Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
9 consonants:
p t ʔ s m n l j w
10 vowels:
a ə e ɛ i ɪ o ɔ u ʊ
19 tones:
Level: L à, M ā, H á
Rising: LM à̄, LH à́, MH ā́
Falling: ML ā̀, HL, á̀ HM á̄
Peaking: LML à̄̀, LHL à́̀, LHM à́̄, MHL ā́̀, MHM ā́̄
Dipping: MLM ā̀̄, HLH á̀́, HLM á̀̄, MLH ā̀́, HMH á̄́
Most languages have more consonants than vowels, and more vowels than tones. This language presents an exception to both of these tendencies.
Syllable structure is hard CV.
p t ʔ s m n l j w
10 vowels:
a ə e ɛ i ɪ o ɔ u ʊ
19 tones:
Level: L à, M ā, H á
Rising: LM à̄, LH à́, MH ā́
Falling: ML ā̀, HL, á̀ HM á̄
Peaking: LML à̄̀, LHL à́̀, LHM à́̄, MHL ā́̀, MHM ā́̄
Dipping: MLM ā̀̄, HLH á̀́, HLM á̀̄, MLH ā̀́, HMH á̄́
Most languages have more consonants than vowels, and more vowels than tones. This language presents an exception to both of these tendencies.
Syllable structure is hard CV.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Thanks! I wanted it to be a kind of thing where you couldn't know whether the labialized consonants were phonemic, or the rounded-unrounded vowel contrast was phonemic. Although I realized I forgot to include a series of syllables with no initial consonants - but that would kind of reveal my hand. So I decided the equivalent of a consonantless onset would be a series with onglides [j w]. But then I realized [w] is way too close to [βʷ]. So I think I will switch [βʷ] to [ɸʷ] and add [w]. Maybe I should also add a glottal stop series, thus creating a contrast between initial onglides, glottal stops, and other consonants. I almost want to add in a velar nasal, too, but I think I'll refrain from that for now.
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mi mʷy mɨ mʷu me mʷø mə mʷo mæ mʷɒ
ni nʷy nɨ nʷu ne nʷø nə nʷo næ nʷɒ
pi pʷy pɨ pʷu pe pʷø pə pʷo pæ pʷɒ
ti tʷy tɨ tʷu te tʷø tə tʷo tæ tʷɒ
ki kʷy kɨ kʷu ke kʷø kə kʷo kæ kʷɒ
ʔi ʔʷy ʔɨ ʔʷu ʔe ʔʷø ʔə ʔʷo ʔæ ʔʷɒ
ɸʷy ɸʷu ɸʷø ɸʷo ɸʷɒ
si sʷy sɨ sʷu se sʷø sə sʷo sæ sʷɒ
hi hɨ he hə hæ
ɾi ɾʷy ɾɨ ɾʷu ɾe ɾʷø ɾə ɾʷo ɾæ ɾʷɒ
ji jɨ je jə jæ
wy wu wø wo wɒ
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
OK, Here we go, another diachronic post, this time focusing just on a consonant inventory (the vowels aren't completely sussed yet).
Old-X
**p **t **k **kʷ
**b **d
**ɸ **s **ç
**m **n **ɲ **ŋ **ŋʷ
**ɾ **j **w
Syllable structure was CV(n), where A coda nasal assimilated to the POA of a following consonant; **nj and **nw clusters coalesced as **ɲ and **ŋʷ respectively.
Middle-X
*p *t̼ *t~k *ʔ
(*b) *d̼ *d~g
(*ɸ) *θ̼ *s *ç
*m *n̼ *n~l *ɲ *ŋ
*β *ɾ *j
Syllable structure remained CV(n).
Phones in parentheses only occured before rounded vowels.
Sound changes:
/p t k ʔ/
/b d ɖ ɟ g/
/s ʂ ç/
/m n ɳ ɲ ŋ/
/w l/
Syllable structure is C(w)V(C), where /w/ may appear after any consonant other than itself and any consonant may occur in the coda. /ɳ/ does not occur word-initially. Some roots cause the initial consonant of a suffix to mutate, like so:
These same roots also insert a schwa /ə/ before any voiceless consonant, while non-mutating roots do not.
