The Epigean Phonology [ðiː e'pɪ.d͡ʒjən fəˈnɒ.lə.dʒi]
Vowels :
Epigean has 8 vocal phonemes.
Consonants :
Epigean has 22 consonants (including 4 semi-vowels and 1 clic).
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- Palatal |
Velar | Labio- Velar |
Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | mʲ | |||
| Stop | p | c ɟ | k | ||||
| Fricative | s sʲ | ç ʝ | x | ||||
| Affricate | c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ | ʁ | |||||
| Approximant | j | ɥ | w | ||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | ʎ | |||||
| Nasal click | ŋ͡ǃ |
Orthography-phonology matching :
A geminate consonant (G/C/S) or a geminate vowel (A/I/U) is a long one.
(in green appear the pronunciation variants for the Veela dialect)
| IPA | Epigean | Equivalence in english / spanish / french |
|---|---|---|
| /a/ | a | Like : bat |
| /e/ /ɛ/ | e | Like : say |
| /i/ | i | Like : leak |
| /o/ | o | Like : boat |
| /ø/ | æ | Like : peu |
| /u/ | ou | Like : pull |
| /y/ | u | Like : pur |
| /ə/ | y | Like : atom |
| /ç/ | c | Like : hue |
| /c͡ç/ | ť, final ĝ | Like : workshop |
| /c/ | t, final d | Like : cute, kiosk |
| /ɟ/ | d | Like : magyar |
| /j/ | ◌̇ | Like : you |
| /k/ | k | Like : coin |
| /l/ | l | Like : lit |
| /ʎ/ | ľ | Like : bailar |
| /m/ | m | Like : more |
| /mʲ/ | ṁ | Like : lamia |
| /n/ | n | Like : nut |
| /ɲ/ | ṅ | Like : onion |
| /p/ | p | Like : pain |
| /ʝ/ | g | Like : collégien |
| /ɟ͡ʝ/ | ĝ | Like : nostalgia |
| /w/ | ◌̆ | Like : watt |
| /ʁ/ | r | Like : roue |
| /s/ | s | Like : sea |
| /sʲ/ | ṡ | Like : messiah |
| /x/ /h/ |
h | Like : jota Like : hole |
| /ɥ/ | ŭ | Like : huile |
| /ŋ͡ǃ/ | gh | Nasal alveolar click |
| /∅/ | finale e | Like : bore |