Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
p t k
b d g
m n ŋ
s ʃ
z ʒ
l ʟ
r
Semivowels
ʋ j
and prestopped resonants:
bm dn gŋ
dl gʟ
dr
vowels
i u
ɛ ɑ
vowels can be short or long. There are three phonations: normal, creaky, and breathy voice.
Syllable:
(C)(semivowel)V(liquid or /n/ or /ŋ/)
Coda nasals nasalize the preceding vowel like in Mandarin.
Writing:
There are different symbols for onset and coda consonants, so syllable patterns are clear. There are also markers for semivowels vowel length and phonation. Vowel qualities are not normally marked.
b d g
m n ŋ
s ʃ
z ʒ
l ʟ
r
Semivowels
ʋ j
and prestopped resonants:
bm dn gŋ
dl gʟ
dr
vowels
i u
ɛ ɑ
vowels can be short or long. There are three phonations: normal, creaky, and breathy voice.
Syllable:
(C)(semivowel)V(liquid or /n/ or /ŋ/)
Coda nasals nasalize the preceding vowel like in Mandarin.
Writing:
There are different symbols for onset and coda consonants, so syllable patterns are clear. There are also markers for semivowels vowel length and phonation. Vowel qualities are not normally marked.
My meta-thread: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5760
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
g > k /N_ and g > h, except with /ħ ~ x ~ h/ instead of just /h/, is actually what happens with the Galician gheada IRL. I don't know the exact phonetic motivation for it, but I assume that it's something like, as [g] exits the phonology, remaining [g] preserved by preceding nasals are merged into the closest similar phoneme.gestaltist wrote: ↑04 Jan 2018 10:57 I get p > /N_ but why would /g/ get devoiced? It doesn't make much sense unless there is some context to this I'm missing.
The second rule is also a bit weird. It's probably g p > ɣ ɸ > h h, right? I guess it makes sense in a minimalist phonology with few fricatives. But I'm still a bit iffy about it being unconditional.
r w > g b makes more sense to me with some intermediate stages. Maybe r w > l w > ʟ w > ɡ b
And yes, g p > h h would probably involve some intermediate steps, but shifts like that are straightforward and common enough that I didn't feel the need to list any. Likewise with r w > g b, but both are attested as more or less unconditional changes, so I also just listed them as simple changes.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Thanks for the explanation. Do you perhaps remember where you found attestation for r > g?Porphyrogenitos wrote: ↑04 Jan 2018 17:00g > k /N_ and g > h, except with /ħ ~ x ~ h/ instead of just /h/, is actually what happens with the Galician gheada IRL. I don't know the exact phonetic motivation for it, but I assume that it's something like, as [g] exits the phonology, remaining [g] preserved by preceding nasals are merged into the closest similar phoneme.gestaltist wrote: ↑04 Jan 2018 10:57 I get p > /N_ but why would /g/ get devoiced? It doesn't make much sense unless there is some context to this I'm missing.
The second rule is also a bit weird. It's probably g p > ɣ ɸ > h h, right? I guess it makes sense in a minimalist phonology with few fricatives. But I'm still a bit iffy about it being unconditional.
r w > g b makes more sense to me with some intermediate stages. Maybe r w > l w > ʟ w > ɡ b
And yes, g p > h h would probably involve some intermediate steps, but shifts like that are straightforward and common enough that I didn't feel the need to list any. Likewise with r w > g b, but both are attested as more or less unconditional changes, so I also just listed them as simple changes.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
This is the phonology of my latest conlang project.
/(p) t (t͡ɬ) (t͡ʃ) k q/ <(p) t (tl) (ts) k q>
/pː tː t͡ɬː t͡ʃː kː qː/ <pp tt tl ts kk qq>
/b d d͡ʒ g/ <b d j g>
/bː dː d͡ʒː gː/ <bb dd jj gg>
/ɬ ʃ h/ <l s h>
/m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n nj ng>
/w/ <w>
Single /p t͡ɬ t͡ʃ/ only occur in the clusters /mp nt͡ɬ nt͡ʃ/.
/i u/ <i u>
/ə/ <ə>
/ɛ ɑ/ <e a>
/˥ ˨ ˧˨ˀ/ <a á a'>
There are no tone contrasts on the reduced vowel /ə/, which generally functions as an unstressed epenthetic vowel.
