Fa'lysh

General information
For the most part, this page will be written in Romanized words (ie "a b c" not "ا ب س") for obvious reasons (because the author would like it to be easier to write). The IPA pronunciation/spelling of each word, however, may not be given, due to the sheer number of times the author would have to copy and paste.

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Phonotactics
Since the written phonotactics differ from the spoken phonotactics, I will put both here.

(C=consonant V=vowel)

written= (C)(C)(V)(C)

spoken= (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)

There are many combinations.

Implied Letters (Strange Diacritics)
Not all of the vowels that are in the vowel phonology are listed in the alphabet, and that is for a reason. Sometimes, (perhaps most of the time) the vowels are implied using certain diacritics.

For example, if you were to write a word (ie shadiuz') you'd place a small diacritic, called adh"kh (plural fadh"kh"i), above the sh (ش) like so شَ. Fadh"kh"i look like َ, and they denote a short /a/ sound. To denote the /i/ sound after the letter d (د), we place a kazr"kh (plural kazr"kh"i) below it. Kazr"kh"i look just like fadh"kh"i, but are placed below the letter they come after. In the afore mentioned word (shadiuz'), the kazr"kh would be placed below the d (د), and therefore look like this: دِ.

So, in essence, only the long vowels are written and the short vowels are sometimes written as small diacritics so as to be written swiftly and easily.

"shadiuz" would be spelled شَدِوظ and pronounced /ʃadiu̯zˤ/

Diacritics
There are a couple diacritics (not including the fadh"kh"i, kazr"kh"i, zukhun"i, and zhad"i), and they are used to change the pronunciation of some letters. These diacritics, in F'alysh, are called xhamzai (singular xhamzah). They look like a "u" with the top kicked over on its side to the right: ء

Whenever it is on top of,  the letter a (ا), it changes the /aː/ sound to an /æ/ sound. When on the bottom, the /aː/ sound changes to a

Like so: أ إ When a xhamzah is written on the letter u (و) (, it turns the /u/ sound into an /ɒ/ sound.

Like so: ؤ