Mendian

Phonology
/p b t d k ɡ q/ /f v s z ʃ ʒ x (ħ)/  /m n ŋ/  /(pf) ts dz tʃ dʒ kx/ <(pf) ts dz tš dž kh> /w r l j/

/i i: u u: e e: ø ø: ɜ ɜ: o o: æ æ: a a: ɒ ɒ:/ 

Mendian also features a stress contrast: each stressed word has one syllable that bears stress. In short vowels, this is indicated with an acute accent, for example <á>, while in long vowels it is marked with a circumflex, for example <â>. Stress is phonemic but not fixed: it is mobile in some words.

There operate two types of vowel harmony in Mendian; one that applies to <ę ę̄> and one that applies to . The first sound change, otherwise termed harmonisation, is that of <ę ę̄> shifting to  when either the syllable before or after it contains a long front vowel. The second change, u-umlaut, is of  shifting to <ǫ ǭ> when the next syllable contains . The circumstances of umlaut get more complicated when <ā> rarely shifts when the next syllable contains a. The umlaut becomes optional if between the two vowels there is more than a single consonant.