i/ [i] initial, medial, final, never followed by a vowel, only in stressed syllables, or final
[I], [i] initial, medial, never followed by a vowel, only in unstressed syllables
|e| initial, medial, final, never followed by |r| in unstressed syllable /e/ [E] initial, medial, never followed by /r/ in unstressed syllable
[e], [E] final, never followed by /r/ in unstressed syllable
|a| initial, medial, final /a/ [a] initial, medial, final
|o| initial, medial, final /o/ [O] initial, medial, final
|u| initial, medial, final /u/ [u] initial, medial, final
|er| initial, medial, final, only in unstressed syllables /r=/* [r\=], [r\'=] initial, medial, final, only in unstressed syllables
Permitted Onsets
Orthography Phonemic Realisation
b- /b/
bi- /bj/
bl- /bl/
br- /br/
c- (cc- medial) /tS/
ch- /x/
chi- /S/
chl- /xl/
chr- /xr/
cl- /kl/
cr- /kr/
d- /d/
di- /dj/
f- /f/
fi- /fj/
fl- /fl/
fr- /fr/
g- /g/
gi- /dZ/
gl- /gl/
gr- /gr/
h- /h/
i- /j/
l- /l/
m- /m/
mi- /mj/
n- /n/
ni- /J/
p- /p/
pi- /pj/
pl- /pl/
pr- /pr/
q- (c- medial) /k/
r- /r/
s- /s/
sc- /sk/
scl- /skl/
scr- /skr/
sl- /sl/
sm- /sm/
sp- /sp/
spl- ?
spr- ?
st- /st/
str- /str/
t- /t/
tr- /tr/
x- /ks/
z- /ts/
Permitted Nuclei
Orthography Phonemic Realisation
a /a/
ai /ai/
au /au/
e /E/
ei /Ei/
eo /EO/
eu /Eu/
i /i/
o /O/
oi /Oi/
u /u/
ui /ui/
er /r=/
Permitted Codas
Orthography Phonemic Realisation
-b /b/
-c /k/
-ch /x/
-chs /xs/
-cht /xt/
-ct /kt/
-d /d/
-f /f/
-fs /fs/
-ft /ft/
-m /m/
-mf /mf/
-n /n/ (/N/)
-nc /Nk/
-nct /Nkt/
-nt /nt/
-nx /Nks/
-nz /nts/
-p /p/
-ps /ps/
-pt /pt/
-r /r/
-rc /rk/
-rct /rkt/
-rm /rm/
-rs /rs/
-rt /rt/
-rx /rks/
-rz /rts/
-s /s/
-sc /sk/
-sp /sp/
-st /st/
-t /t/
-x /ks/
-z /ts/
*Not a distinct phoneme
Different phonetic realisations seperated by commas denote allophones in free variation.
Phonetic representations on this page are made using X-SAMPA.
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