Sound changes:
Old-X
**p **t **k **kʷ
**b **d
**ɸ **s **ç
**m **n **ɲ **ŋ **ŋʷ
**ɾ **j **w
Syllable structure was CV(n), where A coda nasal assimilated to the POA of a following consonant; **nj and **nw clusters coalesced as **ɲ and **ŋʷ respectively.
Middle-X
*p *t̼ *t~k *ʔ
(*b) *d̼ *d~g
(*ɸ) *θ̼ *s *ç
*m *n̼ *n~l *ɲ *ŋ
*β *ɾ *j
Syllable structure remained CV(n).
Phones in parentheses only occured before rounded vowels.
Sound changes:
- Bilabials became linguolabials except before rounded vowels
- Labiovelars became bilabials
- Plain**k was debuccalised to a glottal stop
- It is possible that at this point the alveolar stops were already in free variation with the velars and the alveolar nasal **n (when not in the coda) was already in free variation with the approximant *l
/p t k ʔ/
/b d ɖ ɟ g/
/s ʂ ç/
/m n ɳ ɲ ŋ/
/w l/
Syllable structure is C(w)V(C), where /w/ may appear after any consonant other than itself and any consonant may occur in the coda. /ɳ/ does not occur word-initially. Some roots cause the initial consonant of a suffix to mutate, like so:
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b, w > m
d, l > n
ɖ > ɳ
ɟ > ɲ
g > ŋ
Sound changes:
- Alveolar stops finally all became velar, and **n before a vowel changed completely into /l/, except when after another *n. *s retracted to /ʂ/
- Linguolabials became denti-alveolar, with *θ̼ further becoming a sibilant
- The sonorants *β *ɾ *j underwent fortition to /b ɖ ɟ/ respectively
- Remaining *ɸ lenited to /w/. Postconsonantal /w/ arose after some further sound changes to the vowels.
- Nasal + voiced stop/aprroximate clusters and geminate nasals simplified to a single nasal (this included historical *nn clusters which would have otherwise come into the language as *nl clusters).
- Remaining coda *n was lost word-finally.
- Vowel reduction and elision produced some clusters of the form CNC, where the second C was a voiceless consonant. These were simplified by converting the nasal into a schwa ə.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Another solution to the same problem.cromulant wrote: ↑10 Mar 2018 19:01 9 consonants:
p t ʔ s m n l j w
10 vowels:
a ə e ɛ i ɪ o ɔ u ʊ
19 tones:
Level: L à, M ā, H á
Rising: LM à̄, LH à́, MH ā́
Falling: ML ā̀, HL, á̀ HM á̄
Peaking: LML à̄̀, LHL à́̀, LHM à́̄, MHL ā́̀, MHM ā́̄
Dipping: MLM ā̀̄, HLH á̀́, HLM á̀̄, MLH ā̀́, HMH á̄́
Most languages have more consonants than vowels, and more vowels than tones. This language presents an exception to both of these tendencies.
Syllable structure is hard CV.
/p t k ʔ/
/w r j/
/i ɪ ə ʊ u/
/e ɛ a ɔ o/
/˩ ˨ ˦ ˥/ or /L M1 M2 H/
/˨˩ ˦˩ ˥˩ / or /M1L M2L HL/
/ ˩˨ ˩˦ ˩˥/ or /M1L M2L HL/
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Something nice and symmetrical, based on a gleb phonology (the retroflexes are my own).
