Sèćli Phonemes and Orthography
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Phonemes



Consonants



Plosives: /p pʰ b t tʰ d dʱ k kʰ ɡ ɡʱ/ <p ph b t th d dh k kh g gh>
Affricates: /ts tsʰ dz dzʱ tɕ tɕʰ dʑ dʑʱ/ <c ch dz dzh ć ćh dź dźh>
Ffricatives: /s z ɕ ʑ h/ <s z ś ź h>
Nasals: /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ń ñ>
Laterals: /l ʎ/ <ł l>
Trills: /r/ <r>
Approximants: /ʋ ɹ j ɰ/ <v ř j ǧ>

There is allophony between [l ɬ] depending upon whether /l/ follows a voiceless obstruent or not, with [ɬ] after voiceless obstruents and [l] otherwise.

Vowels



Short monophthongs



Close: /i y u/ <i y u>
Mid: /ə/ <e>
Open-mid: /ɛ ɔ/ <è o>
Open: /a ɒ/ <a å>

When after /a/ or /ə/, /i y u/ are written <ï ÿ ü>, and when after /i y u/, /a ə/ is written <ä ë>.

Long monophthongs



Close: /iː yː uː/ <î ŷ û>
Close-mid: /eː øː oː/ <ê œ ô>

Diphthongs



Rising: /i̯a y̯a u̯a i̯e y̯ø u̯o/ <ia ya ua ie yø uo>