The Summer Isles are an archipelago south of Westeros and Essos situated in the Summer Sea. From its entry in the Wiki of Ice and Fire:
The Summer Isles have a long history dating back thousands of years. Much of this was recorded in carvings made by priestesses on the famous Talking Trees of Tall Trees Town. Even more is recorded in oral tradition, because the Summer Islanders rely heavily upon histories recorded in highly complicated formal verse and memorized by rote.
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- Wiki of Ice and Fire Entry for the Summer Isles
- Characters Associated with the Summer Isles: Jalabhar Xho, Alayaya, Malthar Xaq
Proto-Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar/Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops | p/b/ɓ | t̪/d̪/t̪’/ɗ̪ | c/ɟ/c’/ʄ | k/ɡ/k’ | q/q’ | ʔ | |
| Fricatives | f/v | θ/ð | s/z, ɬ/ɮ | ʃ/ʒ | h | ||
| Nasals | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Approximants | r, l | j | w | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-Mid | e | o | |
| Open-Mid | |||
| Open | ɑ |
Note: For the sake of simplicity, the following changes have been made to the usual phonetic descriptions of various IPA characters:
- “Labial” is used as a cover term for bilabial and labio-dental.
- [ǝ] has been placed in the Open Mid row.
- To shorten the tables, “Approximant” is used as a cover term for approximants, glides, taps, and trills.
- Where a consonant or pair of consonants appears in two columns, it means that place distinction is unimportant for the phoneme(s) in question.