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{{ | {{Short description|Nicobarese language of Great Nicobar Island}} | ||
{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
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Other historical sound changes are word-final *r and *l shifting to {{IPA|[w]}}, *r before a vowel shifting to {{IPA|[j]}}, the deletion of final *h and *s, and the [[vowel breaking|breaking]] of Austroasiatic long vowels into diphthongs. | Other historical sound changes are word-final *r and *l shifting to {{IPA|[w]}}, *r before a vowel shifting to {{IPA|[j]}}, the deletion of final *h and *s, and the [[vowel breaking|breaking]] of Austroasiatic long vowels into diphthongs. | ||
==Orthography== | |||
There is no standard way to write the Shompen language. | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
* a - [a] | |||
* ā - [aː] | |||
* ã - [ã] | |||
* ã̄ - [ãː] | |||
* e - [e] | |||
* ē - [eː] | |||
* ẽ - [ẽ] | |||
* ẽ̄ - [ẽː] | |||
* ɛ/E - [ɛ] | |||
* ɛ̄ - [ɛː] | |||
* ɛ̃ - [ɛ̃] | |||
* ɛ̃̄ - [ɛ̃ː] | |||
* i - [i] | |||
* ī - [iː] | |||
* ĩ - [ĩ] | |||
* ĩ̄ - [ĩː] | |||
* o - [o] | |||
* ō - [oː] | |||
* õ - [õ] | |||
* ȭ - [õː] | |||
* ɔ/O - [ɔ] | |||
* ɔ̄ - [ɔː] | |||
* ɔ̃ - [ɔ̃] | |||
* ɔ̃̄ - [ɔ̃ː] | |||
* ö - [ə] | |||
* u - [u] | |||
* ū - [uː] | |||
* ũ - [ũ] | |||
* ũ̄ - [ũː] | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
* b - [b] | |||
* bh - [bʱ] | |||
* c - [c] | |||
* d - [d] | |||
* ɸ/f - [ɸ] | |||
* g - [g] | |||
* gh - [gʱ] | |||
* ɣ - [ɣ] | |||
* h - [h] | |||
* j - [ɟ] | |||
* k - [k] | |||
* kh - [kʰ] | |||
* l - [l] | |||
* m - [m] | |||
* n - [n] | |||
* ŋ/ṅ/ng - [ŋ] | |||
* ɲ/ñ - [ɲ] | |||
* p - [p] | |||
* ph - [pʰ] | |||
* t - [t] | |||
* th - [tʰ] | |||
* w - [w] | |||
* x - [x] | |||
* y - [j] | |||
* ʔ/?/ˑ - [ʔ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Shompen language and alphabet |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/shompen.htm |website=Omniglot |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||