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The evolution of Nassian phonology is described in the tikekä kolsikuissuka Nasiko (historical phonology of Nassian).
The evolution of Nassian writting systems is described in the tikekö certömö Nasiko (history of Nassian alphabets).
a aa e ee i ii k kk l m n o oo p pp r s ss t tt u uu c cc
4 single graphemes with diacritics, 10 dighraphs with diacritics, each representing a single umlaut vowel:
ä ää ë ëë ö öö ü üü
and 18 graphemes with diacritics, representing so called over-long vowels:
á a̋ ó ő é
e̋ í ú
ű à ȁ ò ȍ
è ȅ ì ù ȕ
a [a] - as English "cup" but more open
aa [aː] - as English "rather", long
ä [æ] - as English "bad"
ää [æː] - long version of ä
á [aːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
a̋ [æːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
à [aːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
ȁ [æːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
e [e] - as English "den"
ee [eː] - as English "hair"
ë [ɑ] - weird Nassian vowel, open mouth to say "e" but
say "a" or "o", similar to Estonian "õ"
ëë [ɑː] - long
version of ë
é [eːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
e̋ [ɑːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
è [eːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
ȅ [ɑːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
i [i] - as English "kiss"
ii [iː] - as English "pea"
í [iːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
ì [iːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
o [o] - as English "long"
oo [oː] - as English "law"
ö [œ] - similar to German "ö", open mouth to say "o" but
say "e"
öö [œː] - long
version of ö
ó [oːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
ő [œːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
ò [oːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
ȍ [œːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
u [u] - as English "put"
uu [uː] - as English "mood"
ü [ʏ] - similar to German "ü", open mouth to say "u"
but say "e"
üü [ʏː] - long version of ü
ú [uːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
ű [ʏːˑ] - semi-overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, long and short
ù [uːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
ȕ [ʏːː] - overlong vowel; consists
of two vowels following without brake, both long
The
Nassian has basic accent on first syllable, cenätä [ˈþe-næ-tæ].
Composed words, containing second root of stem,
preposition and/or emphatic article, had secondary accent. This accent
is located on sufixes or second roots,
but not on prepositions, Rookokortu [ˌroːkoˈkortu]
- Borgå, pirtomutim [pirˈtomuˌtim] - by that
house.
Originally,
the movable and free accent ECSL was fixed in EAN on first syllable
under Finno-Ugric influence. In some dialects, the old
ECSL accent
is archived
in the phenomenon called semilong consonants; ultimate consonant in
open root terminal syllable (-CV) are
prolongated: e.g. rooka (river) [ˈroːkˑa].
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