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The phonology of a language essentially refers to its sound system, i.e., its systematic employment of consonants, vowels, and other vocalized phenomena such as pitch, stress (or accent), and tone in order to physically convey the meaningful content of the language itself. The phonological system of Ithkuil is detailed in the sections below. </p>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">The native script used to represent Ithkuil is both alien and complex. It is explained in Chapter 11. As a result of this complexity, a system of romanization is employed throughout this grammar to allow the reader to recognize the general phonetic structure of Ithkuil words. Due to the inadequacies of the Roman alphabet in transliterating some of the phonemes (meaningful sounds) in Ithkuil, various diacritics are necessary for a phonemic Romanization system. Additionally, there are two digraphs, <strong>dh</strong> and <strong>xh</strong>, which represent single sounds.</p>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">Ithkuil has 45 consonants and 13 vowels. These phonemes are illustrated by place and manner of articulation in Table No. 1 below using a special romanized orthography. <br />
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Tables 1(a) and 1(b): Phonemic Inventory</p>
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<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>n</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
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<td height="33"><strong>ALVEOLAR</strong></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>c</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style30">ż</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>c<sup>h</sup></strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>c’</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>s</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>z</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
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<td><strong>ALVEOLAR-RETROFLEX</strong></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>r</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style36"><span class="style6">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
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<td><strong>POST-ALVEOLAR</strong></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style30">č</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>j</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style30">č<sup>h</sup></span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong><span class="style30">č</span>’</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style6"><strong>š</strong></span></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style6"><strong>ž</strong></span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
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<td height="33"><strong>PALATAL</strong></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>ç</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>y</strong></div></td>
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<td height="33"><strong>VELAR</strong></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>k</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>g</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>k<sup>h</sup></strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>k’</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>x</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>ň</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
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<td height="31"><strong>UVULAR</strong></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>q</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style33">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>q<sup>h</sup></strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>q’</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33"><span class="style6">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><span class="style6"></span><span class="style6"><strong>xh</strong></span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>ř</strong></div></td>
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<td height="32"><strong>GLOTTAL</strong></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>’</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>h</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
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<td height="35"><strong>LATERAL</strong></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style36"><span class="style6">_</span></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>ļ</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style6"><strong>l</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center" class="style33">_</div></td>
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<p align="justify"> </p>
<p><span class="style6"><strong>Table 1(b): Vocalic Inventory</strong></span></p>
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<td width="95" height="34" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_</div></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">FRONT</div></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">CENTRAL</div></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">BACK</div></td>
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<td height="31" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_</div></td>
<td width="86" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">unrounded</div></td>
<td width="71" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">rounded</div></td>
<td width="89" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">unrounded</div></td>
<td width="72" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">rounded</div></td>
<td width="89" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">unrounded</div></td>
<td width="80" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">rounded</div></td>
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<td height="33" class="style6"><div align="left">High</div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>î</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center">(<strong>ü)</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ü</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_</div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>û</strong> </div></td>
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<td height="33" class="style6"><div align="left">Mid-High</div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>i</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>u</strong></div></td>
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<td height="32" class="style6"><div align="left">Mid</div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ê</strong></div></td>
<td rowspan="2" valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ö</strong></div> <div align="center"></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ë</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_</div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ô</strong></div></td>
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<td height="33" class="style6"><div align="left">Mid-Low</div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>e</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36"> _ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>o</strong></div></td>
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<td height="34" class="style6"><div align="left">Low</div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_</div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>a</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>â</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center" class="style36">_ </div></td>
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<h3 class="style6"><strong> 1.2.1 Pronunciation of Consonants </strong></h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">The following are approximate descriptions of the consonantal sounds of Ithkuil. In addition to these descriptions, the corresponding symbol of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is provided in brackets, as well as their X-SAMPA equivalents for those readers who may be familiar with these phonetic representation systems. </p>
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<td width="7%" height="33" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>b</strong></div></td>
<td width="93%" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English. A voiced unaspirated bilabial plosive. IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>b</strong>].<br />
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<td height="37" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>c</strong></div></td>
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<p>As in English <em>bi<strong>ts</strong></em>. A voiceless unaspirated lamino-alveolar affricate. IPA [<strong>ts</strong>]. X-SAMPA [<strong> t_s</strong> ]. <br />
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<td height="53" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>č</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>ch</strong>in</em> but with neither the lip-rounding nor the aspiration (accompanying puff of air) that characterizes this sound in English. A voiceless unaspirated lamino-postalveolar dorso-palatal non-labialized sibilant affricate; IPA [<img src="images/IPA ts-v.gif" width="13" height="18" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [ <strong>t_S</strong> ]. <br />
