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Sounds ⁊ Letters
Phonology and phonotactics
Mosici has the following phonemes:
| Labials | Coronals | Palatals | Dorsals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasals | m | n | ||
| Stops | p | t | k | |
| Fricatives | f v | s z | ɕ ʑ | ʀ |
| Approximants | w | j | ʟ |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i y | u |
| Close-Mid | e ø | o |
| Open-Mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Open | a | |
| Vowels can also all be long, nasalised, or both. | ||
| There are also the following allophony rules: |
- Plosives are realised as voiced next to voiced fricatives and approximants.
- Plosives are realised as non-sibilant fricatives at the end of words
- For the dorsal plosive and approximant:
- They are realised as palata before /i y e j/ or their long and/or nasalised variants
- They are realised as uvular before /u o w/ or their long and/or nasalised variants
- They are realised as palatal after /i e j/ or their long and/or nasalised variants
- Otherwise they are realised as velar
- The dorsal approximant /ʟ/ is realised as [ʉ] in coda position
- The dorsal approximant /ʀ/ is realised as [ɐ̯] in coda position
- The dorsal fricative /ʀ/ is realised as [ʁ] after consonants