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The following overview is based on Jarai as it is spoken in Gia Lai province of Vietnam. | The following overview is based on Jarai as it is spoken in Gia Lai province of Vietnam. | ||
== Consonants == | == Alphabet == | ||
The alphabet contains 40 letters. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Aa | |||
|Ăă | |||
|Ââ | |||
|Bb | |||
|Ƀƀ | |||
|Čč | |||
|Dd | |||
|Đđ | |||
|Ee | |||
|Ĕĕ | |||
|Êê | |||
|Ê̆ê | |||
|Gg | |||
|Hh | |||
|Ii | |||
|- | |||
|Ĭĭ | |||
|Jj | |||
|DJdj | |||
|Kk | |||
|Ll | |||
|Mm | |||
|Nn | |||
|Ññ | |||
|NGng | |||
|Oo | |||
|Ŏŏ | |||
|Ôô | |||
|Ô̆ô | |||
|Ơơ | |||
|Ơ̆ơ | |||
|- | |||
|Pp | |||
|Rr | |||
|Ss | |||
|Tt | |||
|Uu | |||
|Uu | |||
|Ŭŭ | |||
|Ưư | |||
|Ư̆ư | |||
|Ww | |||
|Yy | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
== Phonology == | |||
=== Consonants === | |||
Jarai has 25 consonant phonemes: | Jarai has 25 consonant phonemes: | ||
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== Vowels == | === Vowels === | ||
Jarai has nine vowel phonemes, i.e. sounds that distinguish word meaning. | Jarai has nine vowel phonemes, i.e. sounds that distinguish word meaning. | ||
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Revision as of 18:16, 26 November 2022
The following overview is based on Jarai as it is spoken in Gia Lai province of Vietnam.
Alphabet
The alphabet contains 40 letters.
| Aa | Ăă | Ââ | Bb | Ƀƀ | Čč | Dd | Đđ | Ee | Ĕĕ | Êê | Ê̆ê | Gg | Hh | Ii |
| Ĭĭ | Jj | DJdj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Ññ | NGng | Oo | Ŏŏ | Ôô | Ô̆ô | Ơơ | Ơ̆ơ |
| Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Uu | Ŭŭ | Ưư | Ư̆ư | Ww | Yy |
Phonology
Consonants
Jarai has 25 consonant phonemes:
| Bilabial | Dental/Alveolar | Post-
alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops | voiceless plain | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
| voiced plain | b | d | ˀdʲ | g | |||
| voiced glottalized | ˀb | ˀd | |||||
| Fricatives | voiceless | s | h | ||||
| voiceless | |||||||
| Affricates | voiceless | tʃ | |||||
| voiced | dʒ | ||||||
| Nasals | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Approximants | w | j |
Vowels
Jarai has nine vowel phonemes, i.e. sounds that distinguish word meaning.
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | |||
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | o | ||
| Open | a | |||