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<td height="44" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ç</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Like the initial sound in English <em><strong>h</strong>uman</em>, <em><strong>h</strong>uge</em>, <em><strong>h</strong>ue</em>, or the sound in German <em>i<strong>ch</strong></em>. A voiceless dorso-palatal non-grooved (slit) fricative; IPA [<strong>ç</strong>]. X-SAMPA [<strong>C</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="50" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>d</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Similar to English, but made with the tip of the tongue against the back of the upper teeth, not the alveolar ridge (the gum ridge behind the upper teeth) as in English. An voiced unaspirated apico-dental plosive; IPA [<img src="images/IPA d-dental.gif" width="10" height="18" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>d_d</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="35" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>dh</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>th</strong>is</em>, <em>ba<strong>th</strong>e</em>, <em>wea<strong>th</strong>er</em>. A voiced apico-interdental fricative; IPA [<strong>ð</strong>]. X-SAMPA [<strong>D</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="38" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>f</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English. A voiceless labio-dental fricative; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>f</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="37" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>g</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Always as in English <em><strong>g</strong>a<strong>g</strong></em>; never as in <em>ginger</em>. A voiced unaspirated dorso-velar plosive; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>g</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="54" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>h</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>h</strong>all</em>. Note that, unlike English, this sound can occur at the end of a syllable in Ithkuil. A voiceless bi-glottal fricative; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>h</strong>].<br />
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<td height="51" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>j</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>j</strong>u<strong>dg</strong>e</em> but without the lip-rounding that accompanies the English sound. A voiced unaspirated non-labialized lamino-postalveolar dorso-palatal affricate; IPA [<img src="images/IPA dz-v.gif" width="16" height="17" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>d_Z</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="54" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>k</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Similar to English <strong><em>k</em></strong> but without aspiration. Like the <em>k</em>-sound of the Romance languages, e.g., Spanish or Italian <em><strong>c</strong>asa</em>. A voiceless unaspirated dorso-velar plosive; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>k</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="50" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>l</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The “light” <em>l</em>-sound of the Romance languages, or as in British English <em><strong>l</strong>eader</em>; not the “dark” (velarized) <em>l</em>-sound of American English <em><strong>l</strong>u<strong>ll</strong></em>. A voiced apico-dental dorso-bilateral liquid continuant; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>l</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="56" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ļ</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6">No English equivalent. The voiceless dorso-bilateral fricative as found in Welsh <em><strong>ll</strong>an</em>. Can best be approximated by putting the tongue in position as if to say an <em>l</em>-sound, and while holding the position, make a forceful <em>h</em>-sound instead; IPA [<img src="images/IPA l-loop welsh.gif" width="10" height="14" align="baseline" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>K</strong>].</td>
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<td height="31" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>m</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English. A voiced bilabial nasal continuant obstruent; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>m</strong>].<br />
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<td height="58" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>n</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Similar to English, but made with the tip of the tongue on the back of the upper teeth as in the Romance languages, not the alveolar ridge as in English. A voiced apico-dental nasal continuant obstruent; IPA [<img src="images/IPA n-dental.gif" width="9" height="13" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>n_d</strong>].<br />
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<td height="36" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><span class="style32">ň</span></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The English <em>ng</em>-sound as in <em>so<strong>ng</strong></em> or <em>ri<strong>ng</strong>er</em>; NEVER as in <em>fi<strong>ng</strong>er</em>. A voiced dorso-velar nasal continuant obstruent;. IPA [<strong>ŋ</strong>]. X-SAMPA [<strong>N</strong>].<br />
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<td height="38" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>p</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Similar to English, but without aspiration. As in the Romance languages. A voiceless unaspirated bilabial plosive; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>p</strong>].<br />
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<td height="80" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>q</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6">No English equivalent. The voiceless dorso-uvular unaspirated plosive found in Arabic, Inuit and many American Indian and Caucasian languages. Similar to an unaspirated <em>k</em>-sound but made by pressing the tongue against the uvula (the little “punching bag” hanging at the back of the palate) as opposed to the soft palate. IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>q</strong>]. </td>
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<td height="57" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>r</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">This sound is a single flap of the tongue tip as in Spanish <em>ca<strong>r</strong>o</em> or <em>pe<strong>r</strong>o</em>. When geminated (doubled) it becomes a trill as in Spanish <em>ca<strong>rr</strong>o</em> or <em>pe<strong>rr</strong>o</em>. A voiced apico-alveolar retroflex flap/trill; IPA [<img src="images/IPA r-flap.gif" width="6" height="10" align="baseline" />], [<strong>r</strong>]. X-SAMPA [<strong>4</strong>], [<strong>r</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="56" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ř</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">No English equivalent. Like the throaty or “gargled” <em>r</em>-sound found in colloquial French and German. A voiced dorso-uvular approximant (non-trilled); IPA [<img src="images/IPA R-uvular approxmt.gif" width="8" height="10" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>R</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="35" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>s</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>s</strong>i<strong>s</strong>ter</em>. A voiceless lamino-alveolar grooved sibilant fricative; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>s</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="59" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>š</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>sh</strong>oe<strong>sh</strong>ine</em> but without the lip-rounding of the English sound. A voiceless non-labialized lamino-postalveolar dorso-palatal grooved sibilant fricative; IPA [<img src="images/IPA S-esh.gif" width="10" height="17" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>S</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="58" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>t</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Similar to English but without aspiration and with the tongue-tip against the back of the upper teeth, not against the alveolar ridge. As in the Romance languages. A voiceless unaspirated apico-dental plosive; IPA [<img src="images/IPA t-dental.gif" width="7" height="16" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>t_d</strong>].<br />
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<td height="32" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ţ</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>th</strong>in</em>, <em>ba<strong>th</strong></em>. A voiceless apico-interdental fricative; IPA [<strong>θ</strong>]. X-SAMPA [<strong>T</strong>].<br />
