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Cobre Creole Master Consonant & Diacritic Key

Character / Diacritic	IPA	Phonetic Description	Environmental Rules & Context
Distinctive Consonants & Digraphs
gb	[ɡ͡b]	Voiced labial-velar plosive	Same as Yoruba/Igbo
kp	[k͡p]	Voiceless labial-velar plosive	Same as Yoruba/Igbo
j	[dʒ]	Voiced postalveolar affricate	Standard Rule: Like the "j" in judge
	[ɟ]	Voiced palatal plosive	Post-Consonant Rule: When directly following another consonant (e.g., Njịkọledo), shifts to the Yoruba style
ch	[tʃ]	Voiceless postalveolar affricate	Native Rule: Pronounced like the English "ch" in church for native words (e.g., Akach).
	[ʃ]	Voiceless postalveolar fricative	Loan Rule: Shifts to an English "sh" sound in words derived from Azertienne (e.g., Chambre).
ṣ	[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	[ʃ]	Voiceless postalveolar fricative	Standard English "sh" sound as in shoe or shop. Kept distinct from the brighter ṣ.
z	[z]	Voiced alveolar fricative	Standard buzzing sound as in English zebra
Base Diacritics & Pitch System
◌̣	—	Underdot	Shorter vowel sounds
◌̨	—	Ogonek	Longer vowel sounds
◌́	[◌́]	Acute Accent (High Tone)	Sharp or rising pitch.
◌̀	[◌̀]	Grave Accent (Low Tone)	Dropped or deeper pitch.
(Unmarked)	[◌̄]	No Mark (Mid Tone)	Pronounced with a neutral tone

Cobre Master Vowel Inventory

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