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The tables below illustrate the Pandoran alphabet as well as the evolution and pronunciation thereof. At this point, the words below are transcriptions of Greek and Latin words. ==Pandoran alphabet== {| class="wikitable" | A || B || Γ || Δ || E || Ϝ || Z<ref>[Dz] function never present in Pandoran.</ref>|| H || Θ || Ι || K || Λ || Μ || N || Ξ || O || Π || Ϙ || Ρ || Σ || T || Υ || Φ || Χ<ref>[Ks] function never present in Pandoran.</ref> || Ψ |- | Alfa || Beta || Gamma || Delta || Epsilon || Vav || Zeta || Haw || Theta || Iota || Kappa || Lambda || Mu || Nu || Ksí || Omicron || Pí || Kvoppa || Rho || Sigma || Tau || Upsilon || Fí || Chí || Psí |- |} ==Pandoran IPA== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="5" | Consonants <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemination Geminate] (double) consonants are written with a doubled letter except for /jj/ and /vv/: ''ανυς'' /ˈa.nʊs/, ''αννυσ'' /ˈan.nʊς/. In IPA, they may be written as double or be followed by the length sign: /nn/ or /nː/.</ref> |- ! IPA ! Ancient ! Modern ! Example(s) ! English |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_stop b] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2"| β || '''B'''ρύτυς || '''b'''uoy |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_stop g] || style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2;" colspan="2"| γ || '''γ'''ραϝις || '''g'''ear |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_nasal#Palatal_or_alveolo-palatal ɲ] || ι'''γ'''νις || i'''g'''neous |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labialization gʷ]<ref>Appears as [gw] in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Labialized_voiced_velar_plosive.ogg γϝ] || λιν'''γϝ'''α || '''Gw'''en |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_dental_and_alveolar_stops#Alveolar d] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2"| δ || '''δ'''εκεμ || '''d'''eck |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_labiodental_fricative v] || style="background-color: darkgray" | || style="text-align: center" | ϝ || rowspan="2" | '''ϝ'''ερβυμ || '''v'''est |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_labio-velar_approximant w] || style="text-align: center"| ϝ || style="background-color: darkgray" | || '''w'''est |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_fricative#Voiced_alveolar_sibilant z] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2"| ζ || '''ζ'''έλυς || '''z'''est |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricative h] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2"| η || '''η'''αβεο || '''h'''er |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_approximant#Palatal j] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ι, ϊ || '''ι'''ύς || '''y'''odel |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_stop k] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | κ || '''κ'''απυτ || s'''c'''ar |- | style="color: red" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirated_consonant kʰ] || style="text-align: center" | χ || style="background-color: darkgray" | || rowspan="2" | '''χ'''αρτα || '''c'''ar |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_palato-alveolar_affricate tʃ]<ref>These [tʃ, ɫ, ɾ, r] appears as [ch, ll, r, rr], respectively, in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> || style="background-color: darkgray" | || style="text-align: center" | χ || '''ch'''in |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative ks] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ξ || νι'''ξ''' || o'''x''' |- | kv || style="background-color: darkgray" | || style="text-align: center" | ϙ || rowspan="2" | '''ϙ'''í || '''Kv'''apil, as digraph |- | [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Labialized_voiceless_velar_plosive.ogg kʷ] || style="text-align: center" | ϙ || style="background-color: darkgray" | || '''qu'''est |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_lateral_approximants l] || style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2;" colspan="2" | λ || '''λ'''oκα || '''l'''eave |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_lateral_approximants#Velarized_alveolar_lateral_approximant ɫ] || μυ'''λ'''τα || a'''ll''' |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasal m] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | μ || '''μ'''ανυσ || '''m'''an |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_nasals#Alveolar n] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ν || '''ν'''οςτερ || '''n'''ext |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_stop p] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | π || '''π'''αξ || s'''p'''an |- | ps || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ψ || '''ψ'''αικί || la'''ps'''e |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_flaps ɾ] || style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2;" colspan="2" | ρ || δ'''ρ'''ακό || d'''r'''agon |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_trills r] || '''ρ'''εγιο || '''r'''un, but trilled |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_trill r̥] || style="text-align: center" | ῥ || style="background-color: darkgray" | || '''Ῥ'''έα || diar'''rh'''ea |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricative#Voiceless_alveolar_sibilant s] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ς || '''ς'''υμ || '''s'''end |- | sv || style="background-color: darkgray" | || style="text-align: center" | ςϝ || rowspan="2" | '''Σϝ'''έτόνια || '''sv'''elte, [sv] pron. |- | [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Labialized_voiceless_alveolar_sibilant1.ogg sʷ] || style="text-align: center" | ςϝ || style="background-color: darkgray" | || '''sw'''ear |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_dental_and_alveolar_stops#Alveolar t] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | τ || '''τ'''αβυλα || S'''t'''an |- | tʰ || style="text-align: center" | θ || style="background-color: darkgray" | || style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2" | Πρoμέ'''θ'''εύς || '''t'''ar |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_dental_fricative θ]<ref>The dental fricatives [θ, ð] appears as [th] in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> || style="background-color: darkgray" | || style="text-align: center" | θ || '''th'''ong |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_dental_fricative ð] || style="background-color: darkgray" | || style="text-align: center" | ð || '''θ'''αλαςςα || '''th'''is |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_labiodental_fricative f] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | φ || '''φ'''ακιο || '''f'''an |} {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="5" | Vowels |- ! IPA ! Ancient ! Modern ! Example(s) ! English |- ! colspan="5" | <center>Monophthongs</center> |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel a] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | α || '''α'''νιμα || h'''a'''t [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Received Pronunciation] (RP) |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_central_unrounded_vowel ᴀ]<ref>The long vowels [ᴀ, e, i, o, u] appear as [a:, e:, i:, o:, u:] in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ά || '''ά'''κερ || f'''a'''ther |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel ɛ]<ref>These vowels [ɛ, ɪ, ɔ, ʊ] appear as [e, i, o, u] in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ε || '''ε'''στ || m'''e'''t |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel e] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | έ || '''έ'''λεκτυς || m'''a'''de |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel y] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ὲ || κ'''ὲ'''μα || f'''ew''' |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel ɪ] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ι || '''ι'''νκ'''ι'''π'''ι'''τ || m'''i'''t |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel i] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ί || '''ί'''ρα || m'''ee'''t |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel ɔ] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ο || '''ο'''μνις || l'''o'''t (RP) |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel o] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ό || δαιμ'''ό'''ν || c'''o'''de |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-close_near-back_rounded_vowel ʊ] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | υ || '''υ'''ρβς || p'''u'''t |- | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_rounded_vowel u] || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | ύ || λ'''ύ'''να || m'''oo'''n |- ! colspan="5" | <center>Diphthongs <ref>These [aɪ̯, aʊ̯, ɔɪ̯] appear as [(ai), (au), (oi)] in Furcadia descriptions.</ref></center> |- | aɪ̯ || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | αι || '''αι'''τάς || '''eye''' |- | aʊ̯ || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | αυ || '''αυ'''ρυμ || '''ow''' |- | ɔɪ̯ || style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | οι || π'''οι'''να || b'''oy''' |- ! colspan="5" | <center>Nasal vowels</center> |- | ◌̃<ref>These [ã, ɛ̃, ɪ̃, ɔ̃, ʊ̃, ỹ] appear as [a#, e#, i#, o#, u#, y#] in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> | style="background-color: darkgray" | | style="text-align: center" | μV, νV | '''νι'''μβυς | Short nasal vowels |- | ◌̃ː<ref>These [ᴀ̃, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ] appear as [a;, e;, i;, o;, u;] in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> | colspan="2" | V before word-final (μ)<br />V+ν before (φ, ς) | μ'''ον'''ςτρ'''υμ''' | Long nasal vowels |} {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="3" | Prosody |- ! IPA !! Examples !! Info |- | <big>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(linguistics) ˈ]</big><ref>Appears as (') in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> | rowspan="2" | Γαιυς<br>/ˈɡaɪ̯.ʊs/ | Placed before the stressed syllable. |- | <big>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllabification .]</big><ref>Appears as (.) in Furcadia descriptions.</ref> | Syllable marker, generally between vowels in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hiatus_(linguistics) hiatus] |} ===Notes=== <references/> ==Stress== To determine stress, consider the final syllable as extra metric; then place the accent on the syllable with the penult metric mora. For example:<br /> ''Koνδιτυμ'' ("founded") <ko•n—di—tum> ['kɔn.dɪ.tʊ̃ː]<br /> ''Koνδίτυμ'' ("seasoned") <ko•n—di•i—tum> [kɔn'dɪː.tʊ̃ː]<br /> ''Koνδυκτυμ'' ("brought together") <ko•n—du•k—tum> [kɔn'dʊk.tʊ̃ː]
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