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<td height="40" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>v</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English. A voiced labio-dental fricative; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>v</strong>].<br />
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<td height="42" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>w</strong></div></td>
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<p>As in English <em><strong>w</strong>ell</em>, <em><strong>w</strong>orry</em>. A voiced labio-velar (i.e., labialized dorso-velar) glide (or approximant); IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>w]</strong>.<br />
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<td height="80" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>x</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">No English equivalent. The smooth voiceless dorso-velar fricative found in Russian (spelled <span class="style20"><strong>x</strong></span> in Cyrillic) and in Latin American (but not Castilian) Spanish <strong>j</strong>. Can be approximated by putting one's tongue in position as if to pronounce a <em>k-</em>sound, and while holding the tongue in this position, breathing an <em>h</em>-sound instead. IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>x</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="42" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>xh</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6">No English equivalent. The rough voiceless dorso-uvular fricative (or trill) found in German <em>a<strong>ch</strong></em>. Can be approximated by means of a dry gargle without vocal chord vibration. IPA [<strong>χ</strong>]. X-SAMPA [<strong>X</strong>]. </td>
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<td height="42" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>y</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>y</strong>et</em>, <em><strong>y</strong>am</em>. A voiced dorso-palatal glide (or approximant); IPA and X-SAMPA [ <strong>j </strong>]. <br />
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<td height="40" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>z</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in English <em><strong>z</strong>oo</em>, <em>wi<strong>z</strong>ard</em>. A voiced lamino-alveolar grooved fricative; IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>z</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="37" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ż</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Like an English <em>d</em>+<em>z</em> sound, as in <em>roa<strong>ds</strong></em>, <em>a<strong>dz</strong>e</em>. A voiced lamino-alveolar affricate; IPA [<strong>dz</strong>]. X-SAMPA [<strong>d_z</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="49" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ž</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6">The voiced counterpart of <strong>š</strong> above. Similar to the sound in English <em>plea<strong>s</strong>ure</em> or <em>lei<strong>s</strong>ure</em>, but without lip-rounding. A voiced lamino-alveolar dorso-palatal grooved sibilant fricative; IPA [<img src="images/IPA ezh.gif" width="8" height="14" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>Z</strong>]. <br /></td>
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<td height="76" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>’</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">This sound is the glottal stop heard between the two vowels in English o<em>h-oh</em> or as the sound heard in the word <em>fa<strong>tt</strong>ening</em> as pronounced by most American English speakers. This sound is very common in other languages such as Hawaiian, Arabic, Hebrew, etc. A voiceless bi-glottal stop; IPA [<img src="images/IPA glottal stop.gif" width="7" height="14" align="bottom" />]. <br />
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<p align="justify"><span class="style6"><strong>1.2.1.1 Aspirated Consonants</strong>: The consonants <strong>p</strong>, <strong>t</strong>, <strong>k</strong>, <strong>q</strong>, <strong>c</strong> and <strong>č</strong> are all unaspirated, i.e., without the accompanying puff of air characteristic of English voiceless stops and affricates. In Ithkuil each of these has an aspirated counterpart, pronounced like the unaspirated version but with a distinct expulsion of air, more so than in English. These aspirated counterparts are written with a following superscript <em><strong>h</strong></em>; thus: <strong>p<sup>h</sup></strong>, <strong>t<sup>h</sup></strong>, <strong>k<sup>h</sup></strong>, <strong>q<sup>h</sup></strong>, <strong>c<sup>h</sup></strong> and <strong>č<sup>h</sup></strong>. </span></p>
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1.2.1.2 Ejective Consonants</strong>: The same six consonants immediately above also have ejective counterparts, which do not exist in any major Western language, but are found in languages such as Amharic, Georgian, most of the Caucasian languages, and many American Indian languages. Ejectives (also called glottalized consonants) are consonants accompanied by simultaneous closure and sudden release of the glottis (vocal chords), which gives the sound a distinct “popped” or explosive quality. Ejectives are indicated by an apostrophe following the consonant, thus: <strong>p’</strong>, <strong>t’</strong>, <strong>k’</strong>, <strong>q’</strong>, <strong>c’</strong> and <strong>č’</strong>. </p>
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<p align="justify" class="style6"><span class="style8"><strong>1.2.1.3 Syllabic consonants</strong>.</span> The consonants, <strong>l</strong>, <strong>m</strong>, <strong>n</strong>, <strong>ň,</strong> and <strong>r</strong> can be pronounced as full syllables in absence of a vowel. The phenomenon of syllabic consonants is fairly common and occurs in colloquial English expressions such as ‘hmm’ (as when pondering a thought), ‘mm-hmm’ (an expression of approval or agreement), as well as with the consonants <em>n</em> and <em>l</em> as in the second syllable of words like <em>button</em> and <em>little</em>. In Ithkuil, these five syllabic consonants can appear as word-initial syllables preceding a consonant as in <strong>ntal</strong>. However, they also occur in special geminate (i.e., doubled) clusters where the second “half” of the geminated cluster is pronounced as a separate syllable. These special dyssyllabic geminates are indicated by writing a hyphen between the two syllabic “halves,” e.g., <em>ho<strong>m-m</strong>, i<strong>l-l</strong>ui, ti<strong>ň-ň</strong>ax</em>. Syllabic consonants count as full syllables for purposes of stress rules (see <a href="#Sec1o3o3">Sec. 1.3.3</a>).<br />
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<h3 align="justify" class="style6">1.2.2 Pronunciation of Vowels</h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">There are thirteen vowel phonemes, all of which are pure sounds, not glided into diphthongs as in English. </p>
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<td width="4%" height="40" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>a</strong></div></td>
<td width="96%" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">A low unrounded central vowel as in Spanish or Italian. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>a</strong>].<br />
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<td height="40" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>â</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">A low unrounded back vowel as in Western U.S. <em><strong>a</strong>ll</em>, or a conservative French pronunciation of <em>p<strong>â</strong>te</em>. IPA [<strong>ɑ</strong>]; </div></td>
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<td height="63" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>e</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The mid-low unrounded front vowel of English <em>b<strong>e</strong>t</em>, Italian<em> l<strong>e</strong>tto</em>, or French <em><strong>ê</strong>tre</em>. IPA [<strong>ε</strong>] or X-SAMPA [E]. When followed by a vowel other than <strong>u</strong>, it is pronounced like the vowel <strong>ê</strong> immediately below, only shorter.</div></td>
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<td height="46" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ê</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The mid unrounded front vowel of Spanish <em><strong>e</strong>st<strong>e</strong></em> or Italian <em>cad<strong>e</strong>re</em> or French <em>d<strong>é</strong>jà</em>, lengthened. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>e:</strong>]</div></td>
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<td height="62" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>i</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><p align="justify">The mid-high lax unrounded front vowel as in English <em>s<strong>i</strong>t</em>, or German <em>s<strong>i</strong>tzen</em>. IPA [<span class="style42">I</span>] or X-SAMPA [<strong>I</strong>]. At the end of a word, or when followed by a vowel other than <strong>u</strong>, it is pronounced like the vowel <strong>î</strong> immediately below, only shorter.</p> </td>
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<td height="40" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>î</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">the high tense rounded vowel of Spanish or Italian <em>l<strong>i</strong>bro</em>, or Fench <em>l<strong>i</strong>tre</em>, lengthened. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>i:</strong>]</div></td>
