Kallestiyes Phonology

Phonology & Spelling

Consonants

	Lab.	Dental	Alv.	Postalv.	Palat.	Velar	Glottal
Plosives	p b		t d			k g
Nasals	m		n			[ŋ] ng
Fricatives		[θ] f [ð] v	s z	[ʃ] hs [ʒ] r		[ʍ] rw	h
Liquids			l		[j] y	w

Vowels

	Short	Long
High	i
Mid	e
Low	a	[aː] aa

Diphthongs

Diphthongs are: ai; ia; ei; aai; ea; ae; aae

Phonotactics

• Syllabic Structure : (C)(C)V(V)C(C)
• The onset are: all the consonants; Nucleus: all the vowels; Coda: all except [j], [ʍ], [w]
• Cluster coda are the usual simple clusters as : [ks], [sk], [gz], [ks], [ts], [st], [ŋg]. [w] is allowed before [n], [k] and [s]
• ll [l] - tt [t] - gg [g] - nn [n] - mm [m]