Syllable structure is (C)(w)V(n)(C), where the glide /w/ does not occur after /w ɲ/ or before the vowel /u/. Coda consonants are restricted to /t k q b d d͡ʒ g ɬ ʃ h m n ɲ ŋ w/ and clusters are restricted to /mp nt nt͡ɬ nt͡ʃ ŋk ɴq/. Furthermore when a coda stop (including when in a cluster) would occur before another consonant a schwa /ə/ is inserted. Furthermore coda nasals assimilate to the POA of a following obstruent. As an additional restriction word-initial consonants are restricted to /t k q b d d͡ʒ g ɬ ʃ h w/, again of which all but the last two may be followed by /w/.
There are a series of consonant mutations which operate on the set of word-initial consonants. There are two mutations: the T- and N-mutations. These are summarised on the table below:
/(p) t (t͡ɬ) (t͡ʃ) k q/ <(p) t (tl) (ts) k q>
/pː tː t͡ɬː t͡ʃː kː qː/ <pp tt tl ts kk qq>
/b d d͡ʒ g/ <b d j g>
/bː dː d͡ʒː gː/ <bb dd jj gg>
/ɬ ʃ h/ <l s h>
/m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n nj ng>
/w/ <w>
Single /p t͡ɬ t͡ʃ/ only occur in the clusters /mp nt͡ɬ nt͡ʃ/.
/i u/ <i u>
/ə/ <ə>
/ɛ ɑ/ <e a>
/˥ ˨ ˧˨ˀ/ <a á a'>
There are no tone contrasts on the reduced vowel /ə/, which generally functions as an unstressed epenthetic vowel.
Syllable structure is (C)(w)V(n)(C), where the glide /w/ does not occur after /w ɲ/ or before the vowel /u/. Coda consonants are restricted to /t k q b d d͡ʒ g ɬ ʃ h m n ɲ ŋ w/ and clusters are restricted to /mp nt nt͡ɬ nt͡ʃ ŋk ɴq/. Furthermore when a coda stop (including when in a cluster) would occur before another consonant a schwa /ə/ is inserted. Furthermore coda nasals assimilate to the POA of a following obstruent. As an additional restriction word-initial consonants are restricted to /t k q b d d͡ʒ g ɬ ʃ h w/, again of which all but the last two may be followed by /w/.
There are a series of consonant mutations which operate on the set of word-initial consonants. There are two mutations: the T- and N-mutations. These are summarised on the table below:
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T N
h pp mp
t tt nt
k kk nk
q qq nq
b bb m
d dd n
j jj nj
g gg ng
s ts nts
l tl ntl
0 t n
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
A more finished version of the phonology that I started sketching here:
/m n/ <m n>
/pː tː cː kː/ <p t kj k> ("fortis" plosives)
/p t c k/ <b d gj g> ("lenis" plosives)
/ts̪ ts̠/ <tz ts> ("fortis" affricates)
/s̪ s̠/ <z s> ("lenis" fricatives)
/l ʎ j/ <l lj j>
/i e a u o ʌ (ɨ)/ <i e a o u ë (ë)>
/iː eː aː uː oː ʌː/ <ii ee aa uu oo ëë>
/ei ai ui ou ʌi/ <ei ai ui ou ëi>
/˥ ˧˥ ˥˩/ (unwritten)
/ɨ/ occurs as an epenthetic vowel to break up illegal consonant clusters and as an allophone of toneless /ʌ/. When consonant clusters are broken up, the coda of the leftmost syllable is maximized.
Up to two syllables in a polysyllabic word can carry tone, and tone is minimally contrastive. It is possible to determine the pitch of every syllable in a word by applying at most three rules after all epenthetic vowels have been inserted; for these rules, diphthongs pattern with long vowels, and a syllable is heavy if and only if it either contains a long vowel or ends in a consonant cluster (where the fortis consonants are considered singletons). Words of one and two syllables require only rule (1), as do words of three syllables with a light penult; other words require all three rules.
Long vowels do not occur before fortis consonants, but they can occur before clusters.
