Phonology
Vowels
Dahur vowels are usually short. Double vowels (ex.: aa, éé &c.) may happen, but they are considered as simple vowel sequences.
Consonants
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f
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/f/
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s
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/s/
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sh
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/ʃ/
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ksh
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/kʃ/
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m
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/m/
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n
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/n/
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l
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/l/
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r
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/ɾ/, /r/
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y
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/j/
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w
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/w/
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h
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/h/
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tr
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/tɾ/
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Phonotactics
A syllable in Dahur must contain one vowel, which may be preceded and/or followed by any number of consonants. In practice, consonant clusters don't usually go beyond four consonants. For that account, <ksh> /kʃ/ and /tɾ/ are always considered as single consonants.
All consonant sequences are possible. However, in practice, some consonant combinations (ex. -hm-, -trksh- &c.) are rare.
Examples of valid syllables:
a
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té
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ên
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wi
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kôy
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gyó
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pruyn
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kshtra
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fshtlömbz
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Stress
In the literary dialect, considered official, words are stressed on the next-to-last syllable. However, if the last syllable contains the consonant /tɾ/, it will be stressed.
Ex.:
kanar
/ˈka.nar/
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ôströndél
/os.ˈtɾøn.dɛl/
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têfshiv
/ˈtef.ʃiv/
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dasutr
/daˈsutɾ/
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mashkintrôd
/maʃ.kinˈtɾod/
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