Okyyryn Pronunciation

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Consonants

  bilabial dental alveolar postalv. palatal uvular
plosive b (B)   t (T) / d (D)     q (K)
fricative   ð (DH) s (S) Ê’ (SH)   χ
clusters       ʃx (SX)    
approximant w (W)       j (J)  
lat. approx.           É« (L)


Vowels

  front
unrounded
front
rounded
back
unrounded
back
rounded
close i (Y) y (U)   uË? (YY)
close-mid   ø (Ö) ɤË? (OO) o (O)


Remarks

  • All of those vowels may be nasal.
  • Nasal O is pronounced Å©.
  • i (Y) does not occur at the beginning of a word. It became y (U).
  • Okyyryn has "nasal harmony": Either all vowels in a word are nasal, or they are all oral.
  • Nasal words are written with an N at the end.
  • "Okyyryn" is actually pronounced [õqÅ©Ë?ðĩ].
  • These are only transcription. Okyyryn uses the Kooton alphabet.
  • "Kooton" is actually pronounced [q̃ɤË?tõ].


  1. Introduction
  2. History
  3. Pronunciation
  4. Alphabet
  5. Nouns
  6. Verbs
  7. Pronouns
  8. Derivational Morphology
  9. Word Order
  10. Complex Phrases
  11. Vocabulary
  12. Sample Text

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