Meckelnish language

Phonology

	Labial		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Dorsal
Nasal		m		n				ɲ
Plosive	p	b	t	d			k	g
Affricate			t͡s	d͡z	t͡ʃ	d͡ʒ
Fricative	f	v	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	ç
Lateral Approx.				ɹ				j
Approximant				l				ʎ

	Front		Ctr'l	Back
Close	i	ʏ			u
Close-Mid			ə		o
Open-Mid	ɛ				ɔ̃
Open	a		ɐ	ɑ̃
Diphthongs	au̯   eu̯   ɔi̯

Orthography

Letter	Name	Name (IPA)	Diacritics
A a	a	/a/	Â
B b	bi	/bi/
C c	ca	/t͡sa/
D d	di	/di/
E e	e	/ɛ/	Ê
F f	fi	/fi/
G g	gi	/gi/
H h	hu	/çu/
I i	i	/i/	Ï, Î
L l	elle	/ɛʎə/
M m	em	/ɛm/
N n	en	/ɛn/
O o	o	/o/	Ô
P p	pi	/pi/
Q q	qi	/qi/
R r	erre	/ɛjə/
S s	si	/si/
T t	ti	/ti/
U u	u	/u/	Ü, Û
V v	vi	/vi/
Y y	y	/ʏ/	Ŷ
Z z	zi	/zi/

Sound to spelling correspondences

Spelling		Major value (IPA)	Examples	Minor value (IPA)	Notes
a	elsewhere	/a/		/ɐ/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
	before nasal consonant	/ɑ̃/
au		/au̯/
aü		/a.u/		/ɐ.u/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
b	elsewhere	/b/
	before voiceless consonant	/p/
	after nasal consonant	Ø
	after nasal consonant, before vowel	/v/
c	elsewhere	/t͡s/
	after voiced consonant	/d͡z/
ch	elsewhere	/t͡ʃ/
	after voiced consonant	/d͡ʒ/
d	elsewhere	/d/
	before voiceless consonant	/t/
dz	elsewhere	/d͡z/
	before voiceless consonant	/t͡s/
dzh	elsewhere	/d͡ʒ/
	before voiceless consonant	/t͡ʃ/
e		/ɛ/		/ə/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
eu		/eu̯/
eü		/ɛ.u/		/ə.u/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
f	elsewhere	/f/
	before/after r, l between vowels	/v/
g	elsewhere	/g/
	before voiceless consonant	/k/
	after nasal consonant	Ø
gn		/ɲ/
h	initially before i, u, y	/ç/
	elsewhere	Ø
i, ï		/i/
l		/l/
ll		/ʎ/			Occurs only between vowels
m		/m/
n		/n/
o	elsewhere	/o/
	before nasal consonant	/ɔ̃/
oi		/ɔi̯/
oï		/o.i/
p	elsewhere	/p/
	before/after r, l between vowels	/b/
q	elsewhere	/k/
	before/after r, l between vowels	/g/
r		/ɹ/
rr		/j/			Occurs only between vowels
s	elsewhere	/s/
	after voiced consonant	/z/
sh	elsewhere	/ʃ/
	after voiced consonant	/ʒ/
t	elsewhere	/t/
	before/after r, l between vowels	/d/
u, ü		/u/
v		/v/
y		/ʏ/		/ə/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
z		/z/
zh		/ʒ/