Feb07 –  A Constructed Language

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Feb07 Phonological History

This romanization is a transliteration of the native script (not yet designed). Several of the letters have different phonetic values, depending on the stage they're used in. At the bottom of the page is a table summarizing the different values.

Stage -3

Stage -3 Vowels

	Unrounded								Rounded
	Front				Central		Back
High	i	i	-		-		-		-		u	u
Mid	-		-		o	ə	-		-		-
Low-Mid	-		e	ɛ	-		-		-		-
Low	-		-		-		a	ɑ	-		-

Stage -3 Consonants

		Labial				Coronal						Dorsal						Guttural
Stops	V'less	p	p	-		-		t	t	-		c	c	k	k	q	q	-
	Voiced	b	b	-		-		d	d	-		z	ɟ	g	g	y	ɢ	-
Nasals	Voiced	m	m	-		-		n*	n	-		n*	ɲ	n*	ŋ	n*	ɴ	-
Fricatives	V'less	-		f	f	h	θ	s	s	-		š	ç	x	x	ħ	χ	-
Trills	Voiced	-				-		r	r	-		-						-
Approximants		v	w	-		-		l	l	-		j	j	-				-

Stress is initially on the first syllable, but is attracted to the last heavy syllable, excluding the ultima.

Changes From Stage -3 to Stage -2

ç | χ	>	ʃ | ħ
c | ɟ	>	t͡s | d͡z
k | g	>	t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ	/	__ (e, i, j)
q | ɢ	>	k | g	/	__ (e, i, j)	?
q | ɢ	>	ʔ | 0
V	>	0	/	V(j, w, ħ) __ (CV, #)	?
0	>	ə	/	(b, d, g) __ #	etc.

Long vowels and diphthongs appear according to the following table; they may also result from the loss of [ɢ].

Long Vowel and Diphthong Origins

i	ɛ	ə	ɑ	u
i:	ɛi	əi	ɑi	wi:	+ j
ju:	jəu	əu	ɑu	u:	+ w
e:	æ:	ɑ:	ɑ:	o:	+ ħ

θ	>	h
ər | əl	>	r̩ | l̩		unless stressed

Stage -2

Stage -2 Short Vowels

	Unrounded								Rounded
	Front				Central		Back
High	i	i	-		-		-		-		u	u
Mid	-		-		o	ə	-		-		-
Low-Mid	-		e	ɛ	-		-		-		-
Low	-		-		-		a	ɑ	-		-

Stage -2 Long Vowels

	Unrounded								Rounded
	Front						Back
High	í	i:	-		-		-		-		ú	u:
High-Mid	-		ë	e:	-		-		ó	o:	-
Near-Low	-		-		é	æ:	-		-		-
Low	-		-		-		á	ɑ:	-		-

Stage -2 Consonants

		Labial				Coronal				Dorsal				Guttural
Stops	V'less	p	p	-		t	t	-		-		k	k	-		q	ʔ
	Voiced	b	b	-		d	d	-		-		g	g	-
Nasals	Voiced	m	m	-		n*	n	-		-		n*	ŋ	-
Affricates	V'less	-				c	t͡s	č	t͡ʃ	-				-
	Voiced	-				z	d͡z	ž	d͡ʒ	-				-
Fricatives	V'less	-		f	f	s	s	š	ʃ	-		x	x	ħ	ħ	h	h
Trills	Voiced	-				r	r	-		-				-
Approximants		v	w	-		l	l	-		j	j	-		-

The diphthongs are ai [ɑi], au [ɑu], oi [əi], ou [əu], and ei [ɛi].

