The Sakha language/Phonology and alphabet
Appearance
Consonants
[edit | edit source]Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | ||
Plosive | Voiceless | /p/ | /t/ | /c͡ç/ | /k/ | |
Voiced | /b/ | /d/ | /ɟ͡ʝ/ | /ɡ/ | ||
Fricative | Voiceless | /s/ | /x/ | /h/ | ||
Voiced | /ɣ/ | |||||
Approximants | Plain | /l/ | /j/ | |||
Nasalized | /j̃/ | |||||
Flap | /ɾ/ |
Letter | IPA pronunciation | Closest approximation | |
---|---|---|---|
Latin | Cyrillic | ||
Б б | B b | bird | /b/ (help·info) |
В в | V v | vase | /v/ (help·info) |
Morphology notes
[edit | edit source]In Sakha, there are numerous consonant assimilations that differ by suffixes. As in /Nouns, there are also articulation of the corresponding native consonants. The definitions include:
- Sonorants: In most cases, all sonorant consonants (й, р) except nasals. The suffix form's first letter usually has voiced consonants.
- Nasals: All nasal consonants (м, н, ҥ). The suffix form's first letter usually has м or н. However I found a Chinese-language source[1] that the plural suffix -ЛАр, for example, have the assimilated form -ҥАр after -ҥ- (тииҥ → тииҥҥар), although in fact, the nasal velar variant is almost non-existent except the Baidu Baike page and its mirrors.[2]