/m n ɲ/
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ʑ ⁿd͡ʐ ᵑɡ/
/b d d͡ʑ d͡ʐ g/
/p t t͡ɕ t͡ʂ k/
/ɸ s ɕ ʂ x/
/r l j w/
/a i u ɯ/ + length
or
/a i ɨ u/ + length
/m n ɲ/
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ʑ ⁿd͡ʐ ᵑɡ/
/b d d͡ʑ d͡ʐ g/
/p t t͡ɕ t͡ʂ k/
/ɸ s ɕ ʂ x/
/r l j w/
/a i u ɯ/ + length
or
/a i ɨ u/ + length
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Initials:
/m n/ m n
/p t t͜ʃ k/ p t ch k
/b d d͜ʒ g/ b d j g
/f s ʃ h/ f s sh h
/w z j/ w z y
/l/ l
Rimes:
/ij ih in iŋ/ [iː ɪ(h) ɪn ɪŋ] ii ih in ing
/ej eh en eŋ/ [ei̯ ɛ(h) ɛn ɛŋ] ei eh en eng
/aj aw ah an aŋ/ [ai̯ au̯ a(h) an aŋ] ai au ah an ang
/oj ow oh on oŋ/ [oi̯ ou̯ ɒ(h) ɒn ɒŋ] oi ou oh on ong
/uw uh un uŋ/ [uː ə(h) ən əŋ] uu uh un ung
All syllables must have an initial. Both initial and coda /h/ are frequently dropped, appearing mainly as a linking/intrusive consonant.
Voiceless stops are aspirated, especially in stressed syllables. Voiced stops may be only weakly voiced or even fully devoiced in some contexts.
/z/ may sometimes be [ʐ] or even [ɻ]. /w/ and /j/ are true semivowels, but in many contexts pattern as the voiced counterparts of /f/ and /ʃ/.
/a/ is a true front [a], just a little less high and front than English [æ].
As can be seen, all non-low vowels have a lax allophone that appears before non-glide codas. One may take a more superficial analysis of the vowel system as phonemic, with a set of vowels appearing in closed syllables and a set appearing in open syllables:
Closed:
/ɪ ɛ a ɒ ə/
Open:
/iː ei̯ ai̯ au̯ ou̯ oi̯ uː/
There is no tone, though stress may be phonemic.
/m n/ m n
/p t t͜ʃ k/ p t ch k
/b d d͜ʒ g/ b d j g
/f s ʃ h/ f s sh h
/w z j/ w z y
/l/ l
Rimes:
/ij ih in iŋ/ [iː ɪ(h) ɪn ɪŋ] ii ih in ing
/ej eh en eŋ/ [ei̯ ɛ(h) ɛn ɛŋ] ei eh en eng
/aj aw ah an aŋ/ [ai̯ au̯ a(h) an aŋ] ai au ah an ang
/oj ow oh on oŋ/ [oi̯ ou̯ ɒ(h) ɒn ɒŋ] oi ou oh on ong
/uw uh un uŋ/ [uː ə(h) ən əŋ] uu uh un ung
All syllables must have an initial. Both initial and coda /h/ are frequently dropped, appearing mainly as a linking/intrusive consonant.
Voiceless stops are aspirated, especially in stressed syllables. Voiced stops may be only weakly voiced or even fully devoiced in some contexts.
/z/ may sometimes be [ʐ] or even [ɻ]. /w/ and /j/ are true semivowels, but in many contexts pattern as the voiced counterparts of /f/ and /ʃ/.
/a/ is a true front [a], just a little less high and front than English [æ].
As can be seen, all non-low vowels have a lax allophone that appears before non-glide codas. One may take a more superficial analysis of the vowel system as phonemic, with a set of vowels appearing in closed syllables and a set appearing in open syllables:
Closed:
/ɪ ɛ a ɒ ə/
Open:
/iː ei̯ ai̯ au̯ ou̯ oi̯ uː/
There is no tone, though stress may be phonemic.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
All your retroflex are belong to us.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Consonants for something still in its earliest conception:
/m n ŋ/
/m̥ n̥ ŋ̊/
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ɮ ᵑɡ/
/p t k/
/ʰp ʰt ʰk/
/ɸ θ ɬ h/
/l j/
To be served with 5 to 7 vowels and their manifold diphthongoid spawn.