The maximal syllable has the form CCVCCC. Permitted word-initial clusters are: /mn/; any plosive followed by /l/ or /n/; and any of /p(ː) k(ː)/ followed by /t(ː)/. Word-finally, clusters can consist of: /l ʎ n/ followed by any plosive, affricate, or fricative; /m/ followed by a plosive; a fricative followed by a plosive; or /l ʎ n/ followed by a fricative then a plosive. Between vowels, clusters can be any of the above. In addition, a fricative may precede any cluster that would be legal word-initially; and /l ʎ m n/ may follow any plosive or fricative, even if they are preceded by one of /l ʎ m n/.
Within clusters and in adjacent syllables, coronals harmonize right-to-left between the classes /t(ː) (t)s̪ l/ and /c(ː) (t)s̠ ʎ/. /n/ also has an allophone [ɲ] before a consonant of the second set (but not in an adjacent syllable).
Before /k(ː)/, /m/ has an allophone [ŋ].
Lenis consonants undergo voicing in word-initial position, in intervocalic position, and in clusters with voiced consonants such that /p t c k s̪ s̠/ become [b d ɟ g z̪ ɻ] respectively. Fortis consonants undergo a different form of weakening in word-initial position and in all clusters such that /pː tː cː kː ts̪ ts̠/ become [p t c k s̪ s̠] respectively.
/m n/ <m n>
/pː tː cː kː/ <p t kj k> ("fortis" plosives)
/p t c k/ <b d gj g> ("lenis" plosives)
/ts̪ ts̠/ <tz ts> ("fortis" affricates)
/s̪ s̠/ <z s> ("lenis" fricatives)
/l ʎ j/ <l lj j>
/i e a u o ʌ (ɨ)/ <i e a o u ë (ë)>
/iː eː aː uː oː ʌː/ <ii ee aa uu oo ëë>
/ei ai ui ou ʌi/ <ei ai ui ou ëi>
/˥ ˧˥ ˥˩/ (unwritten)
/ɨ/ occurs as an epenthetic vowel to break up illegal consonant clusters and as an allophone of toneless /ʌ/. When consonant clusters are broken up, the coda of the leftmost syllable is maximized.
Up to two syllables in a polysyllabic word can carry tone, and tone is minimally contrastive. It is possible to determine the pitch of every syllable in a word by applying at most three rules after all epenthetic vowels have been inserted; for these rules, diphthongs pattern with long vowels, and a syllable is heavy if and only if it either contains a long vowel or ends in a consonant cluster (where the fortis consonants are considered singletons). Words of one and two syllables require only rule (1), as do words of three syllables with a light penult; other words require all three rules.
- The first syllable of every word is accented. If the vowel in that syllable is short, it takes high tone. If the vowel is long, it can take either rising or falling tone.
- If the penult is heavy, then it also is accented: a short vowel receives high tone, and a long vowel takes falling tone.
- If the penult is light, then it is accented: a short vowel receives high tone, and a long vowel take rising tone.
- If two vowels with rising tone are adjacent, the first tone becomes falling; similarly, if two vowels with falling tone are adjacent, the first tone becomes rising.
- If a high tone is followed by a falling tone, the first vowel loses its tone.
Long vowels do not occur before fortis consonants, but they can occur before clusters.
The maximal syllable has the form CCVCCC. Permitted word-initial clusters are: /mn/; any plosive followed by /l/ or /n/; and any of /p(ː) k(ː)/ followed by /t(ː)/. Word-finally, clusters can consist of: /l ʎ n/ followed by any plosive, affricate, or fricative; /m/ followed by a plosive; a fricative followed by a plosive; or /l ʎ n/ followed by a fricative then a plosive. Between vowels, clusters can be any of the above. In addition, a fricative may precede any cluster that would be legal word-initially; and /l ʎ m n/ may follow any plosive or fricative, even if they are preceded by one of /l ʎ m n/.
Within clusters and in adjacent syllables, coronals harmonize right-to-left between the classes /t(ː) (t)s̪ l/ and /c(ː) (t)s̠ ʎ/. /n/ also has an allophone [ɲ] before a consonant of the second set (but not in an adjacent syllable).
Before /k(ː)/, /m/ has an allophone [ŋ].