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<td height="62" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>o</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The mid rounded back vowel of English <em>sh<strong>o</strong>rt</em> or Italian <em><strong>o</strong>tto</em>. IPA [<img src="images/IPA o-open.gif" width="9" height="11" />] or X-SAMPA [O]. When followed by a vowel other than <strong>i</strong>, it is pronounced like the vowel <strong>ô</strong> immediately below, only shorter.</div></td>
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<td height="47" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ô</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The mid-low rounded back vowel in Spanish or Italian <em>c<strong>o</strong>sa</em>, lengthened. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>o:</strong>]</div></td>
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<td height="60" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>u</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The mid-high lax rounded back vowel of English <em>p<strong>u</strong>t</em> or <em>l<strong>oo</strong>k</em> or German <em>p<strong>u</strong>tsch</em>. IPA [<img src="images/IPA u-mid-high.gif" width="12" height="17" align="texttop" />] or X-SAMPA [<strong>U</strong>]. At the end of a word, or when followed by a vowel other than <strong>i</strong>, it is pronounced like the vowel <strong><strong>û</strong></strong> immediately below, only shorter.</div></td>
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<td height="39" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>û</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">the high tense rounded back vowel of Spanish or Italian <em>p<strong>u</strong>ta</em> or <em>cr<strong>u</strong>do</em>, lengthened. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>u</strong>:]</div></td>
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<td height="39" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ë</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The mid unrounded central vowel in American English <em>c<strong>u</strong>t</em> or <em>n<strong>u</strong>t</em>, IPA [<strong>ə</strong>] or X-SAMPA [<strong>@</strong>]. </div></td>
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<td height="85" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ö</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">This vowel may be pronounced either of two ways: (1) as the mid-low rounded front vowel of French <em>f<strong>eu</strong></em><em>, </em>IPA [<strong>ø</strong>] or X-SAMPA [<strong>2]</strong>; or (2) as the mid rounded front vowel of French <em>n<strong>eu</strong>f</em><em>, </em>IPA [<strong>œ</strong>] or X-SAMPA [<strong>9</strong>].</div></td>
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<td height="73" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ü</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">A high central rounded vowel, as found in Norwegian <em>h<strong>u</strong>s</em> or the Highland Scottish pronunciation of English <em>b<strong>oo</strong>k</em> or <em>g<strong>oo</strong>d</em>; IPA [<img src="images/IPA u-bar.gif" width="11" height="15" align="bottom" />] or X-SAMPA [ <strong>}</strong>]. This vowel may alternately be pronounced as the high rounded front vowel of French <em>d<strong>u</strong></em> or German <em><strong>ü</strong>ber</em>, IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>y</strong>], if this is easier for the speaker.</div></td>
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<p align="justify" class="style6"><strong><a name="Sec1o2o2o1" id="Sec1o2o2o1"></a>1.2.2.1 Epenthetic Vowel Following a Glottal Stop</strong>. In Ithkuil words where a glottal stop (spelled <strong>’</strong>) is followed by a consonant (e.g., as in the words <strong>ka’tal</strong> or <strong>morui’ss</strong>), the glottal stop is usually followed by a very briefly pronounced vowel sound before the following consonant is pronounced. This vowel may be pronounced in either of two ways, whichever is easier for the speaker. The first is as the high central unrounded vowel of Russian б<strong>ы</strong>ть, IPA [<img src="images/IPA i-bar.gif" width="10" height="21" align="absbottom" />] or X-SAMPA [<strong>1]</strong>. The second way is to pronounce it as the high back unrounded vowel found in Turkish (spelled with an undotted <strong>i</strong>), IPA [<img src="images/IPA u-unrounded.gif" width="15" height="14" align="top" />] or X-SAMPA [<strong>M</strong>]. Both of these vowels are extremely short in duration and may even be de-voiced if the following consonant is voiceless. </p>
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<h3 align="justify" class="style6">1.2.3 Diphthongs</h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">An Ithkuil syllable may contain one diphthong (a combination of two vowels pronounced together as one syllable). All Ithkuil diphthongs are “falling” diphthongs, i.e., the first vowel of the diphthong receives the primary articulation while the second becomes semi-vocalic (sometimes referred to as semi-consonantal or an “off-glide”). There are 12 diphthongs in Ithkuil, described as follows:</p>
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<td width="90%" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Pronounced as in Spanish or Italian; like English <strong><em>i</em></strong> in <em>wh<strong>i</strong>te</em> or <em><strong>i</strong>ce</em>. </div></td>
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<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in Spanish or Italian; like English <strong><em>ai</em></strong> in <em>r<strong>ai</strong>n</em> or <strong><em>ei</em></strong> in <em>r<strong>ei</strong>n</em>.</div></td>
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<td height="55" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ëi </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">No standard English equivalent; a combination of the vowel sound in American English <em>rut</em> + an English <em>y</em>-sound. Somewhat like a rural British dialectal pronunciation of the <em>i</em> in <em>ice</em>. </div></td>
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<td height="41" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>oi </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in Spanish or Italian; as in English <em>b<strong>oy</strong></em> or <em>v<strong>oi</strong>ce</em>.</div></td>
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<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">No English Equivalent. A combination of the Ithkuil vowel <strong>ö</strong> plus an English <em>y</em>-sound. Much like the French word <strong><em>oeil</em></strong>. </div></td>
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<td height="75" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ui </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">A combination of the Ithkuil vowel <strong>u</strong> [<img src="images/IPA u-mid-high.gif" width="12" height="18" align="absmiddle" />] + an English <em>y</em>-sound. The speaker should avoid allowing this diphthong to become a “rising” diphthong where the <em>u</em>-sound is reduced to a <em>w</em>- (the result sounding like English <em>wee</em>). This diphthong may also be pronounced as the high rounded back vowel /<strong>u</strong>/ + an English <em>y</em>-sound, as in Spanish or Italian. </div></td>
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<td height="37" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>au </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in Spanish or Italian; like English <em>ou</em> in <em>l<strong>ou</strong>d</em> or <em>ow</em> in <em>c<strong>ow</strong></em>. </div></td>
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<td height="42" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>eu </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As in Spanish or Italian; no English equivalent. A combination of the Ithkuil vowel <strong>e</strong> + an English <em>w</em>-sound. </div></td>
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<td height="56" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ëu </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">No standard English equivalent; a combination of the vowel sound in American English <em>rut</em> + an English <em>w</em>-sound. Somewhat like a rural British dialectal pronunciation of the word <em>oh!</em></div></td>
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<td height="56" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>iu </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">No English equivalent; a combination of the Ithkuil vowel <strong>i</strong> (IPA /<span class="style42">I</span>/) + an English <em>w</em>-sound. May also be pronounced as the high front unrounded vowel /i/ + an English <em>w</em>-sound, as in Portuguese <em>part<strong>iu</strong></em>. </div></td>
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<td height="44" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ou </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Like the <em>o</em> + <em>w</em>-glide of English <em>r<strong>oa</strong>d</em> or <em>m<strong>o</strong>de</em>. Also as in Brazilian Portuguese <em>r<strong>ou</strong>pa</em>. </div></td>