/m n ŋ/
/m̥ n̥ ŋ̊/
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ɮ ᵑɡ/
/p t k/
/ʰp ʰt ʰk/
/ɸ θ ɬ h/
/l j/
To be served with 5 to 7 vowels and their manifold diphthongoid spawn.
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I love it! Could I use a modified version? (I would be adding more nasals and removing the preaspirated stops)DesEsseintes wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018 19:20 Consonants for something still in its earliest conception:
/m n ŋ/
/m̥ n̥ ŋ̊/
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ɮ ᵑɡ/
/p t k/
/ʰp ʰt ʰk/
/ɸ θ ɬ h/
/l j/
To be served with 5 to 7 vowels and their manifold diphthongoid spawn.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
That is a nice phonology! But the question is...what happened to Núta?DesEsseintes wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018 19:20 Consonants for something still in its earliest conception:
/m n ŋ/
/m̥ n̥ ŋ̊/
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ɮ ᵑɡ/
/p t k/
/ʰp ʰt ʰk/
/ɸ θ ɬ h/
/l j/
To be served with 5 to 7 vowels and their manifold diphthongoid spawn.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Plosive /p b mb ɓ t d nd ɗ tʂ dȥ k ŋg/ p b m ƀ t d n đ c j k g
Fricative /f s z z̃ ʂ ȥ ȥ̃ x h/ f s z zn ś ź źn ḥ h
Approximant /l ɻ j w/ l ḍ y w
Trill /r/ r
vowel
i u
e o
a
+nasal
The only consonants allowed in the coda are /mb nd ŋg/ which collapse to m n ŋ and /j w/
Fricative /f s z z̃ ʂ ȥ ȥ̃ x h/ f s z zn ś ź źn ḥ h
Approximant /l ɻ j w/ l ḍ y w
Trill /r/ r
vowel
i u
e o
a
+nasal
The only consonants allowed in the coda are /mb nd ŋg/ which collapse to m n ŋ and /j w/
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Glad you like it! I don’t really mind you using a modified version (or unmodified for that matter), but I’d be interested to see what you come up with then.Parlox wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018 21:15I love it! Could I use a modified version? (I would be adding more nasals and removing the preaspirated stops)DesEsseintes wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018 19:20 Consonants for something still in its earliest conception:
/m n ŋ/
/m̥ n̥ ŋ̊/
/ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ɮ ᵑɡ/
/p t k/
/ʰp ʰt ʰk/
/ɸ θ ɬ h/
/l j/
To be served with 5 to 7 vowels and their manifold diphthongoid spawn.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I'll let you off then, since Híí is so charming.
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Some ugly minimalism:
/b̥ˀ/ <p>
/h̃/ <n>
/ɺ/ <l>
/a i u/ <a i u>
/b̥ˀ/ is [ɓ] word-initially, [◌̰w̰] intervocalically and [◌̰pʼ] word-finally
/h̃/ is [h] word-initially, [◌̃n] intervocalically and [◌̃h] word-finally
/ɺ/ is [l] word-initially, [ɾ] intervocalically and [◌̠ɭ] word-finally
[a̰w̰a ḭw̰a ṵw̰a] -> [ɑ̰w̰ə ɪ̰ɠʷə ʊ̰ʔʷə]
[a̰w̰i ḭw̰i ṵw̰i] -> [æ̰ʄʷɪ ḭʄʷɪ ʉ̰ʄʷɪ]
[a̰w̰u ḭw̰u ṵw̰u] -> [ɑ̰w̰ʊ ɨ̰ɓʊ ʊ̰ɓʊ]
[ha hi hu] -> [ħæ çi xu]
[ãna ĩna ũna] -> [ɑ̃ŋɑ ẽɲæ õnə]