Lenis consonants undergo voicing in word-initial position, in intervocalic position, and in clusters with voiced consonants such that /p t c k s̪ s̠/ become [b d ɟ g z̪ ɻ] respectively. Fortis consonants undergo a different form of weakening in word-initial position and in all clusters such that /pː tː cː kː ts̪ ts̠/ become [p t c k s̪ s̠] respectively.
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I kinda like this vowel inventory, but I'm not sure if I'll ever make even a quick shitty start of a conlang that uses it.
/ɑ ə i ʊ/
/aˑ ɛˑ ɤˑ ɞˑ/
/ɑː æː eː iː ɵː uː/
/ɑ ə i ʊ/
/aˑ ɛˑ ɤˑ ɞˑ/
/ɑː æː eː iː ɵː uː/
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
What do you like about it?
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
The proto-lang:
*p *t *c *k *ʔ
*h
*m *n *ŋ
*l
*i *u
*e *a
Syllable structure was CV(*ʔ, *h, *n), where syllable codas only appeared word-finally. The language was agglutinative-isolating with disyllabic roots.
The daughter-lang:
/p t tɬ tʂ tʃ k ʔ/
/p’ t’ tɬ’ tʂ’ tʃ’ k’/
/ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdɮ ⁿdʐ ⁿdʒ ⁿg/
/ɓ ɗ/
/f s ɬ ʂ ʃ x h/
/m n ŋ/
/m̥ n̥/
/l ɽ j w/
/i u/
/e ɤ o/
/ɛ ɑ/
Vowels may occur in nasal, creaky or breathy voice.
Syllable structure is CV.
The language is strongly polysynthetic.
Example words:
*late > ɽe
*ʔakuh > k’o̤
*himun > m̥ũ
*niʔaʔ > ɗɤ̰
*kuten > tʂẽ
*melu > ⁿdɮo
*tike > te
*p *t *c *k *ʔ
*h
*m *n *ŋ
*l
*i *u
*e *a
Syllable structure was CV(*ʔ, *h, *n), where syllable codas only appeared word-finally. The language was agglutinative-isolating with disyllabic roots.
The daughter-lang:
/p t tɬ tʂ tʃ k ʔ/
/p’ t’ tɬ’ tʂ’ tʃ’ k’/
/ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdɮ ⁿdʐ ⁿdʒ ⁿg/
/ɓ ɗ/
/f s ɬ ʂ ʃ x h/
/m n ŋ/
/m̥ n̥/
/l ɽ j w/
/i u/
/e ɤ o/
/ɛ ɑ/
Vowels may occur in nasal, creaky or breathy voice.
Syllable structure is CV.
The language is strongly polysynthetic.
Example words:
*late > ɽe
*ʔakuh > k’o̤
*himun > m̥ũ
*niʔaʔ > ɗɤ̰
*kuten > tʂẽ
*melu > ⁿdɮo
*tike > te
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I'm not sure, but I guess the idea of three vowel lengths with a distinct quality as mid-length and "splitting up" is appealing to me. You know, like the short and long /ɑ/ and /ɑː/ being back while the half-long one is front /aˑ/, the half-long /ɛˑ/ being intermediate in quality between the long /æː/ and /eː/, etc.
Something like this could also be interesting to work with:
/ɑ ɘ ɯ/
/ʌˑ ɔˑ ɛˑ œˑ iˑ yˑ/
/ɒː ɵː uː/
...ie. something where short vowels are unrounded while their long counterparts are rounded (or vice versa), and half-long ones are both (in addition to having some quality difference).
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
/m n/
/t k ʔ/
/h/
/r w/
/a i/
Circumflexes should feature somehow.
/t k ʔ/
/h/
/r w/
/a i/
Circumflexes should feature somehow.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
That looks surprisingly familiar, Des...
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
You mean to say that it looks like all my other inventories? If so, you’re probably right.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Didn't you post that in the chat as well? Cuz that's what I meant.
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Obviously /k ʔ/ ⟨k k̂⟩ ← that’s a combining diacritic, this forum’s font is bad.DesEsseintes wrote: ↑12 Jan 2018 14:31 /m n/
/t k ʔ/
/h/
/r w/
/a i/
Circumflexes should feature somehow.