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<td height="52" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>öu </strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">No English Equivalent. A combination of the Ithkuil vowel <strong>ö</strong> plus an English <em>w</em>-sound. Somewhat like an exaggerated upper class British pronunciation of the word <em>oh!</em></div></td>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">All other combinations of vowels are dissyllabic, i.e., are pronounced as two separate syllables. Care should be taken to avoid collapsing the many two-vowel combinations beginning with <strong>u</strong>- and <strong>i</strong>- into “rising” diphthongs beginning with a <em>w</em>-sound or <em>y</em>-sound. This is especially important when the second vowel of these combinations receives the syllabic stress. </p>
<p align="justify"><span class="style6"><strong><a name="Sec1o2o3o1" id="Sec1o2o3o1"></a>1.2.3.1 Separation of Diphthongs into Separate Syllables:</strong> When one of the above twelve diphthongs represent the Slot VIII <strong>V</strong></span><strong>c</strong><span class="style6"> case infix (see <a href="02_morpho-phonology.html">Section 2.1.1</a> for an explanation), the diphthong may optionally be separated into two separate syllables in words with antepenultimate or preantepenultimate stress (see <a href="#Sec1o3o3">Section 1.3.3</a> below), in order to provide a sufficient number of syllables in the word for the stress rules to be applied. When diphthongs are broken up into separate syllables for this purpose, the second character of the diphthong (i.e., either <strong>-i</strong> or <strong>-u</strong>) carries a circumflex accent above it to show the syllabification. In such instances, this circumflex does not indicate a long vowel, but merely the separation of the syllables.</span></p>
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<h3 align="justify" class="style6">1.2.4 Orthographic Representation of Dissyllabic Vowel Conjuncts</h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">Dissyllabic vowel conjuncts, wherever they might be confused with a diphthong, are written with a grave accent ( <strong>`</strong> ) over the second vowel to indicate it is a separate syllable (unless this second vowel is, in fact, the stressed syllable – see Section 1.3.3 below for rules on indicating stress). For example, diphthong <strong>au</strong> is distingished from dissyllabic conjunct <strong>aù</strong>.</p>
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<span class="style8">1.2.5 Allophonic Distinctions</span></h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">Allophonic distinctions are the phonetic variances in the pronunciation of a particular phoneme depending on the phonetic environment in which that phoneme occurs. These variances, known as allophones, while audible to a trained linguist, are often indistinguishable to lay native speakers of a given language, in that these allophonic variances do not change the meaning of a word and thus play no functional role in the language. As an example, compare the two <em>t</em>-sounds in the English words <em><strong>t</strong>op</em> and <em>s<strong>t</strong>op</em>. The former is aspirated (i.e., accompanied by a distinct puff of air), while the latter is unaspirated, giving the two sounds a different phonetic quality. However, because consonant aspiration does not function phonemically in English, the difference in the two <em>t</em>-sounds is unnoticeable to most native speakers of English, even though it would be highly noticeable to speakers of languages where consonant aspiration is phonemically relevant (e.g., Hindi and many other Indic languages). </p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">Although such allophonic distinctions are arbitrary within a given language, they are not random; rather, their patterns are completely regular and predictable for any given language (as is true for consonant aspiration in English). Failure to follow the rules for allophonic distinctions when learning a foreign language will result in the speaker having a noticeable “foreign accent” to native speakers of the language (as do most French, Italians, and Spanish-speakers when trying to pronounce English “top” without aspirating the initial <em>t</em>-sound, due to the lack of consonant aspiration in Romance languages.)</p>
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1.2.5.1 Consonantal Allophones</strong>. The significant allophonic distinctions for Ithkuil consonants are as follows:</p>
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<td width="6%" height="92" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>dy</strong></div></td>
<td width="94%" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">This consonant cluster may be pronounced either as it is spelled, or as the voiced dorso-palatal unaspirated plosive found in Hungarian and Czech where it is spelled <em>gy</em> and <em>d´</em> respectively. Sort of like a <em>g</em>+<em>y</em> sound as in English <em>bi<strong>g y</strong>ear</em> pronounced rapidly, with the <em>g</em>-sound pronounced with the tongue against the hard palate as opposed to the soft palate. IPA [<img src="images/IPA j-bar.gif" width="9" height="15" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>J\</strong>]. <br />
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<td height="78" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>hh</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The geminated version of Ithkuil <strong>h</strong> is pronounced in either of two ways: (1) as a “bi-dental” fricative, in that the jaw is completely closed and the upper and lower teeth are in near-contact along their entire length; the resulting sound is somewhat similar in timbre to both a voiceless interdental fricative (as in English <em><strong>th</strong>in</em>) as well as the English <em>f</em>-sound, however there is absolutely no contact by the tongue with the teeth or gums when pronouncing this sound; no IPA equivalent; or (2) as the voiceless pharyngeal fricative found in Arabic (spelled
<span class="style30" dir="rtl">ح</span>)and in various Northwest and Northeast Caucasian languages. This second allophone should not be employed if the resulting pharyngealization distorts the timbre of the adjacent vowels to the extent that their place of articulation changes (e.g., the vowel <strong>û</strong> being made to sound like <strong>ô</strong>).<br />
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<td height="135" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ly</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">This consonant cluster may be pronounced either as it is spelled, or as the voiced palatal lateral liquid continuant found in Castillian Spanish <em>ca<strong>ll</strong>e</em>, Portuguese <em>o<strong>lh</strong>ar</em>, or Italian <em>e<strong>gl</strong>i</em>. For English speakers, this can best be approximated by placing the tongue in the position to say the <strong>y</strong> in <strong>y</strong>es, and while keeping the tongue in that position flat against the hard palate, pronouncing an <strong>l</strong>-sound instead without touching the tip of the tongue to the alveolar ridge behind the front teeth. IPA [<img src="images/IPA l-palatal.gif" width="13" height="16" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>L</strong>]. </div></td>
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<td height="122" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>ny</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">This consonant cluster may be pronounced either as it is spelled, or as the voiced palatal nasal found in Spanish <em>a<strong>ñ</strong>o</em>, Italian <em>a<strong>gn</strong>ello</em>, Portuguese <em>cami<strong>nh</strong>o</em>, or French <em>champa<strong>gn</strong>e</em>. For English speakers, this can best be approximated by placing the tongue in the position to say the <strong>y</strong> in <strong>y</strong>es, and while keeping the tongue in that position flat against the hard palate, pronouncing an <strong>n</strong>-sound instead without touching the tip of the tongue to the alveolar ridge behind the front teeth. IPA [<img src="images/IPA n-palatal.gif" width="12" height="18" align="absbottom" />]. X-SAMPA [<strong>J</strong>]. </div></td>
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<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">In normal speech, this phoneme is pronounced as a voiced dorso-uvular approximant (non-trilled) continuant, similar to the throaty <em>r</em>-sound found in colloquial French and German, IPA [<img src="images/IPA R-uvular approxmt.gif" width="8" height="10" />]. However, in emphatic articulation or hyper-enunciated speech, this sound becomes a voiced dorso-uvular trill, IPA [<span class="style44">R</span>].<br />
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<td height="70" valign="top" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong><strong>ř</strong>x</strong></div></td>
<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">The combination of <strong><strong>ř</strong></strong> before <strong>x</strong> causes the <strong>x</strong> to be pronounced as a voicelss uvular fricative, as in German <em>Ba<strong>ch</strong></em> or the Castilian pronunciation of Spanish <strong>j</strong>. </div></td>
