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{{LangBar|Chakobsa|Dune (film)|Dinlih}}

Chakobsa's phoneme inventory somewhat resembles that of Arabic since the latter was [[Frank Herbert]]'s main inspiration for the Chakobsa words he created. However, unlike Arabic, Chakobsa does not have pharyngeal consonants.

== Standard Romanization ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Letter
! IPA
! Approximation
! Notes
|-
| '''a'''
| a
| f'''a'''ther
|
|-
| '''aa'''
| aː
| like '''a''', but longer
|
|-
| '''ai'''
| ai
| sk'''y'''
|
|-
| '''au'''
| au
| n'''ow'''
|
|-
| '''b'''
| b
| '''b'''other
| Has the allophone [p] (s'''p'''ike) before voiceless consonants.
|-
| '''ch'''
| tʃ
| ea'''ch'''
| Never aspirated, spelled '''cch''' when geminated.
|-
| '''d'''
| d
| '''d'''og
|
|-
| '''dh'''
| ð
| '''th'''is
| Spelled '''ddh''' when geminated.
|-
| '''d'h'''
| dh
| ha'''d h'''ad
|
|-
| '''e'''
| ɛ
| b'''e'''t
|
|-
| '''f'''
| f
| '''f'''og
|
|-
| '''g'''
| g
| '''g'''ood
|
|-
| '''h'''
| h
| '''h'''am
|
|-
| '''i'''
| i
| b'''ee'''t
|
|-
| '''ii'''
| iː
| like '''i''', but longer
|
|-
| '''j'''
| dʒ
| '''j'''u'''dg'''e
|
|-
| '''k'''
| k
| s'''k'''y
| Never aspirated.
|-
| '''l'''
| l
| '''l'''eft
|
|-
| '''m'''
| m
| '''m'''an
|
|-
| '''n'''
| n
| '''n'''o
|
|-
| '''o'''
| o
| m'''oa'''t
|
|-
| '''q'''
| q
| —
| Like '''k''', but pronounced further back in the throat, with the back of the tongue contacting the uvula.
|-
| '''r'''
| ɾ
| ba'''tt'''le
| Realized [r] (Spanish ''pe'''rr'''o'') when geminated.
|-
| '''s'''
| s
| '''s'''ee
|
|-
| '''sh'''
| ʃ
| '''sh'''eep
| Spelled '''ssh''' when geminated.
|-
| '''s'h'''
| sh
| thi'''s h'''ad
|
|-
| '''t'''
| t
| s'''t'''op
| Never aspirated.
|-
| '''th'''
| θ
| '''th'''ink
| Spelled '''tth''' when geminated.
|-
| '''t'h'''
| th
| i'''t h'''ad
|
|-
| '''u'''
| u
| cr'''ou'''ton
|
|-
| '''uu'''
| uː
| like '''u''', but longer
|
|-
| '''v'''
| v
| '''v'''oice
|
|-
| '''w'''
| w
| '''w'''ave
|
|-
| '''y'''
| j
| '''y'''ak
|
|-
| '''z'''
| z
| '''z'''oo
|
|-
| '''''''
| ʔ
| like the catch in one's throat that occurs in between the "uh" and "oh" in English "uh-oh"
| Unwritten word-initially.
|}

== Phonetics ==
The IPA pronunciation symbol is indicated in slashes when different from the standard romanization.

=== Consonants ===
Chakobsa has 23 consonants.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! |
! Labial
! Dental
! Alveolar
! Palatal
! Velar
! Uvular
! Glottal
|-
! Nasal
| m || rowspan="2" | || n || colspan="4" |
|-
! Stop/Affricate
| b || t, d || ch /tʃ/, j /dʒ/ || k, g || q || ' /ʔ/
|-
! Fricative
| f, v || th /θ/, dh /ð/ || s, z || sh /ʃ/ || colspan="2" rowspan="3" | || h
|-
! Approximant
| w || rowspan="2" | || l || y /j/
|-
! Tap
| || r /ɾ/ ||
|}

=== Vowels ===
Chakobsa has 5 vowels, its 2 mid vowels are always short but the 3 others can be short or long.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
!
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! Close
| i, ii /iː/ || rowspan="2" | || u, uu /uː/
|-
! Mid
| e /ɛ/ || o
|-
! Open
| || a, aa /aː/ ||
|}

There are 2 diphthongs, '''ai''' and '''au'''.

=== Stress ===
Stress generally falls on the antepenultimate syllable, unless other syllables are heavier, in which case stress usually falls on the first heavy syllable from the right. However, the final consonant of a word is extrametrical, it does not make the final syllable heavy.

[[Category:Chakobsa language|Phonology]]
[[Category:Chakobsa appendices|Pronunciation]]
[[Category:Pronunciation appendices]]

Appendix:Chakobsa pronunciation - Revision history

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