At kveldi skal dag lęyfa,
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Interesting. Thanks for the idea, but I’m almost certainly going to be using â î.Adarain wrote: ↑13 Jan 2018 10:36Obviously /k ʔ/ ⟨k k̂⟩ ← that’s a combining diacritic, this forum’s font is bad.DesEsseintes wrote: ↑12 Jan 2018 14:31 /m n/
/t k ʔ/
/h/
/r w/
/a i/
Circumflexes should feature somehow.
Yes, I posted it in both places at the same time.Thrice Xandvii wrote: ↑13 Jan 2018 09:13 Didn't you post that in the chat as well? Cuz that's what I meant.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Make of this what you will.
The proto-language
*p *t *k
*s
*m *n *ŋ
*w *j
*e *a *o
*z̩ *ɣ̩ *v̩
Syllable structure is CV. The syllabic fricatives only occur after obstruents.
The daughter
/p t t͡s k/
/x h/
/m n ŋ/
/w ɻ j/
/i iː u uː/
/eː oː/
/a aː/
Syllable structure is (C)V.
Sound changes:
*p, *t, *k, *s > ɸ, t͡s, x, ʐ before syllabic fricatives.
*z̩, *ɣ̩, *v̩ > i, a, u
e, o > i, u
ɸ > 0
ai, ia > e:
au, ua > o:
iu, ii > i:
ui, uu > u:
aa > a:
s > h
The proto-language
*p *t *k
*s
*m *n *ŋ
*w *j
*e *a *o
*z̩ *ɣ̩ *v̩
Syllable structure is CV. The syllabic fricatives only occur after obstruents.
The daughter
/p t t͡s k/
/x h/
/m n ŋ/
/w ɻ j/
/i iː u uː/
/eː oː/
/a aː/
Syllable structure is (C)V.
Sound changes:
*p, *t, *k, *s > ɸ, t͡s, x, ʐ before syllabic fricatives.
*z̩, *ɣ̩, *v̩ > i, a, u
e, o > i, u
ɸ > 0
ai, ia > e:
au, ua > o:
iu, ii > i:
ui, uu > u:
aa > a:
s > h
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Proto-language
*p *t~ɾ *k
*s *h
*m *n
*i *a *u
*t was realised as a flap intervocalically.
Syllable structure was CV(C), where any consonant could appear in either the onset or coda.
Sound changes:
*p, *t > *w, *j before another consonant.
*h > 0
*k > ʔ
*ɾ > *ʒ / _i
*s > *ʃ / _i
*t > ts / _i
*t > k
*s > h
V > 0 / VC_CV, VC_#
Vowel - coda consonant resolution:
ẽ > a
õ > o
*ʃ > s
*ʒ > ɻ
The daughter language:
/p t͡s k ʔ/ <p c k ‘>
/s h/ <s h>
/m n/ <m n>
/w ɻ j/ <w r y>
/r/ <rr>
/i u/ <i u>
/e o/ <e o>
/a s̩/ <a s>
Syllable structure is (C)V(C), where any consonant may occur in the onset or coda, with the additional restriction that rhotics may not occur word-initially. When the two rhotics come into contact the glide is deleted.
*p *t~ɾ *k
*s *h
*m *n
*i *a *u
*t was realised as a flap intervocalically.
Syllable structure was CV(C), where any consonant could appear in either the onset or coda.
Sound changes:
*p, *t > *w, *j before another consonant.
*h > 0
*k > ʔ
*ɾ > *ʒ / _i
*s > *ʃ / _i
*t > ts / _i
*t > k
*s > h
V > 0 / VC_CV, VC_#
Vowel - coda consonant resolution:
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w j ʔ s m n
i (j)u i (j)e s̩ (j)õ (j)ẽ
a o e a a õ ẽ
u u (w)i (w)o s̩ (w)õ (w)ẽ
õ > o
*ʃ > s
*ʒ > ɻ
The daughter language:
/p t͡s k ʔ/ <p c k ‘>
/s h/ <s h>
/m n/ <m n>
/w ɻ j/ <w r y>
/r/ <rr>
/i u/ <i u>
/e o/ <e o>
/a s̩/ <a s>
Syllable structure is (C)V(C), where any consonant may occur in the onset or coda, with the additional restriction that rhotics may not occur word-initially. When the two rhotics come into contact the glide is deleted.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I thought about a phonology were every segment corresponds to a semantic primitive in Natural Semantic Metalanguage. This means I need about 50 segments. I also thought that prosodic constituents, like words or syllable correspond to sentences or clauses in NSM. This means that probably every segment should have a vowel and a consonant allophone, so that it easy to build syllables. This is the basic vowel inventory.
