Wiktionary:About Kamassian

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This page deals with the specific issues of Kamassian entries on Wiktionary.

Orthography

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The orthography used for Kamassian on Wiktionary is based on that designed by A. Pivovarov in his Kamassian-Russian dictionary, taking into account Kamassian phonology as described by G. Klumpp (2016):

Kamassian vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
Close и ӱ ы у
Reduced ә ө
Mid-Low е ӧ а о
  • Non-initial reduced vowels are written with ә
  • No distinction is made between a central mid vowel and ӧ
Kamassian consonants
labial dental alveolar palatal velar glottal
Stop п/б т/д ч/дж к/г ʼ
Fricative с/з ш/ж сь/зь х
Nasal м н нь ӈ
Lateral/Trill л/р ль
Glide в й
  • Aspiration is indicated by means of an <х> after the aspirated consonant.
  • The fricatives β and ɣ are written as б and г respectively
  • What Klumpp analyses as "palatalised" consonants are written with a following glide й.
  • Word final -ʔC clusters are written following the allophone -ʔ (< *-t) or -ʔm (< *-p).