~Kerli
Introduction goes here.
Sounds
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alv | Retr | Pal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | |||
| c z [ts dz] | ||||||
| Fric | f | þ ð | s | š | h | |
| Nas | m | n | ṇ | nj | ŋ | |
| lat | l | |||||
| lat fric | ḷ ḷv | |||||
| approx | v [ʋ] | j | ğ [ɰ] |
Ḷv is /ɬʷ/, phonemically distinct from ḷ /ɬ/. Nj and ŋ are in truth positional variants of the same phoneme before front and back vowels respectively, but were distinguished graphemically in the alphabet adapted from the Čal.
Vowels
| i í y | u | |
| e é | o ó | ĺ ŕ |
| a á | ḿ ń |
Diphthongs
| ei | éu | eẏ | eğ~eá |
| ai | áu | aẏ | oğ~oá |
| ou |
Morphophonology
l-stem — words whose stem-final u become l before a vowel-initial suffix.
h-stem — words in which an otherwise-elided final h reappears before a vowel-initial suffix.