Derrae: Pronunciation

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Contents 1 Consonants 1.1 Consonantal Groups 1.2 Strength 2 Vowels

Consonants

There are 17 consonants, each having a partuicular sound depending on the context:

Letter	Sounds
P p	p
B b	b	After a nasal sound: p At the end of words: p
M m	m	Between vowels: mb
F f	f
V v	v	At the end of words: f
T t	t
D d	d	After a nasal sound: t
N n	n	Between vowels: nd Before c or g: ŋ
Th th	θ
Dh dh	ð
S s	s	Between vowels: ʃ At the end of words: ʃ
Z z	z	Between vowels: ʒ At the end of words: ʒ
L l	l
R r	ɾ
C c	k
G g	g	After a nasal sound: k
H h	h

Consonantal Groups

Inside a word, there are some restrctions about consonants fllowing other consonants. Thus, some rules apply here. The presented groups are premitted inside a word:

• p + {f, s, l, r}
• b + {l, r}
• m + {p, b, n, l}
• f + {p, b, l, r}
• t + {th, s, l, r}
• d + {v, l, r}
• n + {m, t, d, s, c, g}
• s + {p, b, m, t, d, n, l, c, g}
• l + {p, b, m, f, v, t, d, n, s, z, c}
• r + {p, b, m, f, v, t, d, n, th, dh, s, z, l, c, g}
• c + {v, s, l, r}
• g + {l, r}
• h + {p, m, t, n, c}

Besides that, consonants may also be doubled inside a word.

Strength

Each consonant is part of one of three sequencies of strength. This is useful to form the future tense of the verb.

Weekest						Strongest
F, V			M			B			P
N			D			T, S			Th
H				G				C

The letters Z, Dh, L, and R do not have a specific strength.

Vowels