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Grammar

Provisional Inventory

Note: IPA transcriptions are based on the pronunciations of the primary linguistic correspondent. This inventory is therefore provisional, such that it is specific to this dictionary and is subject to change. 

ROMANIZATION                  IPA 
Vowels 
a/a/
ae/æ/
ai/aj/
aw/aw/
E/ə/
e/ɯ/
ei/ɯj/
ew/əɔ/
i/i/
o/ɔ/
oe/œ/
oi/oj/
u/u/
ui/uj/
wfollowing consonant → /◌ʷ/
everywhere else → /w/
yfollowing consonant → /◌ʲ/
everywhere else → /j/
ya/ja/ 
yaw/jaw/
ye/jə/
yew/jəw/
yo/jo/
yoe/jœ/
yu/jy/
ywa/ɥa/
  
Consonants 
b/b/
cpreceding /i/ → /tɕ/
everywhere else → /ʈʂ/
d/d/
dz/ts/
f/f/
g/g/
G/ɢ/
h/χ/
jpreceding /i/ → /dʒ/
everywhere else → /ɖʐ/
k/k/
lpreceding consonant → /l/
everywhere else → /ɹ/
m/m/
n/n/
N/ŋ/
p/p/
q/q/
R/ʁ/
r/r/
spreceding /i/ → /ɕ/
everywhere else → /s/
t/t/
ts /tsʰ/
V/ɣ/
v/v/
x/x/
X/ʂ/
Z/ʐ/
zpreceding /i/ → /ʑ/
everywhere else → /z/