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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
=== Phonemes ===
Toaq’s sound inventory consists of 22 consonant sounds, 5 vowel sounds, 4 diphthongs from those vowel sounds, and 4 tones. Here is a table with all of Toaq’s sounds and tones:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Consonants
!Letter
!Pronunciation (English approximation)
!Pronunciation (IPA)
!Audio
|-
|M/m
|the M in "milk"
|[m]
|
|-
|B/b
|the B in "ball"
|[b]
|
|-
|P/p
|the first P in "prep"
|[pʰ]
|
|-
|F/f
|the F in "flower"
|[f]
|
|-
|N/n
|the N in "north"
|[n]
|
|-
|D/d
|the D in "dark"
|[d]
|
|-
|Z/z
|the DS in "toads"
|[d͡z]
|
|-
|C/c
|the TS in "hats"
|[t͡sʰ]
|
|-
|S/s
|the S in "sandwich"
|[s]
|
|-
|R/r
|the TT in American "battery"
|[ɾ]
|
|-
|L/l
|the L in "like"
|[l]
|
|-
|Nh/nh
|the Ñ in "piñata"
|[ɲ ~ nj]
|
|-
|J/j
|the J in "jeans"
|[dʑ]
|
|-
|Ch/ch
|the CH in "cheese"
|[t͡ɕʰ]
|
|-
|Sh/sh
|the SH in "sheep"
|[ɕ]
|
|-
|Ꝡ/ꝡ
|the W in "walrus" ''or'' the Y in "yes"
|[w ~ j]
|
|-
|Q/q
|the NG in "thing"
|[ŋ]
|
|-
|G/g
|the G in "green"
|[g]
|
|-
|K/k
|the C in "creek"
|[kʰ]
|
|-
|'
|the stop in "uh-oh"
|[ʔ]
|
|-
|H/h
|the H in "hat"
|[h]
|
|}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Vowels
!Letter
!Pronunciation (English approximation)
!Pronunciation (IPA)
!Audio
|-
|A/a
|the A in "bra"
|[a]
|
|-
|U/u
|the OO in "boot"
|[u ~ ʊ]
|
|-
|I/ı
|the EE in "free"
|[i ~ ɪ]
|
|-
|O/o
|the AW in British "yawn"
|[o ~ ɔ]
|
|-
|E/e
|the E in "bed"
|[ɛ ~ e]
|
|}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Diphthongs
!Letter
!Pronunciation (English approximation)
!Pronunciation (IPA)
!Audio
|-
|Aı/aı
|the Y in “cry”
|[aɪ̯ ~ aj]
|
|-
|Ao/ao
|the OW in “wow”
|[aʊ̯ ~ aw ~ aː.o]
|
|-
|Oı/oı
|the OY in “toy”
|[ɔɪ̯ ~ ɔj]
|
|-
|Eı/eı
|the AY in “gray”
|[ɛɪ̯ ~ ɛj]
|
|}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Tones
!Diacritic
!Pronunciation (IPA)
!Audio
|-
|◌ (falling)
|[˥˩ ~ ˨˩]
|
|-
|◌́ (rising)
|[˧˥ ~ ˨˩]
|
|-
|◌̈ (glottal)
|[˨ʔ˩]
|
|-
|◌̂ (rising-falling)
|[˧˥.˥˧ ~ ˨˩.˩˥]
|
|}


== Determiners ==
== Determiners ==
Nano
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