K'otê (formerly "An Unnamed Conlang")

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Re: K'otê (formerly "An Unnamed Conlang")

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Re: K'otê (formerly "An Unnamed Conlang")

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Edit: This has been reworked and is pretty different now.
A Descendant of K'otê:

I've been workin on a descendant of K'otê that has three dialects that probably form a dialect continuum.

K'otê:
/m n/
/p t t͡s t͡ʃ t͡ɬ k q ʔ/
/p' t' t͡s' t͡ʃ' t͡ɬ' k' q'/
/f s ʃ ɬ χ/
/l j w/

Sound Changes:
V: vowel
N: any of /m n l j w/
F: a front vowel

f s ʃ ɬ χ → v z ʒ ɮ ʁ / [V, N]_[V, N] / %_(C)V[+stress]
p t t͡s t͡ʃ t͡ɬ k q → b d d͡z d͡ʒ d͡ɮ ɡ ɢ~ʁ / [V, N]_[V, N] / %_(C)V[+stress] (1)
p' t' t͡s' t͡ʃ' t͡ɬ' k' q' → p t t͡s t͡ʃ t͡ɬ k q / V_V / %_(C)V[+stress]
ʔ → ∅ (2)
q → ʔ (3)
p' t' t͡s' t͡ʃ' t͡ɬ' k' q' → pː tː t͡sː t͡ʃː t͡ɬː kː qː
t͡ʃ t͡ʃː d͡ʒ ʃ ʒ → t͡s t͡sː d͡z s z
t͡ɬ t͡ɬː d͡ɮ ɬ ɮ → t͡s t͡sː d͡z~l s z~l (4)
t͡s t͡sː d͡z s z → t͡ʂ t͡ʂː d͡ʐ ʂ ʐ / _F
t͡sj t͡sːj d͡zj sj zj → t͡ʂ t͡ʂː d͡ʐ ʂ ʐ
k kː ɡ → t͡ɕ t͡ɕː d͡ʑ / _F
kj kːj ɡj → t͡ɕ t͡ɕː d͡ʑ
q qː ɢ χ ʁ → k kː ɡ x ɣ
ʂ ʐ → ʂ~ɕ ʐ~ʑ → ʂ~ɕ ɻ~j (5)
i ɨ u e ə o a → ∅ / _[−stress]
m n → m̩ n̩ / #_#, C_#, #_C, C_C
stress moves to the first syllable
ɨ(ː) ə(ː) → i(ː) e(ː)
ij uw → i~ej u~ow (6)
i u ej ow aj aw iw uj→ e o i u ej ow oj ew (7)
eː oː → i u
iː uː aː → i u a
∅ → a / to break up illegal syllables
C₁C₁ → C₁

1:
Dialect 1: q → ɢ
Dialect 2: q → ʁ
Dialect 3: q → ʁ

2:
Dialect 1: ʔ → ∅
Dialect 2: ʔ → ∅
Dialect 3: ʔ → ʔ

3:
Dialect 1: q → q
Dialect 2: q → ʔ / _#
Dialect 3: q → ʔ

4:
Dialect 1: d͡ɮ ɮ → l
Dialect 2: d͡ɮ ɮ → d͡z l
Dialect 3: d͡ɮ ɮ → d͡z z

5:
Dialect 1: ʂ ʐ → ʂ ɻ
Dialect 2: ʂ ʐ → ʂ ɻ
Dialect 3: ʂ ʐ → ɕ j

6:
Dialect 1: ij ej uw ow → ej ej ow ow
Dialect 2: ij ej uw ow → ej ej ow ow
Dialect 3: ij ej uw ow → i i u u

7:
Dialect 1: i u aj aw iw uj → e o ej ow oj ew
Dialect 2: i u aj aw iw uj → e o ej ow oj ew / _[−stress]
Dialect 3: i u ej ow iw uj → i u ej ow iw uj


Dialect 1:
/m n/
/p t t͡s t͡ʂ t͡ɕ k/
/pː tː t͡sː t͡ʂː t͡ɕː kː/
/b d d͡z d͡ʐ d͡ʑ ɡ/
/f s ʂ x/
/v z ɣ/
/ɻ l j w/
/i u e o a/

Dialect 2:
/m n/
/p t t͡s t͡ʂ t͡ɕ k ʔ/
/pː tː t͡sː t͡ʂː t͡ɕː kː/
/b d d͡z d͡ʐ d͡ʑ ɡ/
/f s ʂ x/
/v z ɣ/
/ɻ l j w/
/i u e o a/

Dialect 3:
/m n/
/p t t͡s t͡ʂ t͡ɕ k ʔ/
/pː tː t͡sː t͡ʂː t͡ɕː kː/
/b d d͡z d͡ʐ d͡ʑ ɡ/
/f s ɕ x/
/v z ɣ/
/l j w/
/i u e o a/
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