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<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">This consonant cluster may be pronounced either as it is spelled, or as a voiceless unaspirated dorso-palatal plosive, the unvoiced counterpart to <strong>dy</strong> above. Like a <em>k</em>-sound but unaspirated (i.e., without any accompanying puff of air) and produced farther forward in the mouth by pressing the tongue to the hard palate, not the soft palate as with English <strong><em>k</em></strong>. The result should sound somewhat like a <em>k</em>+<em>y</em> as in <em>ba<strong>cky</strong>ard</em> when spoken rapidly. IPA and X-SAMPA [<strong>c</strong>]. </div></td>
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<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">Each of these consonant conjuncts, when word-initial, or syllable-initial following another consonant, are not pronounced as separate consonants, but rather as unvoiced counterparts to the liquid or nasal consonant that forms the second member of the conjunct. To approximate these sounds, place the mouth in the position to pronounce an Ithkuil <strong>l</strong>,<strong> m</strong>,<strong> n</strong>,<strong> ň, r</strong>, or <strong>w</strong>, and without moving the tongue or lips, breath a clear <em>h</em>-sound instead. </div></td>
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<td valign="top" class="style6"><div align="justify">As previously described in <a href="#Sec1o2o2o1">Sec. 1.2.2.1</a>, in Ithkuil words where a glottal stop is followed by a consonant (e.g., <strong>ka’tal</strong> or <strong>morui’ss</strong>), the glottal stop is usually followed by a very briefly pronounced epenthetic vowel sound before the following consonant is pronounced. This vowel may be pronounced in either of two ways, whichever is easier for the speaker. The first is as the high central unrounded vowel of Russian б<strong>ы</strong>ть, IPA [<img src="images/IPA i-bar.gif" width="10" height="21" align="absmiddle" />] or X-SAMPA [<strong>1]</strong>. The second way is to pronounce it as the high back unrounded vowel found in Turkish (spelled with an undotted <strong>i</strong>), IPA [<img src="images/IPA u-unrounded.gif" width="16" height="15" align="absmiddle" />] or X-SAMPA [<strong>M</strong>]. Both of these vowels are extremely short in duration and may even be de-voiced if the following consonant is voiceless. </div></td>
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<strong><a name="Sec1o2o5o2" id="Sec1o2o5o2"></a>1.2.5.2 Vocalic Allophones</strong>. As previously stated in <a href="#Sec1o2o2">Section 1.2.2</a>, the Ithkuil vowels <strong>i</strong> and <strong>u</strong> have two different pronunciations. Specifically, they are pronounced as the vowels in American English <em>s<strong>i</strong>t</em> and <em>p<strong>u</strong>t</em> respectively if they appear by themselves, not adjacent to another vowel or not as part of a diphthong. However, when part of a dissyllabic vowel conjunct, their pronunciation is as follows: </p>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">For disyllabic vowel conjuncts beginning with the vowel <strong>i-</strong> (e.g., <strong>ia</strong>, <strong>ie</strong>, <strong>io</strong>, <strong>iù</strong>, etc.), the initial <strong>i-</strong> is pronounced as the high unrounded front vowel in Spanish or Italian <em>l<strong>i</strong>bro</em>, or German <em>s<strong>ie</strong>gen</em>. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>i</strong>].</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">For disyllabic vowel conjuncts where the second member is <strong>i</strong>, (e.g., <strong>aì</strong>, <strong>uì</strong>, <strong>öì</strong>, etc.), the <strong>i</strong> may be pronounced either as the lax vowel in English <em>s<strong>i</strong>t</em> and German <em>s<strong>i</strong>tzen</em> (IPA [<span class="style42">I</span>], or as the high unrounded front vowel in Spanish or Italian <em>l<strong>i</strong>bro</em>, or German <em>s<strong>ie</strong>gen</em>. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>i</strong>].</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">For disyllabic vowel conjuncts beginning with the vowel <strong>u-</strong> (e.g., <strong>ua</strong>, <strong>ue</strong>, <strong>uo</strong>, <strong>uì</strong>, etc.), the initial <strong>u-</strong> is pronounced as the high rounded back vowel in Spanish or Italian <em>p<strong>u</strong>ta</em> or <em>cr<strong>u</strong>do</em>. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>u</strong>].</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">For disyllabic vowel conjuncts where the second member is <strong>u</strong>, (e.g., <strong>aù</strong>, <strong>iù</strong>, <strong>öù</strong>, etc.), the <strong>u</strong> may be pronounced either as the lax vowel in English <em>p<strong>u</strong>t</em> and German <em>p<strong>u</strong>tsch</em> (IPA [<img src="images/IPA u-mid-high.gif" width="12" height="17" align="texttop" />] or X-SAMPA [<strong>U</strong>], or as the high rounded back vowel in Spanish or Italian <em>p<strong>u</strong>ta</em> or <em>cr<strong>u</strong>do</em>. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>u</strong>].</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">In word-final position the vowel <strong>i</strong>, when not part of a diphthong, is pronounced as the high unrounded front vowel in Spanish or Italian <em>l<strong>i</strong>bro</em>, or German <em>s<strong>ie</strong>gen</em>. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>i</strong>]. Similarly, the vowel <strong>u</strong> in word-final position and not part of a diphthong, is pronounced as the high rounded back vowel in Spanish or Italian <em>p<strong>u</strong>ta</em> or <em>cr<strong>u</strong>do</em>. IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>u</strong>].</p>
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Additional vocalic allophones:</p>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">For disyllabic vowel conjuncts beginning with the vowel <strong>e-</strong> and the second vowel is other than <strong>ì</strong> or <strong>ù </strong>(i.e., <strong>ea</strong>, <strong>eo</strong>, <strong>eö</strong>), the initial <strong>e-</strong> is pronounced as the mid unrounded front vowel of Spanish <em><strong>e</strong>st<strong>e</strong></em> or Italian <em>cad<strong>e</strong>re</em> or French <em>d<strong>é</strong>jà</em>; IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>e</strong>].</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">For disyllabic vowel conjuncts beginning with the vowel <strong>o-</strong> and the second vowel is other than <strong>ì</strong> or <strong>ù</strong> (i.e., <strong>oa</strong>, <strong>oe</strong>), the initial<span data-ft="{'type':3}"> <strong>o</strong>- is pronounced as the mid-low rounded back vowel in Spanish or Italian <em>c<strong>o</strong>sa</em>; IPA or X-SAMPA [<strong>o</strong>]</span>.</p>
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<p align="justify" class="style6"><strong><a name="Sec1o3" id="Sec1o3"></a></strong></p>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">Besides the actual inventory of consonant and vowels, all languages have phonological processes which affect how those consonants or vowels are combined and phonetically articulated. Through these phonological processes, the possible number of word-forming syllables in the language is expanded. Ithkuil productively utilizes consonantal gemination, shifts in syllabic stress, and tone (pitch intonation) to achieve these ends. <br />
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1.3.1 Gemination</h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">Gemination refers to the audible “doubling” in length of a particular sound, usually in reference to consonants. While gemination does not occur in English on true phonological grounds, it does occur on morpho-phonological grounds, as seen in the difference in pronunciation of the phrase ‘a natural’ versus ‘unnatural.’ There are many languages, however, where phonologically-based gemination is an intrinsic component of the phonology (e.g., Italian, Japanese, Finnish).</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">In Ithkuil, most consonants can be geminated. Also noteworthy is that gemination of certain consonants is allowed in both word-initial and word-final position. The following are the specific rules for consonant gemination:</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6"><strong>1.3.1.1 Intervocalic Gemination</strong>. All consonants are capable of intervocalic gemination (i.e., when between two vowels) except for <strong>y</strong>, <strong>w</strong> and the glottal stop <strong>’</strong>. </p>