[ãni ĩni ũni] -> [ãɲi ẽɲi œ̃ɲi]
[ãnu ĩnu ũnu] -> [ɑ̃ŋu ẽɲu õnu]
[ãh ĩh ũh] -> [æ̃ħ ẽç õχ]
[la li lu] -> [lə ʎi ɫ̪u]
[a̠ɭ i̠ɭ u̠ɭ] -> [ɑɭ ɯɭ uː]
panilup ipin lap lil palanupan nul [ɓãɲiɫ̪ṵpʼ ḭʄʷẽç lə̰pʼ ʎɯɭ ɓɑlɑ̃ŋʊ̰ɠʷæ̃ħ xuː]
/b̥ˀ/ <p>
/h̃/ <n>
/ɺ/ <l>
/a i u/ <a i u>
/b̥ˀ/ is [ɓ] word-initially, [◌̰w̰] intervocalically and [◌̰pʼ] word-finally
/h̃/ is [h] word-initially, [◌̃n] intervocalically and [◌̃h] word-finally
/ɺ/ is [l] word-initially, [ɾ] intervocalically and [◌̠ɭ] word-finally
[a̰w̰a ḭw̰a ṵw̰a] -> [ɑ̰w̰ə ɪ̰ɠʷə ʊ̰ʔʷə]
[a̰w̰i ḭw̰i ṵw̰i] -> [æ̰ʄʷɪ ḭʄʷɪ ʉ̰ʄʷɪ]
[a̰w̰u ḭw̰u ṵw̰u] -> [ɑ̰w̰ʊ ɨ̰ɓʊ ʊ̰ɓʊ]
[ha hi hu] -> [ħæ çi xu]
[ãna ĩna ũna] -> [ɑ̃ŋɑ ẽɲæ õnə]
[ãni ĩni ũni] -> [ãɲi ẽɲi œ̃ɲi]
[ãnu ĩnu ũnu] -> [ɑ̃ŋu ẽɲu õnu]
[ãh ĩh ũh] -> [æ̃ħ ẽç õχ]
[la li lu] -> [lə ʎi ɫ̪u]
[a̠ɭ i̠ɭ u̠ɭ] -> [ɑɭ ɯɭ uː]
panilup ipin lap lil palanupan nul [ɓãɲiɫ̪ṵpʼ ḭʄʷẽç lə̰pʼ ʎɯɭ ɓɑlɑ̃ŋʊ̰ɠʷæ̃ħ xuː]
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Wow.
If I were the type to take offense (*other me* "I promise that he's working on it..."), I would think you were poking fun at my current project. :P
If I were the type to take offense (*other me* "I promise that he's working on it..."), I would think you were poking fun at my current project. :P
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Why ugly? No kidding, the IPA notation here: [a̰w̰a ḭw̰a ṵw̰a] looks very aesthetically pleasing
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This is a phonology I came up with this week:
consonants: /p t s k b d z g m n ŋ/ <p t s k b d z g m n ng>
vowels: /i u ə a əi̯ əu̯ ai̯ au̯/ <i u ä a äi äu ai au>
syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Morpheme-internally, only the following clusters are allowed: /mp nt ŋk mb nd ŋg tk sk dg zg/ <mp nt ngk mb nd ngg tk sk dg zg> Any combination of consonants is allowed in compound words, reduplicated words and with clitics.
Allophony:
/t/ /d/ and /n/ are apical alveolar, while /s/ and /z/ are laminal.
/b/ and /g/ sporadically become [β] and [ɣ] when preceded by a vowel.
/d/ and /n/ regularily become [ɾ] and [ɾ̃] when intervocalic.
/tk/ and /dg/ are pronounced [ɾ̥k] and [ɾg].
Word finally, the opposition of voicing is lost. Voiceless consonants appear in front of a pause and in front of another voiceless consonant, while voiced consonants (with their appropriate allophones) appear in all other positions.
/ə/ exists both when stressed and unstressed, and is rather high.
Vowels may become nasalized when surrounded by nasals.
I'm waiting till I get grammar ideas to flesh this out into a proper conlang.
consonants: /p t s k b d z g m n ŋ/ <p t s k b d z g m n ng>
vowels: /i u ə a əi̯ əu̯ ai̯ au̯/ <i u ä a äi äu ai au>
syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Morpheme-internally, only the following clusters are allowed: /mp nt ŋk mb nd ŋg tk sk dg zg/ <mp nt ngk mb nd ngg tk sk dg zg> Any combination of consonants is allowed in compound words, reduplicated words and with clitics.
