PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ===================== Wordset from the article: svern ghent thrae vur/ver baeshra litrix svent vignar garurt waeth vargach vorel aujir ghoros zara vhir unsinti turalisj vutha rhyisj iejir ulhar vaex valignat sveargith maurg durah shar waere athear ierikc sunathear gix rach rhyvos faessi thurgix vaeri korth sverak kear loex urathear kothar loreat gixustrat darastrix tundar edar vaecaesin levex irlym malsvir sauriv karif haurach lauth ixen osvith austrat achthend ihk caesin hurthi thurirl kethend majak terunt gethrisj aurix bensvelk achuak rauhiss jhank dartak irisv okarthel munthrek sjek persvek usk svent maekrix arcaniss sthyr throden rhyaex verthicha ominak leirith thurkear thric thur ghontix shafaer ir usv ghik martivir thadarsh ux oposs charir ssifisv sjir irthos ocuir sjach orn molik kurik kosj othokent zyak hysvear miirik vorastrix renthisj ner isk vyth ternesj pok kepesk versvesh pothoc caex clax ukris virlym erekess ekess earenk ossalur rasvim oth nurh kaegro onureth arux vivex tuor aryte hesjing yth noach laraek aussir mrith levethix aesthyr grovisv eorikc yrev axun sjerit wux Other apparently-official words: vaess turasjir tibur frahr frahraek vrak darss darastrixethe ux-Bahamuti turalisjth darasv pok ioth strix irthir petisse yor nainarya munth loerchik versel ssearth lorsvek troth geth veschik ssissth bejik faestir kosjth ssej fintir tiathar lexi arcath nur- arytiss thul lex The following may be digraphs? sv gh th sh gn ch vh sj rh lh kc ss rl jh ng The following are odd combinations but probably not digraphs: hk sth mr rl The following vowel combinations could be digraphs but probably aren't: au ai ie io ei ii Guessing pronunciations... a [a], or [ɑ] before [ɹ] ae [æ] b [b] c [kʷ] ch [x] d [d] e [e] or [ɛ]; when followed by or , it's instead pronounced as f [f] g [g] gh [ɣ] gn [ɲ] h [h] (but also seems to be a frequent modifier character?) i [ɪ] or sometimes [i]; [j] when word-initially and followed by a vowel j [ʒ]; word-initially, it's [dʒ]. jh [ʝ] k [k] kc [kx] l [l] lh [ɬ] m [m] n [n] ng [ŋ] nk [ŋk] o [o] oe [ɘ] p [p] q [q] (does not appear in this sample) r [ɹ] rh [ʀ] s [s] ss [sː] sj [ç] sv [sʷ] sh [ʃ] t [t] th [θ] u [u] v [v] vh [ʍ] w [w] x [ks] y [ai], or [j] between vowels or word-initially before a vowel z [z] Notes: - Doubling a vowel probably lengthens it. - is [ai] while is probably more like [a.ˈi], with a syllable boundary and stressed [i] Consonants Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal Plosive p b t d k g q ʔ Fricative f v θ s z ɬ ʃ ʒ ç ʝ x ɣ h Affricate kx Trill ʀ Nasal m n ɲ ŋ Approx ʍ w l ɹ Other kʷ sː sʷ ks Vowels i ɪ u e ɘ o a æ Other letters/digraphs not found in the core Dragon Magazine vocabulary: kh [kʰ] ph [pʰ] qh [qʰ] tt [tʰ] ' [ʔ]