Changes From Stage -2 to Stage -1

ɛi, əi	>	e:
əu | ɑu | ɑi | ɑ:	>	o: | au | ai | a:
ij, ɛj, əj, uj	>	i	/	__ V
ɑj	>	e	/	__ V
iw, ɛw, əw, uw	>	u	/	__ V
ɑw	>	o	/	__ V
i, ɛ, ɑ, u	>	ə	/	__ #	etc.
ə	>	0	/	VC __ #	etc.
ħ | x | ʔ	>	h | χ | 0
r̩ | l̩	>	a | u	/	(#, C) __ (C, #)

Stage -1

Stage -1 Short Vowels

	Unrounded								Rounded
	Front				Central		Back
High	i	i	-		-		-		-		u	u
High-Mid	-		e	e	o*	ə	-		o*	o	-
Low-Mid	-			ɛ			-		-		-
Low	-		-		-		a	ɑ	-		-

Stage -1 Long Vowels

	Unrounded						Rounded
	Front						Back
High	í	i:	-		-		-		ú	u:
High-Mid	-		ë	e:	-		ó	o:	-
Low	-		-		á, é	a:	-		-

Stage -1 Consonants

		Labial				Coronal				Dorsal						Guttural
Stops	V'less	p	p	-		t	t	-		-		k	k	-		-
	Voiced	b	b	-		d	d	-		-		g	g	-		-
Nasals	Voiced	m	m	-		n*	n	-		-		n*	ŋ	-		-
Affricates	V'less	-				c	t͡s	č	t͡ʃ	-						-
	Voiced	-				z	d͡z	ž	d͡ʒ	-						-
Fricatives	V'less	-		f	f	s	s	š	ʃ	-				x	χ	h, ħ	h
Trills	Voiced	-				r	r	-		-						-
Approximants		v	w	-		l	l	-		j	j	-				-

The diphthongs are ai [ai] and au [au].

Changes From Stage -1 to Stage -0

t͡s | d͡z	>	s | z
j | w	>	ʒ | v	/	(#, V) __ V
ɑ | ə	>	a | ɔ
h	>	0	/	__ (C, #)
V:	>	V
e | o	>	ɛ | ɔ	/	__ (CC, C#)
ɛ | ɔ	>	e | o	/	__ (CV, #)
s	>	ʃ	/	__ (r, l)

Stage -0

Stage -0 Vowels

	Unrounded						Rounded
	Front				Back
High	i*	i	-		-		-		u*	u
High-Mid	-		e	e	-		o	o	-
Low-Mid	-			ɛ	-			ɔ	-
Low	-		-		a	a	-		-

Stage -0 Consonants

		Labial				Coronal				Dorsal						Guttural
Stops	V'less	p	p	-		t	t	-		-		k	k	-		-
	Voiced	b	b	-		d	d	-		-		g	g	-		-
Nasals	Voiced	m	m	-		n*	n	-		-		n*	ŋ	-		-
Affricates	V'less	-				-		č	t͡ʃ	-						-
	Voiced	-				-		ž	d͡ʒ	-						-
Fricatives	V'less	-		f	f	s, c	s	š	ʃ	-				x	χ	h	h
	Voiced	-		v	v	z	z	j	ʒ	-						-
Trills	Voiced	-				r	r	-		-						-
Approximants		u*	w	-		l	l	-		i*	j	-				-

The diphthongs are ai [ai] and au [au].

Summary

Letter to Phone Summary

Letter	Stage				Letter	Stage
	-3	-2	-1	-0		-3	-2	-1	-0
a	ɑ			a	á	-	ɑ:	a:	-
c	c	t͡s		s *	č	-	t͡ʃ
e	ɛ		ɛ, e		é	-	æ:	a: *	-
ë	-	e:		-	-	-
h	θ	h			ħ	χ	ħ	h *	-
í	-	i:		-	j	j			ʒ
o	ə		ə, o	ɔ, o	ó	-	o:		-
q	q	ʔ	0 *	-	š	ç	ʃ
ú	-	u:		-	v	w			v
x	x		χ		y	ɢ	0 *	-	-
z	ɟ	d͡z		z	ž	-	d͡ʒ

* replaced by other letter with same value.

The letters b, d, f, g, i, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, and u have the same values in all stages.

page started: 2013.Feb.11 Mon
current date: 2013.Feb.20 Wed
content and form originated by qiihoskeh

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