Karhionza
Posted: 28 Mar 2024 18:37
Karhionza is my newest project. I guess it will not last long but who cares.
It is an attempt to combine a Tolkien style phonology with a non-Tolkien morphosyntax.
p f t s c k h
b v d z ɟ g
m n (ŋ)
l r
w j
i u
e o
ä
Maximal syllable structure is: CVR, where R is {l r n}.
The second line of consonants (voiced obstruents) appear only word-internally after a coda consonant.
Velar stops /k g/ and palatal stops /c ɟ/ are distinguished only before non-front vowels /ä, o, u/.
Sibilants are affricates after nasals.
Consonants, excluding the voiced obstruents that cannot appear between vowels, can be geminated between vowels.
Vowels do not have length distinction.
Possible diphthongs are: ai, au, ei, eu, oi.
The stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the word has two syllables or if the penultimate syllable is strong, i.e. has a coda or a diphthong).
If the stress does not fall on the penultimate syllable, it falls on the antepenultame one.
If a monophthong has stress on an open syllable, it lengthens phonetically.
It is an attempt to combine a Tolkien style phonology with a non-Tolkien morphosyntax.
p f t s c k h
b v d z ɟ g
m n (ŋ)
l r
w j
i u
e o
ä
Maximal syllable structure is: CVR, where R is {l r n}.
The second line of consonants (voiced obstruents) appear only word-internally after a coda consonant.
Velar stops /k g/ and palatal stops /c ɟ/ are distinguished only before non-front vowels /ä, o, u/.
Sibilants are affricates after nasals.
Consonants, excluding the voiced obstruents that cannot appear between vowels, can be geminated between vowels.
Vowels do not have length distinction.
Possible diphthongs are: ai, au, ei, eu, oi.
The stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the word has two syllables or if the penultimate syllable is strong, i.e. has a coda or a diphthong).
If the stress does not fall on the penultimate syllable, it falls on the antepenultame one.
If a monophthong has stress on an open syllable, it lengthens phonetically.