<p align="justify" class="style6"><strong>1.3.1.2 Word-Initial and Word-Final Gemination</strong>. The following consonants, in addition to being capable of intervocalic gemination, are also capable of being geminated in both word-initial and word-final position: <strong>c</strong>, <strong>ç</strong>,<strong> č</strong>, <strong>j</strong>,<strong> l</strong>, <strong>m</strong>, <strong>n</strong>, <strong>ň</strong>, <strong>r</strong>, <strong>ř</strong>, <strong>s</strong>, <strong>š</strong>,<strong> z</strong>, <strong>ż</strong> and <strong>ž</strong>.</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6"><strong>1.3.1.3 Pronunciation of Geminated Consonants</strong>. Consonants which are continuants (i.e., able to be sounded for an indefinite duration), specifically <strong>ç</strong>, <strong>dh</strong>, <strong>f</strong>, <strong>l</strong>, <strong>m</strong>, <strong>n</strong>, <strong>r</strong>, <strong>ř</strong>, <strong>s</strong>, <strong>š</strong>, <strong>ţ</strong>, <strong>v</strong>, <strong>x</strong>, <strong>z</strong>, and <strong>ž</strong>, are simply pronounced for twice as long in duration when geminated. Geminated <strong>r</strong> is pronounced as a rapid apico-alveolar trill like <em>rr</em> in Spanish or Italian. </p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">The non-aspirated plosive consonants <strong>b</strong>, <strong>d</strong>, <strong>g</strong>, <strong>k</strong>, <strong>p</strong>, <strong>q</strong> and <strong>t</strong>, when geminated, are momentarily held, then released, much like the two <em>d</em>-sounds in the English phrase <em>ba<strong>d d</strong>og</em> when spoken rapidly. For their aspirated or ejective counterparts, the aspiration or ejectivization occurs upon release.</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">The pronunciation of affricates (<strong>c</strong>,<strong> č</strong>,<strong> j</strong>, and <strong>ż</strong>) when geminated depends on whether or not they are intervocalic (between two vowels) versus word-initial or word-final position. If intervocalic, they are pronounced by momentarily holding the initial stop (plosive) component of the affricate before releasing it into the fricative or sibilant portion, e.g., <strong>čč </strong>is pronounced as [<strong>ttš</strong>]. For their aspirated or ejective counterparts, the aspiration or ejectivization occurs upon release into the fricative portion of the affricate. When in word-initial or word-final position, geminated pronunciation is achieved by simply lengthening the sibilant continuant portion of the affricate (i.e., the second sound of each affricate). Thus, <strong>čč </strong>in word-initial or word-final position is pronounced as [<strong>tšš</strong>]. </p>
<p align="justify" class="style6"><strong>1.3.1.4 Romanized Orthography of Geminates</strong>. Consonants written as single characters are simply written double when geminated, e.g., <strong>bb</strong>, <strong><strong>č</strong><strong>č</strong></strong>, <strong>dd</strong>, <strong>nn</strong>,<strong> šš</strong>. Aspirates and ejectives indicate the following superscript-h or apostrophe diacritics only after the second character, e.g., <strong><strong>čč’</strong></strong>, <strong>tt<sup>h</sup></strong>. The two digraphs <strong>dh</strong> and <strong>xh</strong> are written <strong>ddh</strong> and <strong>xxh</strong> when geminated.</p>
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1.3.2 Tone</h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">Ithkuil is a tone language like Chinese, Vietnamese, and other Southeast Asian languages as well as most of the sub-Saharan African languages and some American Indian languages. This means that tone of voice is used to convey grammatical information, unlike Western languages which use tone and pitch changes “supra-segmentally” to mark various morpho-semantic features. For example, in English rising intonation of the voice signals a question, while other specific pitch contours signify emphasis, disgust, irony, and other attitudes. Ithkuil marks such features morphologically, i.e., within the words themselves (such as with affixes or variances in mood categories). </p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">There are seven tones used in Ithkuil, one of which, mid tone, is considered to be morpho-phonologically neutral. The other six tones are <strong>low</strong>, <strong>high</strong>, <strong>falling</strong>, <strong>rising</strong>, <strong>rising-falling</strong> and <strong>falling-rising</strong>, and are considered functionally significant. Each word carries one functionally significant tone, pronounced beginning with the stressed syllable and continuously carried through any following syllables until the end of the word. Unstressed syllables prior to the stressed syllable have neutral mid tone. Therefore, the function of mid tone is solely to indicate the start of a new word since any preceding word must end in a tone other than mid. Like natural tone languages, the tones do not correspond to any exact pitch, but are relative for each individual speaker and utterance. The relative pitch of the tones is illustrated below:</p>
<p align="center"><img src="images/1-3-2.jpg" width="754" height="175" /></p>
<p align="justify" class="style6"><strong>1.3.2.1 Indicating Tone in the Romanized Transliteration</strong>. The six significant tones are indicated in the Romanized transliteration by a diacritic mark placed immediately before the first letter of the word, as follows: </p>
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<li> Falling tone is is unmarked.</li>
<li>Low tone is indicated by an underscore (e.g., <strong>_</strong> ).</li>
<li>High tone is indicated by a macron or superscripted dash (e.g.,<sup>–</sup> ).</li>
<li>Rising tone is indicated by a superscripted foward slash (e.g., <em><strong><sup>/</sup> </strong></em>).</li>
<li>Falling-rising tone is indicated by either a caron (hacek) or a breve (e.g., <span class="style45">ˇ </span>or <span class="style45">˘</span> ), or if these symbols aren't available, a superscripted tilde (e.g., <sup>~</sup>). </li>
<li>Rising-falling tone is indicated by a circumflex (e.g., <strong>^ </strong>). </li>
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1.3.3 Syllabic Stress</h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">Stress normally falls on the <strong>penultimate</strong> (next-to-last) syllable but can shift to either the <strong>ultimate</strong> (last) syllable of a word, to the <strong>antepenultimate</strong> (third-from-last) syllable, and occasionally to the <strong>preantepenultimate</strong> (fourth-from-last) syllable, as determined by morphological (grammatical) considerations. </p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">When transliterating Ithkuil into Roman characters, the number of vowels in Ithkuil requires the use of diacritics due to the limited number of Roman vowel characters. As a result, the orthographic representation of stress using the system of romanization becomes complicated. It is explained as follows: </p>
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<p>All monosyllabic words are unmarked for stress.</p>
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<p>The grave accent ( <strong>`</strong> ) designates an unstressed syllable when stress would otherwise be misinterpreted, e.g., in distinguishing monosyllabic diphthongs such as <strong>au</strong> and <strong>ei</strong> from dissyllabic vowel conjuncts <strong>aù </strong>and<strong> eì</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>Penultimate stress</strong>. Polysyllabic words having penultimate stress are unmarked for stress, except for those containing the dissyllabic phonemes <strong>ì</strong> or <strong>ù</strong> as the penultimate syllable, which, if stressed, take an acute accent, e.g., the word <strong>iskoùt</strong> (stress on the <strong>o</strong>), if shifting to ultimate stress<strong></strong>, becomes <strong>iskoút</strong> (stress on the <strong>u</strong>).</p>
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<td class="style6"><p align="justify"><strong>Ultimate stress</strong>. Polysyllabic words which have ultimate stress indicate this in one of the following ways:<br />
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<li>the unmarked vowels <strong>a</strong>, <strong>e</strong>, <strong>i</strong>, <strong>o</strong>, <strong>u</strong>, and the marked disyllabic vowels <strong>ì</strong> and <strong>ù</strong> take an acute accent, e.g., <strong>á</strong>, <strong>é</strong>, <strong>í</strong>, <strong>ó</strong>, <strong>ú</strong>. </li>
<li>if the vowel to be stressed already carries a diacritic mark (other than the grave accent) and the vowel, diphthong, or syllabic liquid or nasal in the penultimate syllable does not, then this penultimate syllable takes a grave accent, e.g., <strong>ròihnâl</strong>. </li>
<li>If the word has at least three syllables and the vowels or diphthongs in the last two syllables carry diacritics, then a grave accent over the antepenultimate (third-from-last) syllable implies ultimate stress (as the grave accent would be unnecessary if the word carried penultimate stress), e.g. <strong>òspâtlök</strong>. </li>
<li>if the vowels (or diphthongs) in both the ultimate and penultimate syllables already have diacritic marks (other than the grave accent), and there is no antepenultimate syllable (or it, too, carries a pre-existing diacritic), then the stressed vowel is written double, e.g., <strong>ksûtpöör</strong>. </li>
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<td class="style6"><div align="justify"><strong>Antepenultimate stress</strong>. To show antepenultimate stress (third syllable from the end):</div></td>
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<li>if the stressed vowel (or diphthong or syllabic liquid or nasal consonant) does not carry a diacritic (other than the grave accent), it takes the acute accent, e.g., <strong>áksiyor</strong> </li>
<li>if the stressed vowel already has a diacritic (other than the grave accent), then use the grave accent plus the lack of acute accent on the ultimate syllable or other non-diacriticized vowels to indicate stress, e.g., <strong>ëitlàrrun</strong>, <strong>ôrümzìl</strong>. (Note that the use of the grave accent over the <strong>i</strong> in <strong>ôrümzìl</strong> would be unnecessary if the word carried penultimate stress, therefore its presence implies antepenultimate stress). </li>
