CoA Language Pronunciation Guide
Below you will find guides to pronouncing some of the languages of the Andromeda galaxy. All phoneme pronunciations are given in IPA, with phonological rules using SPE notation.
Celestan
Table: Celestan Romanization
| Romanized |
Pronunciation (IPA) |
| a |
/a~æ/ |
| b |
/β/ |
| ch |
/t͡ʃ/ |
| d |
/ð/ |
| e |
/e~ə/ |
| f |
/f/ |
| g |
/ɣ/ |
| i |
/i/ |
| j |
/j/ |
| k |
/k/ |
| l |
/l/ |
| m |
/m/ |
| n |
/n/ |
| ny |
/ɲ/ |
| o |
/o/ |
| p |
/p/ |
| r |
/ɾ/ |
| s |
/s/ |
| sh |
/ʃ/ |
| t |
/t/ |
| u |
/u/ |
| x |
/x/ |
| y |
/ɪ/ |
| z |
/z/ |
| ’ |
/ʔ/ |
Notes
- Stress is on the second-to-last syllable, unless another syllable has an acute accent, in which case that syllable is stressed.
- Consecutive vowels are often realized as diphthongs.
- Vowel sequences containing /ɪ/ are written with <i> instead of <y> to disambiguate for readers, as some sequences, like <ay>, could be confused (in this case, <ay> may be confused for /eɪ/).
Allophony
- e → ə / [-stress] (unstressed /e/ becomes /ə/)
- a → æ / [-stress] (unstressed /a/ becomes /æ/)
Parallan
Table: Parallan Romanization
| Romanized |
Pronunciation (IPA) |
| a |
/a/ |
| f |
/f/ |
| h |
/h/ |
| i |
/i/ |
| k |
/k/ |
| m |
/m/ |
| n |
/n/ |
| p |
/p/ |
| r |
/r/ |
| s |
/s/ |
| sh |
/ʃ/ |
| t |
/t/ |
| u |
/u/ |
| v |
/v/ |
| w |
/w/ |
| y |
/j/ |
| z |
/z/ |
| zh |
/ʒ/ |
Notes
- Stress is always on the second-to-last syllable.
- All consecutive vowels are realized as diphthongs.
Tsanan
Table: Tsanan Romanization
| Romanized |
Pronuncaition (IPA) |
| a |
/a/ |
| c |
/c/ |
| c’ |
/c’/ |
| ch |
/tʃ/ |
| e |
/e/ |
| f |
/f/ |
| i |
/i/ |
| j |
/j/ |
| k |
/k/ |
| k’ |
/k’/ |
| l |
/l/ |
| lh |
/ɬ/ |
| m |
/m/ |
| n |
/n/ |
| ny |
/ɲ/ |
| ng |
/ŋ/ |
| o |
/o/ |
| p |
/p/ |
| p’ |
/p’/ |
| pf |
/pf/ |
| q’ |
/q’/ |
| r |
/ɾ/ |
| s |
/s/ |
| sh |
/ʃ/ |
| t |
/t/ |
| t’ |
/t’/ |
| ts |
/ts/ |
| u |
/u/ |
| v |
/v/ |
| w |
/w/ |
| wh |
/ʍ/ |
| x |
/x/ |
| y |
/ɪ/ |
| z |
/z/ |
| zh |
/ʒ/ |
Notes
- Vowel sequences containing /ɪ/ are written with <i> instead of <y> to disambiguate for readers, as some sequences, like <ay>, could be confused (in this case, <ay> may be confused for /eɪ/).
- Double vowels <aa> <ee> <ii> <oo> <uu> are lengthened.
- Double consonants are most often realized as geminated at the ends of words, but otherwise are the consonant in a previous syllable appearing in the following syllable.
- The consonants <m> <n> can act as syllabic consonants.
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