{"id":2200,"date":"2021-01-17T20:50:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohai.conlang.org\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2021-09-03T01:21:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T00:21:08","slug":"what-does-senduri-sound-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohai.conlang.org\/?p=2200","title":{"rendered":"Senduri phonology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Unified Senduri is the standard version of Senduri<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the native language of the Turi archipelago. It has a total of twenty-three phonemes. Their sounds vary a little according to their phonetic environment. They are arranged in simple syllables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Vowels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The language has a symmetrical seven vowel system. Monophthongs keep their full value in all positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Front<\/em><\/td>Central<\/em><\/td>Back<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
High<\/em><\/td>i<\/strong>
\/i\/<\/td>		<\/td>u<\/strong>
\/u\/<\/td><\/tr>
Mid-High<\/em><\/td>\u00e9<\/strong>
\/e\/<\/td>		<\/td>\u00f3<\/strong>
\/o\/<\/td><\/tr>
Mid-Low<\/em><\/td>e<\/strong>
\/\u025b\/<\/td>		<\/td>o<\/strong>
\/\u0254\/<\/td><\/tr>
Low<\/em><\/td><\/td>a<\/strong>
\/a\/<\/td>		<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Senduri vowels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The language also has four falling diphthongs. There are no rising diphthongs and no triphthongs. The diphthongs are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ai, au, ei, oi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where two vowels meet in compounding and one is stressed, that vowel is retained and the other deleted. Where both are stressed or both unstressed, a diphthong is formed if possible. If not, only the second is retained. Where the first word ends in two vowels the last of these may become a glide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consonants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The language has sixteen consonants. There are two series of stops (voiced and voiceless), along with small sets of fricatives and sonorants. The co-articulated consonants are a distinctive feature of the language. The absence of l<\/strong> is also notable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Lab<\/em><\/td>Alv<\/em><\/td>Pal<\/em><\/td>Vel<\/em><\/td>Lab-<\/em>
Vel<\/em><\/td>		Glot<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Nas<\/em><\/td>m<\/strong>
\/m\/<\/td>		n<\/strong>
\/n\/<\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Stop<\/em><\/td>b, p<\/strong>
\/b, p\/<\/td>		d, t<\/strong>
\/d, t\/<\/td>		<\/td>g, k<\/strong>
\/g, k\/<\/td>		gb, kp<\/strong>
\/g\u0361b, k\u0361p\/<\/td>		 <\/td><\/tr>
Fric<\/em><\/td>f<\/strong>
\/\u0278\/<\/td>		s<\/strong>
\/s\/<\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/td>h<\/strong>
\/h\/<\/td><\/tr>
Liq<\/em><\/td><\/td>r<\/strong>
\/r\/<\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Gld<\/em><\/td><\/td><\/td>y<\/strong>
\/j\/<\/td>		<\/td>w<\/strong>
\/w\/<\/td>		<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Senduri consonants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Voiceless stops p, t, k, kp<\/strong> are voiced after nasals, becoming \/b, d, g, gb<\/strong>\/ respectively. For example, take the name of the island group, Turi<\/strong>, and add the Sen<\/strong>– prefix, for language:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen- + Turi = Senduri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice that f<\/strong> represents a bilabial sound \/\u0278\/<\/strong>. As noted in an earlier post<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the Ike cannot easily make labio-dental sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonorants apart from glides, i.e. \/m,<\/strong> n, r<\/strong>\/ become syllabic \/m\u0329 , n\u0329<\/strong> , r\u0329<\/strong> \/, before another consonant, ndama<\/strong>, \/n\u0329’dama<\/strong>\/, krt\u00e9<\/strong>, \/’kr\u0329te<\/strong>\/ etc. This also applies at the end of a word, after another consonant, batn<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Suprasegmental Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senduri is a syllable-timed language. Only the following syllable types are allowed, where N<\/strong> represents any nasal and the S<\/strong> represents any syllabic sonorant.: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(C)V; (C)VN; (C)S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primary stress is regular and normally falls on the penultimate syllable. A heavy final syllable (one with a diphthong) takes the stress instead. Secondary stress falls on alternate syllables before that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dialects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The archipelago consists of nine main islands each of which has developed its own dialect. Unified Senduri<\/strong>, as presented above is a standardised form of the language designed to be as neutral as possible. It is sometimes known pejoratively as “Internet Senduri”<\/strong> or “Night School Senduri”<\/strong> as it has few native speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plethora of dialects poses a dilemma for the visitor: which form to learn? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most widely-spoken dialect is that of the largest island Gbesu<\/strong>, however the visitor to Gbesu can probably get by with Lemohai <\/a><\/strong><\/em>as a high-proportion of the archipelago’s Lemohai speakers live here. You can definitely get by with Lemohai in the archipelago’s capital Gbesu City<\/strong>. The dialect of the second largest island Oremi <\/strong>is also widely spoken, but it is not the most typical form of Senduri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence most learners opt for Unified Senduri as it is well understood everywhere. That said, the Senduri always appreciate it if a visitor has learnt a few phrases in their local dialect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Writing System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senduri is written in a variation of the Lemohai alphabet, repurposing some letters and adding others. It is written from left to right in simple, geometric characters. This is a unicase script without separate upper and lower case forms. It is largely phonetic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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