Jan29 – A Constructed Language

Jan29 Phonology and Orthography

Overview

Jan29 uses the latin alphabet, more or less. the letters used are:

a â c æ e è ê f h i î j k l m n ñ o ô p q r s t u û w x

Sounds and Orthography

The 1st table show the vowel phones that can appear, both short and long, along with the corresponding letter. The 2nd table shows the consonants. Letters marked with an asterisk * appear in more than one place in the tables.

Short and Long Vowels
Unrounded Rounded

Front Back

High i i î i: - - - u u û u:

High-Mid - e e ê e: - o o ô o: -

Low-Mid - è E æ E: - O - -

Low - - a A â A: - -

Short and Long Vowels
	Unrounded	Rounded
Front	Back
High	i	i	î	i:	-	-	-	u	u	û	u:
High-Mid	-	e	e	ê	e:	-	o	o	ô	o:	-
Low-Mid	-	è	E	æ	E:	-	O	-	-
Low	-	-	a	A	â	A:	-	-

Consonants
Labial Coronal Dorsal Guttural

Stops V'less p p - t t - - k k q q ' ?

Nasals Voiced m m - n* n - ñ J n* N n* ɴ -

Fricatives V'less - f f s s c S - x X h h

Trills Voiced - r r - - -

Approximants w w - l l - j j - -

Consonants
	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal	Guttural
Stops	V'less	p	p	-	t	t	-	-	k	k	q	q	'	?
Nasals	Voiced	m	m	-	n*	n	-	ñ	J	n*	N	n*	ɴ	-
Fricatives	V'less	-	f	f	s	s	c	S	-	x	X	h	h
Trills	Voiced	-	r	r	-	-	-
Approximants	w	w	-	l	l	-	j	j	-	-

Phonotactics

Diphthongs include ai [ai] and au [au]. All other vowel sequences,if any, are disyllabic.

Any single consonant may appear as an onset. There are no onset clusters.

Any single consonant except [h] may occur in coda position. There are no coda clusters.

Medial clusters (coda + onset) may occur. Nasal codas assimilate to the POA of the following stop, nasal, or approximant. The consonants [p], [t], [k], [q], [?], [f], [s], [S], [X], [m], [n], [J], [r], and [l] can be geminate (coda + onset).

Distribution

e appears in open syllables and è appears before sonorant codas; both can appear before obstruent codas.
[o] appears before sonorant codas and in open syllables, while [O] appears before obstruent codas.
The allophone [N] appears before k and [ɴ] appears before q; [n] appears elsewhere.
Only the back vowels appear immediately before or after q.

Prosody

Syllables can be light (1 mora), heavy (2 moras), or extraheavy (3 moras).

Rhyme Origins

Rhyme Origins
Nucleus + j + w + h + Sonor. + Obstr.

0 i o/u e oC oC

i î û ê iC iC

è ê ô æ èC èC

a ai au â aC aC

Rhyme Origins
Nucleus	+ j	+ w	+ h	+ Sonor.	+ Obstr.
0	i	o/u	e	oC	oC
i	î	û	ê	iC	iC
è	ê	ô	æ	èC	èC
a	ai	au	â	aC	aC

Some rhymes are the result of vowel deletion as well. E.g. èj.kV. > êk.

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current date: 2013.Feb.06 Wed
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