/i u/
/e ə o/
/ɛ a ɔ/
Every vowel can occur in different versions, exemplified for /i/. Nasalized, breathy voiced, long vowels all contrast.
/i iː ĩ ĩː i̤ i̤ː ĩ̤ ĩ̤ː/
Consonants allophones of each segment are determined by the phonological features. Every vowel position corresponds to a place of articulation.
/i/ = palatal
/e/ = dental
/ə/ = alveolar
/ɛ/ = velar
/u/= bilabial
/o/ = retroflex
/ɔ/ = uvular/pharyngeal
/a/ = glottal
Long vowels have continuant/resonant allophones, nasalized vowels have prenasalized stops/nasal stops allophones, breathy vowels have voiced consonant allophones. And I am getting tired, so no more details...
/i u/
/e ə o/
/ɛ a ɔ/
Every vowel can occur in different versions, exemplified for /i/. Nasalized, breathy voiced, long vowels all contrast.
/i iː ĩ ĩː i̤ i̤ː ĩ̤ ĩ̤ː/
Consonants allophones of each segment are determined by the phonological features. Every vowel position corresponds to a place of articulation.
/i/ = palatal
/e/ = dental
/ə/ = alveolar
/ɛ/ = velar
/u/= bilabial
/o/ = retroflex
/ɔ/ = uvular/pharyngeal
/a/ = glottal
Long vowels have continuant/resonant allophones, nasalized vowels have prenasalized stops/nasal stops allophones, breathy vowels have voiced consonant allophones. And I am getting tired, so no more details...
Creyeditor
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Ook & Omlűt & Nautli languages & Sperenjas
Papuan languages, Morphophonology, Lexical Semantics
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I feel like it'd be easier to find 50 consonant phonemes and have vowel placement be epenthetic and predictable. A cool idea BTW.Creyeditor wrote: ↑22 Jan 2018 22:50 I thought about a phonology were every segment corresponds to a semantic primitive in Natural Semantic Metalanguage. This means I need about 50 segments. I also thought that prosodic constituents, like words or syllable correspond to sentences or clauses in NSM. This means that probably every segment should have a vowel and a consonant allophone, so that it easy to build syllables. This is the basic vowel inventory.
/i u/
/e ə o/
/ɛ a ɔ/
Every vowel can occur in different versions, exemplified for /i/. Nasalized, breathy voiced, long vowels all contrast.
/i iː ĩ ĩː i̤ i̤ː ĩ̤ ĩ̤ː/
Consonants allophones of each segment are determined by the phonological features. Every vowel position corresponds to a place of articulation.
/i/ = palatal
/e/ = dental
/ə/ = alveolar
/ɛ/ = velar
/u/= bilabial
/o/ = retroflex
/ɔ/ = uvular/pharyngeal
/a/ = glottal
Long vowels have continuant/resonant allophones, nasalized vowels have prenasalized stops/nasal stops allophones, breathy vowels have voiced consonant allophones. And I am getting tired, so no more details...
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Something ugly, once again...
