Phonology

Isanercent shares the same set of phonemes of German. Below is a description based on Wikipedia article.

Consonants

labialalveolarpost-alveolarpalatalvelar/uvularglottal
nasalmnŋ
plosivep bt dk g
affricatepftstʃ dʒ
fricativef vs zʃ ʒç jxh
liquidl

Vowels

front (u)front (r)centralback
closeɪ iːʏ yːʊ uː
close-midøː(ə)
open-midɛ (ɛː)œ(ɐ)ɔ
opena
  • /ə/ is often realized as mid central unrounded [ə] and close-mid central unrounded [ɘ]. It occurs only in unstressed syllables, for instance in Isanercent [ˈɪzaˌnɛɐtsən]. If a sonorant follows in the syllable coda, the schwa often disappears so that the sonorant becomes syllabic, for instance [ˈɪzaˌnɛɐtsn̩]
  • /ɐ/ is a common allophone of the sequence /ər/

Diphthongs

Phonemic

Ending point →frontback
open-midɔʏ̯
openaɪ̯aʊ̯

Phonetic

In the varieties where speakers vocalize /r/ to [ɐ] in the syllable coda, a diphthong ending in [ɐ̯] may be formed with every stressable vowel.

Romanization

While we can directly borrow German's orthography, seeing that we can improve its intuitivity, it is modified a little.

Consonants

  • b: at end of syllable: [p]; otherwise: [b]
  • c: [ts]
  • ch: after a, o, and u: [x]; after other vowels or consonants or initially: [ç] or [k].
  • ck: [k], follows short vowels
  • d: at end of syllable: [t]; otherwise: [d] or [d̥]
  • dz: [dʒ]
  • dt: [t]
  • f: [f]
  • g: when part of word-final -ig: [ç] or [k] (Southern German); at the end of a syllable: [k]; otherwise: [ɡ] or [ɡ̊]
  • h: [h]
  • k: [k]
  • l: [l]
  • m: [m]
  • n: [n]
  • ng: usually: [ŋ]; in compound words where the first element ends in "n" and the second element begins with "g" (-n·g-): [nɡ] or [nɡ̊]
  • nk: [ŋk]
  • p: [p]
  • pf: [pf] in all cases with some speakers
  • qu: [kv] or [kw] (in a few regions)
  • r: [ʁ] before vowels, [ɐ] otherwise; or
  • s: before and between vowels: [z] or [z̥]; before consonants or when final: [s]; before p or t at the beginning of a word or syllable: [ʃ]
  • sch: [ʃ]; however
  • ss: [s]
  • t: [t]
  • tsch: [tʃ]
  • ts: [ts], follows short vowels
  • v: [v]; word-ending: [f]
  • w: [v]
  • z: [ʒ]
  • zsch: [tʃ]

Vowels

front (u)front (r)centralback
closeɪ (ǐ) i (i)ʏ (y) y (ü)ʊ (ǔ) u (u)
close-mide (e)ø (ö)ə (e)o (o)
open-midɛ (ä)œ (œ)ɐ (r)ɔ (ǒ)
opena (a)