Pepetoka languages

The Pepetoka language is the language of the Pepetoka people and the various Pepetoka states.

Consonants
Current Pepetoka has 25 consonants, just like Old Pepetoka. The main difference is that Old Pepetoka had a series of voiceless approximants instead of voiceless fricatives. These voiceless approximants became voiceless fricatives in Current Pepetoka. ( remained unchanged).

The pronounciation of the consonants in current Pepetoka varies heavily from dialect to dialect, especially regarding the voiceless continuants and the palatal consonants.


 * are denti-alveolar
 * was in Old Pepetoka - now it is realized as either,  or  depending on the dialect. The last of the three is the most widespread.
 * was in Old Pepetoka - now it is realized as either  or, depending on the dialect. The latter is more widespread.
 * was in Old Pepetoka - now it is realized as either  or, depending on the dialect.
 * was in Old Pepetoka - now it is realized as.
 * was in Old Pepetoka - now it is realized as either  or, depending on the dialect.
 * A lot of dialects - but not all - affricate the palatal to.
 * A lot of dialects - but not all - affricate the retroflex to.
 * Some dialects have replaced the voicing distinction with an aspiration distinction  for stops.
 * A few dialects went even further and replaced the previous aspiration distinction with an affricate-stop distinction.

Vowels
Old Pepetoka had a four-vowel system, along with four possible diphthongs which were probably realized as.

In pretty much all dialects of Current Pepetoka, these diphthongs have monophthongized to, resulting in an eight-vowel system. Additionally, Old Pepetoka have shifted to  in nearly all dialects of Current Pepetoka.