Editing Elamite language (section)

==Phonology==
Because of the limitations of the language's scripts, its phonology is not well understood.

Its consonants included at least stops {{IPA|/p/}}, {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/k/}}, sibilants {{IPA|/s/}}, {{IPA|/ʃ/}} and {{IPA|/z/}} (with an uncertain pronunciation), nasals {{IPA|/m/}} and {{IPA|/n/}}, liquids {{IPA|/l/}} and {{IPA|/r/}} and fricative {{IPA|/h/}}, which was lost in late Neo-Elamite. Some peculiarities of the spelling have been interpreted as suggesting that there was a contrast between two series of stops ({{IPA|/p/}}, {{IPA|/t/}}, {{IPA|/k/}} as opposed to {{IPA|/b/}}, {{IPA|/d/}}, {{IPA|/ɡ/}}), but in general, such a distinction was not consistently indicated by written Elamite.<ref>{{Harvnb|Stolper|2004|p=70}}</ref>

Elamite had at least the vowels {{IPA|/a/}}, {{IPA|/i/}}, and {{IPA|/u/}} and may also have had {{IPA|/e/}}, which was not generally expressed unambiguously.<ref>{{Harvnb|Stolper|2004|p=72}}</ref>

Roots were generally CV, (C)VC, (C)VCV or, more rarely, CVCCV<ref name="Stolper 73">{{Harvnb|Stolper|2004|p=73}}</ref> (the first C was usually a nasal).