Tej/Phonology

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants

Stops

b	/b/
p	/p/
d	/d/
t	/t/
g	/g/
k	/k/
'	/ʔ/

Fricatives/Affricates

v	/v/
f	/f/
z	/z/
s	/s/
sh	/ʃ/
j	/ʒ/ or /ʤ/
ch	/ʧ/
kh	/x/

Other

l	/l/
r	/ɾ/

Vowels

ee	/iː/
a	/ɑ/
i	/ɪ/
ei	/eː/
e	/ɛ/
o	/oʊ/
u	/uː/
@	/æ/
ai	/aɪ/
au	/aʊ/

Notes:

• a can be realized as [ɔ]
• At the end of a word, a is pronounced [ə]
• At the end of a word, i is pronounced [iː]

Sound Changes

• æ -> e /_ŋ
• ɪ -> i /_ŋ
• ɛ -> eɪ /_g
• {æ,e} -> ɛ / _ɹ
• ɑ -> ɔ
• æ -> ɑ
• ɛ -> æ
• ɪ -> ɛ
• ʌ -> ɛ
• ʊ -> ʌ

• θ -> s
• ð -> z
• ŋ -> n / _#
• dʒ -> ʒ / !($_)
• j -> ʒ / $_
• tʃ -> ʃ / !($_)
• s -> z / [+voice]_
• ɹ -> / {V_#,V_C}
• [+stop] -> / N_