/m n̪ ɳ ɲ ŋ/
/n̪͡m ɳ͡m ɲ͡m ŋ͡m/
/p b t̼ d̼ t̪ d̪ ʈ ɖ k g q ʔ/
/pː bː t̼ː t̪ː ʈː kː qː/
/pʰ t̼ʰ t̪ʰ ʈʰ kʰ qʰ/
/pʰː t̼ʰː t̪ʰː ʈʰː kʰː qʰː/
/ʰp ʰt̼ ʰt̪ ʰʈ ʰk ʰq/
/ʰpː ʰt̼ː ʰt̪ː ʰʈː ʰkː ʰqː/
/pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ/
/pʼː t̼ʼː tʼː kʼː qʼː/
/t̪͡p d̪͡b ʈ͡p ɖ͡b k͡p g͡b k͡t g͡d/
/t͡pʼ k͡pʼ q͡t̪ʼ q͡ʈʼ/
/p͡s p͡ʃ t̪͡s̪ d̪͡z̪ ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ k͡s k͡ʃ/
/p͡s̪ʰ p͡ʂʰ t̪͡s̪ʰ ʈ͡ʂʰ t͡ɕʰ/
/p͡ɸ b̪͡v d̪͡ð k͡x q͡χ/
/p̪͡fʼ k͡xʼ q͡χʼ/
/s z ʃ ʒ/
/sː ʃː/
/s̪ʰ ʂʰ/
/s̪ʰː ʂʰː/
/ʰʃː/
/sʼ/
/f v θ̼ θ ɻ j x ɣ h/
/fː ð̼ː/
/ɾ ʀ̆/
/r̪ ɽ͡r̥ ʀ̥ ʢ/
/r̼ː r̪̊ː ʀː/
/b͡ʙ d͡r ɢ͡ʀ/
/t͡r̥ʼ q͡ʀ̥ʼ ʡ͡ʜʼ/
/p͡ɬ t̪͡ɬ̪ ʈ͡ɭ̝̊ c͡ʎ̝̊ k͡ʟ̝̊/
/p͡ɬʰ t̪͡ɬ̪ʰ ʈ͡ɭ̝̊ʰ c͡ʎ̝̊ʰ k͡ʟ̝̊ʰ/
/p͡ɬʼ t͡ɬʼ k͡ʟ̝̊ʼ/
/ɬ̪ l ɭ ɭ̝̊/
/ɬ̪ː ɭ̝̊ː/
/ɬʼː/
/à ɛ̀ ɔ̀/
/á í ú/
/āː ēː ōː/
/m n̪ ɳ ɲ ŋ/
/n̪͡m ɳ͡m ɲ͡m ŋ͡m/
/p b t̼ d̼ t̪ d̪ ʈ ɖ k g q ʔ/
/pː bː t̼ː t̪ː ʈː kː qː/
/pʰ t̼ʰ t̪ʰ ʈʰ kʰ qʰ/
/pʰː t̼ʰː t̪ʰː ʈʰː kʰː qʰː/
/ʰp ʰt̼ ʰt̪ ʰʈ ʰk ʰq/
/ʰpː ʰt̼ː ʰt̪ː ʰʈː ʰkː ʰqː/
/pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ/
/pʼː t̼ʼː tʼː kʼː qʼː/
/t̪͡p d̪͡b ʈ͡p ɖ͡b k͡p g͡b k͡t g͡d/
/t͡pʼ k͡pʼ q͡t̪ʼ q͡ʈʼ/
/p͡s p͡ʃ t̪͡s̪ d̪͡z̪ ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ k͡s k͡ʃ/
/p͡s̪ʰ p͡ʂʰ t̪͡s̪ʰ ʈ͡ʂʰ t͡ɕʰ/
/p͡ɸ b̪͡v d̪͡ð k͡x q͡χ/
/p̪͡fʼ k͡xʼ q͡χʼ/
/s z ʃ ʒ/
/sː ʃː/
/s̪ʰ ʂʰ/
/s̪ʰː ʂʰː/
/ʰʃː/
/sʼ/
/f v θ̼ θ ɻ j x ɣ h/
/fː ð̼ː/
/ɾ ʀ̆/
/r̪ ɽ͡r̥ ʀ̥ ʢ/
/r̼ː r̪̊ː ʀː/
/b͡ʙ d͡r ɢ͡ʀ/
/t͡r̥ʼ q͡ʀ̥ʼ ʡ͡ʜʼ/
/p͡ɬ t̪͡ɬ̪ ʈ͡ɭ̝̊ c͡ʎ̝̊ k͡ʟ̝̊/
/p͡ɬʰ t̪͡ɬ̪ʰ ʈ͡ɭ̝̊ʰ c͡ʎ̝̊ʰ k͡ʟ̝̊ʰ/
/p͡ɬʼ t͡ɬʼ k͡ʟ̝̊ʼ/
/ɬ̪ l ɭ ɭ̝̊/
/ɬ̪ː ɭ̝̊ː/
/ɬʼː/
/à ɛ̀ ɔ̀/
/á í ú/
/āː ēː ōː/