Qoliet [QOL]
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Qoliet
kˤulyetˤe [quljɛt̃ˤɛ]*
Qolietkˤulyetˤe [quljɛt̃ˤɛ]*
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Human/humanoid
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ1 | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p p̃ˤ | b b̃ˤ | t t̃ˤ | d2 d̃ˤ | k3 | g4 | q | ʔ ʔ̃ˤ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | s s̃ˤ | z z̃ˤ [z̩]5 | (ʃ) | ʒ ʒ̃ˤ | [ʝ]6 | x | ħ̃7 | ʕ̃8 | ɦ | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡s̃ˤ | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ̃ˤ9 | [k͡x̠]10 | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Implosive | [ʛ]11 | |||||||||||||||||
- realization g̃ˤ and j̃ˤ
- dental; alveolar before /l/, making a potentially phonemic lateral series (i.e. /dˡ/)
- voiceless consonants not aspirated
- series may be palatalized before j (/gj/ → [ɟ] or [gʲ])
- sometimes in coda position, given it's the only non-sonorant that appears there, allophone of /z/
- anywhere, especially before /i/, allophone of /j/
- ħ~h̃ depending on dialect; analyzed as the nasalized counterpart to /x/
- may be considered the nasalized counterpart to /ɦ/
- devoiced in front-nasal dialect
- front-nasal dialectal variation, allophone of /q/
- Most prominently after /a/; may be epiglottal, allophone of /ʔ̃ˤ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Close-mid | [o]1 [o:]2 | |||||
| Mid | [ə]3 | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | |||||
| Open | a a: | [ɑ]4 [ɑ:]5 | ||||
| Polyphthongs | [əɪ]6 |
- after nasalized consonants, allophone of /u/
- frequent after nasalized consonants, allophone of /u:/
- free variation after unnasalized consonants, allophone of /a/
- after nasalized consonants, allophone of /a/
- after nasalized consonants, allophone of /a:/
- after nasalized consonants, allophone of /i/
Syllable Structure(C)(l/N)V(n/m/l/z), where (N) indicates a nasalized series that can not be followed by /l/.
The exceptions are /n/, which replaces /l/ after /ʒ/ and /t͡ʃ/,
and glottal consonants, which cannot follow nor be followed by another consonant.
All syllables must start with an onset.
The exceptions are /n/, which replaces /l/ after /ʒ/ and /t͡ʃ/,
and glottal consonants, which cannot follow nor be followed by another consonant.
All syllables must start with an onset.
Stress informationThe first instance of the longest syllable. If all syllables are the same length, the first syllable.
Exceptions apply.
Exceptions apply.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Qoliet. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 QolietOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| '// | -/ʔ/ | -ˤ/ʔ̃ˤ/, [ʛ]1 | Aa/a/, [ɑ]2, [ə]3 | AA aa/a:/, [ɑ:]4 | Bb/b/ | Bˤ bˤ/b̃ˤ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/5 | Dˤ dˤ/d̃ˤ/ | Ee/ɛ/ |
| EE ee/ɛ:/ | Gg/g/6 | Hh/ɦ/ | Hˤ hˤ/ħ̃/7 | Ii/i/, [əɪ]8 | II ii/i:/ | Jˤ jˤ/d͡ʒ̃ˤ/9 | Kk/k/10 | Kˤ kˤ/q/, [k͡x̠]11 | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/12 | Pp/p/ | Pˤ pˤ/p̃ˤ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/13 | Sˤ sˤ/s̃ˤ/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TSˤ tsˤ/t͡s̃ˤ/ | Tˤ tˤ/t̃ˤ/ |
| Uu/u/, [o]14 | UU uu/u:/, [o:]15 | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/, [z̩]16 | ZH zh/ʒ/ | ZHˤ zhˤ/ʒ̃ˤ/ | Zˤ zˤ/z̃ˤ/ | ʕ/ʕ̃/17 | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- Most prominently after /a/; may be epiglottal
- after nasalized consonants
- free variation after unnasalized consonants
- after nasalized consonants
- dental; alveolar before /l/, making a potentially phonemic lateral series (i.e. /dˡ/)
- series may be palatalized before j (/gj/ → [ɟ] or [gʲ])
- ħ~h̃ depending on dialect; analyzed as the nasalized counterpart to /x/
- after nasalized consonants
- devoiced in front-nasal dialect
- voiceless consonants not aspirated
- front-nasal dialectal variation
- realization g̃ˤ and j̃ˤ
- loan words only
- after nasalized consonants
- frequent after nasalized consonants
- sometimes in coda position, given it's the only non-sonorant that appears there
- may be considered the nasalized counterpart to /ɦ/
