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'''Notes''' | '''Notes''' | ||
* Unlike Federation Standard, Denobulan doesn't aspirize its voiceless plosives. However, in some non-native dialects aspirization can be found. | * Unlike Federation Standard, Denobulan doesn't aspirize its voiceless plosives. However, in some non-native dialects aspirization can be found. | ||
* The pre-nasalized plosives [ⁿd] and [ᵑg] are relics of Denobulan's proto-language and can only be found word-initially nowadays. Second language speakers often struggle pronouncing these two phonemes. | * The pre-nasalized plosives [ⁿd] and [ᵑg] are relics of Denobulan's proto-language and can only be found word-initially nowadays. Second language speakers often struggle pronouncing these two phonemes. | ||
* The affricates [t͡s] and [d͡z] are often pronounced as the palato-alveolar affricate [t͡ʃ] and [d͡ʒ] due to Federation Standard influences. | * The affricates [t͡s] and [d͡z] are often pronounced as the palato-alveolar affricate [t͡ʃ] and [d͡ʒ] due to Federation Standard influences. | ||
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| style="text-align: center;" | [l] | | style="text-align: center;" | [l] | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | l | | style="text-align: center;" | l | ||
| As in "<u>L</u> | | As in "<u>L</u>atinum". | ||
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| style="text-align: center;" | [ĭ] | | style="text-align: center;" | [ĭ] | ||
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* All plosives, excluding the glottal stop, and all fricatives, excluding the glottal fricative, can be followed by the alveolar approximant [ɹ]. | * All plosives, excluding the glottal stop, and all fricatives, excluding the glottal fricative, can be followed by the alveolar approximant [ɹ]. | ||
* All fricatives, excluding the glottal fricative, can be followed by the alveolar lateral approximant [l]. | * All fricatives, excluding the glottal fricative, can be followed by the alveolar lateral approximant [l]. | ||
* All voiceless plosives can be followed by a glottal stop. | * All voiceless plosives, nasals and approximants can be followed by a glottal stop. Often, a schwa is insterted between the consonant and the glottal stop. | ||
====Nucleus==== | ====Nucleus==== | ||
All nine vowels of Denobulan are allowed in the nucleus. There are no diphthongs in Denobulan, so only one vowel per syllable. There is a form of vowel doubling, though. These only occur for [ä] and [u] and are written as "aa" and "uu" respectively. The first vowel is always a long vowel, followed by the short form of the vowel. The two vowels have a glottal stop in between them, meaning they are two different syllables. | All nine vowels of Denobulan are allowed in the nucleus. There are no diphthongs in Denobulan, so only one vowel per syllable. There is a form of vowel doubling, though. These only occur for [ä] and [u] and are written as "aa" and "uu" respectively. The first vowel is always a long vowel, followed by the short form of the vowel. The two vowels have a glottal stop in between them, meaning they are two different syllables. | ||
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The glottal stop, which can be placed above vowels and voiceless plosives, are marked with a small circle above the letter. The prenasalized plosives «n'd» and «n'g» are written as {{Denobulan|n-d}} and {{Denobulan|n-g}} respectively, with the 'glottal dot' ''below'' the letter, even though there is no true glottal stop. For the vowel doubling talked about [[#Nucleus|earlier]], one simply types the vowel to be doubled followed and the glottal dot above it. The second, doubled, vowel is left out. So, «aa» and «uu» are written as {{Denobulan|a-}} and {{Denobulan|u-}}. | The glottal stop, which can be placed above vowels and voiceless plosives, are marked with a small circle above or below the letter, it's above vowels and most consonants but below the consonants which have a circle in the top spot already. The prenasalized plosives «n'd» and «n'g» are written as {{Denobulan|n-d}} and {{Denobulan|n-g}} respectively, with the 'glottal dot' ''below'' the letter, even though there is no true glottal stop. For the vowel doubling talked about [[#Nucleus|earlier]], one simply types the vowel to be doubled followed and the glottal dot above it. The second, doubled, vowel is left out. So, «aa» and «uu» are written as {{Denobulan|a-}} and {{Denobulan|u-}}. | ||
'''''Note:''' The script is supported on the wiki. Type in it by using ''<nowiki>{{Denobulan|textgoeshere|size=xx}}</nowiki>''. For more info about the font, go to [[Template:Denobulan|the template's page]]. | '''''Note:''' The script is supported on the wiki. Type in it by using ''<nowiki>{{Denobulan|textgoeshere|size=xx}}</nowiki>''. For more info about the font, go to [[Template:Denobulan|the template's page]]. | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||