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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
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.



Revision as of 18:27, 26 November 2022


Alphabet

The alphabet contains 40 letters:

Letter IPA Km*
Aa អះ
Ăă a អា
Ââ ɨ អិ
Bb b
Ƀƀ ʔb អប
C̆c̆/Čč
Dd d
Đđ ʔd ឆដ
Ee ɛː អេ
Ĕĕ ɛ អេ
Êê អះ
Ê̆ê̆/Ēē e អេ
Gg ɡ
Hh h
Ii អីះ
Ĭĭ i អី
Jj ឌយ
DJ dj ʔdʒ អេឌយ
Kk k កា
Ll l
Mm m
Nn n
Ññ ɲ
NG ng ŋ
Oo ɔː អុះ
Ŏŏ ɔ អុ
Ôô
Ô̆ô̆/Ōō o អូ
Ơơ əː អឺះ
Ơ̆ơ̆/Ờờ ə អឺ
Pp p
Rr r
Ss s
Tt t
Uu អូះ
Ŭŭ u អូ
Ưư ɯː អ៊ូ
Ư̆ư̆/Ửử ɯ អូ
Ww w
Yy j

* Correlation with Khmer Alphabet using IPA

Phonology

The following overview is based on Jarai as it is spoken in Gia Lai province of Vietnam.

Consonants

Jarai has 25 consonant phonemes:

Bilabial Dental/Alveolar Post-

alveolar

Palatal Velar Glottal
Stops voiceless plain p t k ʔ
voiceless aspirated
voiced plain b d ˀdʲ g
voiced glottalized ˀb ˀd
Fricatives voiceless s h
voiceless
Affricates voiceless
voiced
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