Japanese language: Difference between revisions
m
→Phonology: Worked some more on it.
(Made page and draft phonology.) |
m (→Phonology: Worked some more on it.) |
||
Line 28:
!Bilabial
!Alveolar
!Dorsal
!Glottal
Line 35 ⟶ 33:
!Nasal
|m
|n ɲ
|▼
|ŋ
|
Line 44 ⟶ 40:
|p b
|t d
|▼
|▼
|k g
|
Line 52 ⟶ 46:
|
|ts
|▼
|▼
|
|
Line 60 ⟶ 52:
|ɸ
|s z
|▼
|▼
|
|h
Line 68 ⟶ 58:
|
|r
|j w▼
▲|
▲|}
* /s/ is palatalized as /ʃ/ before /e/. This has been lost in most dialects.
* The Japanese
{| class="wikitable"
|+Vowels
!
!Front
!Central
!Back
▲|-
!Close
▲|i
|ɨ
▲|u
▲|-
!Mid
|e eː
▲|
|o
|-
!Open
|
|
▲|w
|
|}
* Vowel reduction does not occur often in the standard dialect. Polite ''desu'' です is often pronounced fully as /desu/. This is opposed to the reductions in other dialects, shortening it to /des/.
▲* The Japanese ''r'' has considerable variation; [ɾ], [r], and [l] are all of the most common values.
* When two vowels are next to each other with no intervening consonant (a diaeresis), such as in ''sug<u>oi</u>'' すごい (/o̞i/), it is shortened to /eː/. This is not reflected in orthography.
== Dialects ==
| |||