Reptem language

Reptem (Northern Reptem: ; Southern Reptem: ) is the main language spoken on the island of Ŋēksip.

Vowels
Reptem has a threefold vowel harmony of backness, tenseness and breathiness. Each of the four basic underlying vowels can be pronounced in eight different ways depending on the harmony of the word, with a total of 32 possible vowels.


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! ! Front ! Back ! Lax ! Tense
 * + Modal vowels
 * e i ø ⟨ö⟩ y
 * a ɯ ⟨ı⟩ o u
 * ɛ ⟨ẹ⟩ ɪ ⟨ị⟩ œ ⟨ọ̈⟩ ʏ ⟨ỵ⟩
 * ɐ ⟨ạ⟩ ə ⟨ı̣⟩ ɔ ⟨ọ⟩ ʊ ⟨ụ⟩
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! ! Front ! Back ! Lax ! Tense
 * + Breathy vowels
 * e̤ ⟨eh⟩ i̤ ⟨ih⟩ ø̤ ⟨öh⟩ y̤ ⟨yh⟩
 * a̤ ⟨ah⟩ ɯ̤ ⟨ıh⟩ o̤ ⟨oh⟩ ṳ ⟨uh⟩
 * ɛ̤ ⟨ẹh⟩ ɪ̤ ⟨ịh⟩ œ̤ ⟨ọ̈h⟩ ʏ̤ ⟨ỵh⟩
 * ɐ̤ ⟨ạh⟩ ə̤ ⟨ı̣h⟩ ɔ̤ ⟨ọh⟩ ʊ̤ ⟨ụh⟩
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Consonants

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! ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Nasal ! Plosive ! Fricative ! Liquid
 * + Consonant phonemes of Reptem
 * m
 * n
 * ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
 * ŋ
 * p
 * t
 * t͡ʃ ⟨c⟩
 * k
 * s
 * s
 * ɾ ⟨r⟩
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/s/ is pronounced as [ɕ] before high front vowels.