Thote Phonology and Orthography
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Thote Phonology and Orthography



Thote has the following vowels:

/a e i o u aʳ iʳ uʳ/ <a e i o u ar ir ur>

Low tone is left unmarked as /a˨ e˨ i˨ o˨ u˨ aʳ˨ iʳ˨ uʳ˨/ <a e i o u ar ir ur>.

High tone is marked as /a˦ e˦ i˦ o˦ u˦ aʳ˦ iʳ˦ uʳ˦/ <á é í ó ú ár ír úr>.

Thote has the following consonants:

/p t k/ <p t k>
/pʰ tʰ kʰ/ <ph th kh>
/b d ɡ/ <b d g>
/ts tʂ tɕ/ <ts tr c>
/tsʰ tʂʰ tɕʰ/ <tsh trh ch>
/dz dʐ dʑ/ <dz dr j>
/s ɬ ʂ ɕ h/ <s lh sr sy h>
/z ʑ/ <z zy>
/m n ɳ ɲ ŋ/ <m n nr ny ng>
/r l/ <r l>
/w j/ <w y>

/r/ is realized as [ɾ].

Syllables have the structure of <(initial) vowel (final)>.

All consonants can be initials.

The following consonants can be finals:

/p t ts k s m n ŋ w j/ <p t ts k s m n ng w y>

/p t ts k/ are realized in finals as [ʔp̚ ʔt̚ ʔts ʔk̚].