Dahur

Phonology

Vowels

Dahur vowels are usually short. Double vowels (ex.: aa, éé &c.) may happen, but they are considered as simple vowel sequences.

a /a/ ê /e/ é /ɛ/

i /i/ ô /o/ ó /ɔ/

u /u/ ö /ø/ ü /y/

Consonants

p /p/ t /t/ k /k/

b /b/ d /d/ g /g/

f /f/ s /s/ sh /ʃ/ ksh /kʃ/

v /v/ z /z/ zh /ʒ/

m /m/ n /n/ l /l/ r /ɾ/, /r/

y /j/ w /w/ h /h/ tr /tɾ/

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

té

ên

wi

kôy

gyó

pruyn

kshtra

fshtlömbz

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/

ôströndél /os.ˈtɾøn.dɛl/

têfshiv /ˈtef.ʃiv/

dasutr /daˈsutɾ/

mashkintrôd /maʃ.kinˈtɾod/