Wiktionary:About Kamassian
This page deals with the specific issues of Kamassian entries on Wiktionary.
Orthography
[edit]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):
| 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
| 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).