Wikilret Phonotactics

Syllables

Possible syllables: V, VC, CV, CVC, C₁C₂VC * , C₁C₅VC, C₂C₄VC₄, C₂C₅VC, C₃C₅VC, C₄C₅VC

* except voiced cannot follow voiceless or vice versa

V: a, ä, e, ë, i, ï, u, ü, o, ö

C: p, t, d, k, g, f, s, z, h, c, j, l, r, y, w, m, n

C₁: p, t, d, k, g

C₂: f, s, z

C₃: h, c, j

C₄: m, n

C₅: l, r, y, w

Words

Stress

Stress falls on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable on nouns and the last syllable for all other words.

Compound Words

The head word(s) is the modifier, the tail word is the base; so ranöhkep (ranöh battle, kep blade) is a blade for battle.