Osarius: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Cobre Creole Master Consonant & Diacritic Key ! Character / Diacritic !! IPA !! Phonetic Description !! Environmental Rules & Context |- ! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | Distinctive Consonants & Digraphs |- | '''gb''' | {{IPA|[ɡ͡b]}} | Voiced labial-velar plosive | Same as Yoruba/Igbo |- | '''kp''' | {{IPA|[k͡p]}} | Voiceless labial-velar plosive | Same as Yoruba/Igbo |- | rowspan="2" | '''..."

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Created page with "{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Cobre Creole Master Consonant & Diacritic Key ! Character / Diacritic !! IPA !! Phonetic Description !! Environmental Rules & Context |- ! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | Distinctive Consonants & Digraphs |- | '''gb''' | {{IPA|[ɡ͡b]}} | Voiced labial-velar plosive | Same as Yoruba/Igbo |- | '''kp''' | {{IPA|[k͡p]}} | Voiceless labial-velar plosive | Same as Yoruba/Igbo |- | rowspan="2" | '''..."

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Cobre Creole Master Consonant & Diacritic Key
! Character / Diacritic !! IPA !! Phonetic Description !! Environmental Rules & Context
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | Distinctive Consonants & Digraphs
|-
| '''gb'''
| {{IPA|[ɡ͡b]}}
| Voiced labial-velar plosive
| Same as Yoruba/Igbo
|-
| '''kp'''
| {{IPA|[k͡p]}}
| Voiceless labial-velar plosive
| Same as Yoruba/Igbo
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''j'''
| {{IPA|[dʒ]}}
| Voiced postalveolar affricate
| '''Standard Rule:''' Like the "j" in ''judge''
|-
| {{IPA|[ɟ]}}
| Voiced palatal plosive
| '''Post-Consonant Rule:''' When directly following another consonant (e.g., ''Njịkọledo''), shifts to the Yoruba style
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''ch'''
| {{IPA|[tʃ]}}
| Voiceless postalveolar affricate
| '''Native Rule:''' Pronounced like the English "ch" in ''church'' for native words (e.g., ''Akach'').
|-
| {{IPA|[ʃ]}}
| Voiceless postalveolar fricative
| '''Loan Rule:''' Shifts to an English "sh" sound in words derived from Azertienne (e.g., ''Chambre'').
|-
| '''ṣ'''
| {{IPA|[ɕ]}}
| Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative
| A sharp, bright, hissing "sh" sound. Pronounced by raising the body of the tongue high towards the palate while hissing.
|-
| '''sh'''
| {{IPA|[ʃ]}}
| Voiceless postalveolar fricative
| Standard English "sh" sound as in ''shoe'' or ''shop''. Kept distinct from the brighter '''ṣ'''.
|-
| '''z'''
| {{IPA|[z]}}
| Voiced alveolar fricative
| Standard buzzing sound as in English ''zebra''
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | Base Diacritics & Pitch System
|-
| ◌̣
| —
| Underdot
| Shorter vowel sounds
|-
| ◌̨
| —
| Ogonek
| Longer vowel sounds
|-
| ◌́
| {{IPA|[◌́]}}
| Acute Accent (High Tone)
| Sharp or rising pitch.
|-
| ◌̀
| {{IPA|[◌̀]}}
| Grave Accent (Low Tone)
| Dropped or deeper pitch.
|-
| (Unmarked)
| {{IPA|[◌̄]}}
| No Mark (Mid Tone)
| Pronounced with a neutral tone
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Cobre Master Vowel Inventory
! Character !! IPA !! Phonetic Description !! English / Cross-Dialect Audio Anchors
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | The "A" Vowel Tier
|-
| '''ạ'''
| {{IPA|[a]}}
| Short open front vowel
| Short "ah" sound. Like ''cat'' or ''hat''.
|-
| '''a'''
| {{IPA|[ã]}}
| Nasalized open front vowel
| '''Baseline Vowel:''' A nasal "ah". Like the "an" sound in Yoruba.
|-
| '''ą'''
| {{IPA|[ɑː]}}
| Long open back vowel
| Long "ah" sound held for two beats. Like in ''father'', ''spa'', or ''calm''.
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | The "E" Vowel Tier
|-
| '''ẹ'''
| {{IPA|[ɛ]}}
| Short open-mid front vowel
| Short "eh" sound. Like in ''met'', ''bed'', or ''dress''.
|-
| '''e'''
| {{IPA|[e]}}
| Close-mid front unrounded vowel
| '''Baseline Vowel:''' An unglided "ay" sound. Like the first half of the vowel in ''say'' or ''face''.
|-
| '''ę'''
| {{IPA|[eː]}}
| Long close-mid front vowel
| Long "ayyy" sound held for two beats.
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | The "I" Vowel Tier
|-
| '''ị'''
| {{IPA|[ɪ]}}
| Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
| Short "ih" sound. Like in ''bit'', ''pin'', or ''kit''.
|-
| '''i'''
| {{IPA|[i]}}
| Close front unrounded vowel
| '''Baseline Vowel:''' A short "ee" sound. Like the "y" sound at the end of ''happy'' or ''coffee''.
|-
| '''į'''
| {{IPA|[iː]}}
| Long close front vowel
| Long "eeeee" sound held for two beats. Like in ''freeze'' or ''team''.
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | The "O" Vowel Tier
|-
| '''ọ'''
| {{IPA|[ɔ]}}
| Short open-mid back vowel
| Short "o" sound. Like in ''pot'', ''hot'', or ''top''.
|-
| '''o'''
| {{IPA|[o]}}
| Close-mid back rounded vowel
| '''Baseline Vowel:''' A closed "oh" sound. Flat and unglided, like the "o" in Spanish ''hola''.
|-
| '''ǫ'''
| {{IPA|[ɔː]}}
| Long open-mid back vowel
| Same vowel sound in "north" but doesn't glide into the "r"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | The "U" Vowel Tier
|-
| '''ụ'''
| {{IPA|[ʊ]}}
| Near-close near-back rounded vowel
| Short "uh" sound. Like in ''foot'', ''put'', or ''push''.
|-
| '''u'''
| {{IPA|[u]}}
| Close back rounded vowel
| '''Baseline Vowel:''' A short "oo" sound. Like the "u" in Spanish ''uno''.
|-
| '''ų'''
| {{IPA|[uː]}}
| Long close back vowel
| Long "ooooo" sound held for two beats. Like in ''boot'', ''goose'', or ''blue''.
|}

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