Panujihani (Panyçihæni) Alphabet
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An overview of the script used to write Panyçihæni
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The Panyçihæni script is the sole script used to write Panujihani . The oldest sources of this script date back thousands of years to carvings found in cave walls throughout the country's mountains. Letters have been added and modified since then, but it still closely resembles the original script. It is an alphabet, but only minuscule characters exist. It is important to note that in different dialects, some letters will be pronounced quite differently to the IPA presented in the tables below.
There are 10 unique letters to represent the 20 vowels. They are grouped into 10 rounded/unrounded pairs, where the rounded vowel is indicated by a macron above the letter.
Note: The majority of the vowel pairs are articulated in the same position, with lip rounding distinguishing the two vowels. However, some vowel pairs aren't based on this distinction, such as /ɐ/ and /ʊ/.
There are 18 unique letters used to represent the 27 consonant sounds. Half of these have a voiced/unvoiced consonant pairing, where the voiced consonant is marked with a acute accent.
|/h/||Allophones of /h/ are [ʔ], [ɦ], & [ç].|
|/l/||Allophones of /l/ are [ɫ], & [ʎ].|
|/n/||Allophone of /n/ is [ɲ].|
|/r/||Allophone of /r/ is [ɾ].|
|/ʁ/||Allophones of /ʁ/ are [ʁ̥], & [ɣ].|
|/t͡ʃ/||Allophone of /t͡ʃ/ is [t͡ɕ].|
|/d͡ʒ/||Allophone of /d͡ʒ/ is [d͡ʑ].|
|/ʃ/||Allophone of /ʃ/ is [ɕ].|
|/w/||Allophone of /w/ is [ɥ].|
|/χ/||Allophone of /χ/ is [x].|
|/ʒ/||Allophone of /ʒ/ is [ʑ].|