Allophony:
/t/ /d/ and /n/ are apical alveolar, while /s/ and /z/ are laminal.
/b/ and /g/ sporadically become [β] and [ɣ] when preceded by a vowel.
/d/ and /n/ regularily become [ɾ] and [ɾ̃] when intervocalic.
/tk/ and /dg/ are pronounced [ɾ̥k] and [ɾg].
Word finally, the opposition of voicing is lost. Voiceless consonants appear in front of a pause and in front of another voiceless consonant, while voiced consonants (with their appropriate allophones) appear in all other positions.
/ə/ exists both when stressed and unstressed, and is rather high.
Vowels may become nasalized when surrounded by nasals.
I'm waiting till I get grammar ideas to flesh this out into a proper conlang.
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- Guide to Slavic accentuation
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- Guide to Slavic accentuation
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I enjoy this, it's extremely regular in the allowable tone patterns which may be tricky but therein lies its charms too. Especially if it was a naturalistic conlang you could have words like "to go" and "to arrive" be varied by only minor tonal changes. As a nonce form it would be fun to see pá̀́ /pa˥˨˥/ "to go" and pā̀́ /pa˧˨˥/ "to come; to arrive".cromulant wrote: ↑10 Mar 2018 19:01 9 consonants:
p t ʔ s m n l j w
10 vowels:
a ə e ɛ i ɪ o ɔ u ʊ
19 tones:
Level: L à, M ā, H á
Rising: LM à̄, LH à́, MH ā́
Falling: ML ā̀, HL, á̀ HM á̄
Peaking: LML à̄̀, LHL à́̀, LHM à́̄, MHL ā́̀, MHM ā́̄
Dipping: MLM ā̀̄, HLH á̀́, HLM á̀̄, MLH ā̀́, HMH á̄́
Most languages have more consonants than vowels, and more vowels than tones. This language presents an exception to both of these tendencies.
Syllable structure is hard CV.
This would be fun to see developed into a full conlang.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
/m n ɲ/
/t d k g/
/s z h/
/l r/
/j w/
/tʃ dʒ/
/e~a~o/ /i~ə~u/
This is an inventory I have been kicking around for a little while, now. There is allophony for /a/ and /ə/ based on palatalization and labialization, though I might plan for this to disappear as the language evolves and end up with the standard /a e i o u/ system. I don't know how peculiar it is to have neither /p/ or /b/, though I don't personally care much for either sound, to be honest.
/t d k g/
/s z h/
/l r/
/j w/
/tʃ dʒ/
/e~a~o/ /i~ə~u/
This is an inventory I have been kicking around for a little while, now. There is allophony for /a/ and /ə/ based on palatalization and labialization, though I might plan for this to disappear as the language evolves and end up with the standard /a e i o u/ system. I don't know how peculiar it is to have neither /p/ or /b/, though I don't personally care much for either sound, to be honest.
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Isn't that odd. But most might think that [m w] added might teeter on an oddity, but not much of one. If you added [kʷ gʷ], it could offset NOT having [p b]. Hell, just [kʷ] would be attested, as [gʷ] could have merged with [w]. But, for what you have planned, that may be a useless feature.LinguoFranco wrote: ↑05 Apr 2018 17:19 /m n ɲ/
/t d k g/
/s z h/
/l r/
/j w/
/tʃ dʒ/
/e~a~o/ /i~ə~u/
This is an inventory I have been kicking around for a little while, now. There is allophony for /a/ and /ə/ based on palatalization and labialization, though I might plan for this to disappear as the language evolves and end up with the standard /a e i o u/ system. I don't know how peculiar it is to have neither /p/ or /b/, though I don't personally care much for either sound, to be honest.
𖥑𖧨𖣫𖦺𖣦𖢋𖤼𖥃𖣔𖣋𖢅𖡹𖡨𖡶𖡦𖡧𖡚𖠨