Nov28 –  A Constructed Language

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Nov28 Phonology and Orthography

The tables show the relevent phonetic symbols (in IPA) with the corresponding orthographic (romanization) symbols. The letters used are:
a c d e f h i k l m n o p q r s t u x z ';
b, g, j, v, w, and y aren't used.

Vowel Qualities

There are 7 vowel phonemes.

Vowel Phonemes

	pre-front				front				central		back
high	l	l	ɻ	r	i	i	-		-		-		u	u
mid	-				-				ə	o	-
low-mid	-				-		ɛ	e	-		-
low	-				-				-		ɑ	a	-

Consonant Qualities

There are 26 consonant phones and 14 consonant phonemes.

Consonant Phones

		labial				coronal						dorsal						guttural
stop	voiceless	p	p	-		-		t	t	-		-		k	k	q	q	ʔ	'
	voiced	-				-		d	d*	-		-						-
nasal	voiced	m	m	-		-		n	n*	-		-		ŋ	n*	ɴ	n*	-
affricate	voiceless	-		-		t͡ɬ	z	t͡s	s	t͡ʃ	c	-						-
fricative	voiceless	-		f	f	ɬ		s		ʃ		ç	h*	x	h*	χ	x	h	h*
	voiced	-		v		ɮ		z		ʒ		ʝ		ɣ		ʁ		-
flap	voiced	-				-		ɾ	d*	-		-						-

Syllables and Phonotactics

The possible syllable types are (C)V(V)(C).

• Any vowel can be long as well as short.
• The diphthongs are au, ai, ar, al, eu, ei, er, el, ou, oi, or, ol, ur, ul, ir, and il.
  All other vowel sequences are disyllabic.

• 0-onset alternates with [ʔ], appearing after a vowel.
• The nasal consonants are distinct phonemes only as onsets.
• The affricates are allophones appearing after n and t.
• The voiced fricatives are allophones appearing before d.
• [ɴ] appears before q.
• [ŋ] appears before k.
• [ɾ] appears after p, t, k, q, and vowels.
• [ç] appears after l, r, i, and e.
• [x] appears after u, o, and a.

page started: 2013.Dec.01 Sun
current date: 2013.Dec.01 Sun
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