<li>if existing diacritics prevent clear indication using the above rules, then the stressed vowel is written doubled, e.g., <strong>öömolûk</strong>. </li>
<li>See <a href="#Sec1o2o3o1">Section 1.2.3.1</a> on the optional separation of diphthongs into separate syllables to increase the number of syllables for purposes of applying antepenultimate stress.</li>
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<td class="style6"><div align="justify"><strong>Preantepenultimate stress</strong>. To show preantepenultimate stress (i.e., fourth syllable from the end) apply the same rules as for antepenultimate stress above, but to the preantepenultimate syllable. See <a href="#Sec1o2o3o1">Section 1.2.3.1</a> on the optional separation of diphthongs into separate syllables to increase the number of syllables for purposes of applying preantepenultimate stress.</div></td>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">NOTE: Monosyllabic words in Ithkuil are to be interpreted grammatically as having the equivalent of penultimate stress. When necessary to gramatically indicate the equivalent ultimate or antepenultimate stress on a monosyllabic word, extra syllables (the vowel <strong>-a-</strong>) are added to the word in order to allow the necessary ultimate or antepenultimate syllable to be stressed, e.g., <strong>kust → kustá</strong>,<strong> kust → ákusta</strong>.</p>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">In addition to phonological processes such as gemination, stress-shifting, and tone, all languages employ their own individual and arbitrary rules as to what combinations of consonants and vowels are permissible in a syllable or word. This concept is called <strong>phonotaxis</strong> and such rules are known as phonotactical rules. These rules, peculiar to each language, explain, for example, why <em>sprelch</em> could be a hypothetical word in English, while <em>znatk</em> could not be, even though <em>znatk</em> is as easily pronounced by a linguist as <em>sprelch</em>. Rules governing syllable structure, diphthong formation, and overall phonetic euphony are all part of phonotaxis</p>
<p align="justify" class="style6">Equally important are the optional rules each language employs to achieve euphony and greater ease of pronunciation, known as phonaesthetics or phonaesthetic rules. Together, phonotaxis and phonaesthetics are greatly responsible for the phonetic “character” or subjective “sound” of a given language. The phonotactic and phonaesthetic rules for Ithkuil are described in the sections below.</p>
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1.4.1 Syllable Structure</h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">The permissible syllable structure depends on whether the syllable forms a monosyllabic word, is a word-initial syllable, a word-final syllable, or is word-medial (i.e., between two other syllables). These structures are shown in Table 2 below, where (C) represents an optional consonant and V represents a mandatory vowel or diphthong. </p>
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<span class="style20">Table 2: Syllabic Structure</span></strong></p>
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<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>C(C)(C)</strong> <em>where final consonant is a nasal, liquid, or voiceless fricative continuant</em></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><span class="style8"><strong>s, h, ll, mm, pçç</strong></span></td>
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<td height="32" valign="center" class="style6">Monosyllabic</td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)</strong></div></td>
<td class="style6"><span class="style8"><strong>a, ui, öt, isk, du, tuil, kleb, tlips, pskarn, xxoršt</strong></span></td>
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<td height="30" valign="center" class="style6">Word-initial</td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>(C)(C)(C)V(C)-</strong> <em>or</em> <strong>l</strong>,<strong> m</strong>, <strong>n</strong>, <strong>ň</strong></div></td>
<td class="style6"><span class="style8"><strong>uran, tamin, uisá, prine, klâtma, kstollap, ltas, mpeisku</strong></span></td>
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<td valign="center" class="style6">Word-medial</td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>-(C)(C)V(C)(C)-</strong> <em>or </em><strong>l</strong>, <strong>m</strong>, <strong>n</strong>, <strong>ň</strong></div></td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><span class="style8"><strong>kialùn, ruentik, isteixlom, okspûtkai, hen-nau </strong></span></td>
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<td valign="center" class="style6">Word-final</td>
<td valign="center" class="style6"><div align="center"><strong>-(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)-</strong> <em>or </em><strong>l</strong>, <strong>m</strong>, <strong>n</strong>, <strong>ň</strong></div></td>
<td class="style6"><span class="style8"><strong>lua, entoi, tial, eifkés, poxšurn, erpsalks, ön-n </strong></span></td>
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<p align="justify" class="style6">The following rules apply: </p>
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<li>A single non-syllabic intervocalic consonant is syllabically part of the vowel following, not preceding. <br />
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<li>An intervocalic bi-consonantal conjunct is considered dissyllabic (i.e., each consonant is part of a different syllable), even if the conjunct is a geminate consonant. <br />
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<li>If a triple-consonant conjunct occurs in the middle of a word, the first consonant of the three must be in a separate syllable from the last consonant of the three. The middle consonant will be in the same syllable as whichever of the two surrounding consonants it forms a permissible word-initial or word-final cluster. If it can form permissible clusters with either surrounding consonant, it will be considered part of the syllable with which it is morphemically associated.<br />
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1.4.2 Constraints on Vowels</h3>
<p align="justify" class="style6">All the vowels, diphthongs, and dissyllabic vowel conjuncts previously mentioned can occur in any syllable, however, the maximum number of dissyllabic vowels which can occur immediately next to each other is two. If one of the two syllables is a diphthong, the diphthong must be the second syllable. Any syllable immediately following a diphthong must begin with at least one consonant. Trisyllabic vowel conjuncts (or more) are not permitted. Thus, words such as <strong>dea</strong> or <strong>aitua</strong> or <strong>ruai</strong> are permissible, but words such as <strong>oia</strong>, <strong>tuoa</strong>, <strong>auem</strong>, and <strong>laúio</strong> are not. </p>
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<h3 align="justify" class="style6">1.4.3 Constraints on Consonants</h3>
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<div align="justify">The consonants <strong>w</strong> and <strong>y</strong> cannot appear in syllable-final position and must always be followed by a vowel. <br />
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<div align="justify">The glottal stop (<strong>’</strong>) does not occur word-initially except as a juncture feature (i.e., where two separate words come together). Specifically, when a word ends in a vowel and the next word begins with a vowel, Ithkuil phonetically separates the words by inserting a glottal stop at the beginning of the second word so that the word-final vowel of the first word does not combine with the word-initial vowel of the second. This serves to keep the two words separate and distinct. This glottal stop is unmarked in the Romanized transliteration. Elsewhere, the glottal stop may appear intervocalically, or may appear in syllable-final position if preceded by a vowel.<br />
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<div align="justify">No more than five consonants can occur in conjunction intervocallically, and only four in word-initial position. When intervocalic, the first two or three and last two or three consonants must each form permissible syllable-final and syllable initial conjuncts respectively. For word-initial conjuncts, the first three of the four consonants must form a permissible syllable-final conjunct on their own. Examples: <strong>kstruifântu, alzmweit</strong>, <strong>urpstwam</strong>. <br />
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<div align="justify">For intervocalic three-consonant conjuncts either the first consonant or the last consonant of the conjunct must be in a separate syllable than the other two consonants. If the first consonant is dissyllabic from the other two, then those other two consonants must be a permissible syllable-initial conjunct. If the third consonant is dissyllabic from the first two, then the first two must be a permissible syllable-final conjunct.<br />
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<div align="justify">For word-initial and word-final triple consonant conjuncts, these are generally permissible if the both the first two consonants are permissible as a conjunct by themselves and the last two consonants of the conjunct are permissible as a conjunct by themselves.</div>
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