Sifte [SIF]
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Sifte
Sifte [sɪftə]*
SifteSifte [sɪftə]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of SifteCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k kʰ | g | q | ʔ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | ɣ | χ | ʕ | ɦ | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s [t͡sʰ]1 | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l]2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /t͡ʃʰ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i: | (y:)1 | u: | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ʊ | |||||||
| Close-mid | ɵ2 | |||||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɔ: | |||||||||
| Open | ɑ: | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | oi | əu | əi |
- /y:/ occurs mostly in loanwords, and is only sometimes distinguished from /əu/
- Not reliably distinguished from /ə/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sifte. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SifteOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa aa/ɑ:/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Čh čh/t͡ʃʰ/ | Dd/ð/ | Ee/ə/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/ɦ/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Kk/k/ | Kh kh/kʰ/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Oo/ɵ/1 | Oo oo/ɔ:/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Ts ts/t͡s/ | Uu/ʊ/ |
| Üü/ʏ/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Xx/ç/ | X̌ x̌/χ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʒ/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | Jj/ʕ/ | Ɣɣ/ɣ/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
- Not reliably distinguished from /ə/
