Jel
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Phonology
Consonants
Consonants carry an inherent schwa that is deleted when the consonant may be analyzed in coda position, or when followed by a nuclear vowel.
p t k b d th s z sh j h w r y l ch x
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosives | Voiceless | p ‹p› | t ‹t› | k ‹k› | q ‹q› | ||||
| Voiced | b ‹b› | d ‹d› | g ‹g› | ||||||
| Fricatives | Voiceless | θ ‹th› | s ‹s› | ʃ ‹sh› | h ‹h› | ||||
| Voiced | z ‹z› | ʒ ‹j› | |||||||
| Nasals | m ‹m› | n ‹n› | |||||||
| Approximants | ɹ ‹r› | j ‹y› | w ‹w› | ||||||
| Laterals | ɫ ‹l› | ||||||||
| Affricates | ts ‹ts› | tʃ ‹ch› | ks ‹x› | ||||||
/x/ → [s] → [z] / #_ /ʒ/ → [dʒ] / #_
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | ɪ ‹i› i(ː) ‹ee› |
ʉ ‹u› | u(ː) ‹oo› |
| Mid-High | e ‹ei› | ||
| Mid-Low | ɛ ‹e› | ɔ ‹o› | |
| Low | a~æ ‹a› | ||
Jel seems to lack diphthongs, although may have vowel progressions such as ‹ao› /æɔ/.
