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dtp883 · **Posted:** Sun 17 May 2009 11:21 pm

Nasals: /m/ /n/
Plosive: /ʔ/
Fricatives: /f/ /v/ /s/ /z/ /θ/ /ð/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/
Approximates: /j/ /w/ /ʍ/
Trill: /r/
Lateral: /l/

Vowels: /ə/ /æ/ /ɑ/ /e/ /o/ /i/ /y/ /ɪ/ /u/
Diphthongs: /ɑi/ /oi/ /ui/

Note: When a word is written with a repeated vowel, example hwoo /ʍoʔo/ "tooth" a glottal stop is inserted between the vowel and it is pronounced twice. This is the only natural stop.

Vortex · Joined:Thu 30 Apr 2009 4:16 pm Posts:9

allophony? phonotatics? prosody?

And this is very unnatural. there is no language with /?/ as its only plosive.

dtp883 · **Posted:** Mon 18 May 2009 12:30 am

Vortex wrote:

allophony? phonotatics? prosody?

Haven't gotten there yet it's just a very basic phonology for now.

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And this is very unnatural. there is no language with /?/ as its only plosive.

Yes it is unnatural, that's why I posted it in the constructed languages forum...

dtp883 · **Posted:** Mon 18 May 2009 12:34 am

dtp883 wrote:

Nasals: /m/ /n/
Plosive: /ʔ/
Fricatives: /f/ /v/ /s/ /z/ /θ/ /ð/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/
Approximates: /j/ /w/ /ʍ/
Trill: /r/
Lateral: /l/

Vowels: /ə/ /æ/ /ɑ/ /e/ /o/ /i/ /y/ /ɪ/ /u/
Diphthongs: /ɑi/ /oi/ /ui/

Note: When a word is written with a repeated vowel, example hwoo /ʍoʔo/ "tooth" a glottal stop is inserted between the vowel and it is pronounced twice. This is the only natural stop.

I decided to throw out bolded sections.

Vortex · Joined:Thu 30 Apr 2009 4:16 pm Posts:9

dtp883 wrote:

Vortex wrote:

allophony? phonotatics? prosody?

Haven't gotten there yet it's just a very basic phonology for now.

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And this is very unnatural. there is no language with /?/ as its only plosive.

Yes it is unnatural, that's why I posted it in the constructed languages forum...

Well of I know that it is technically not natural, remember I been conlanging for almost 5 years now. But usually it should be avoid to make some to unnatural

ILuvEire · **Posted:** Mon 18 May 2009 4:43 am

/p t k/, and most likely /b d g/ too. /p t k/ are one of those linguistic universals, and your language has a voicing distinction in fricatives, so I assume that it would also have that in its plosives.

Neqitan · Joined:Fri 17 Apr 2009 9:59 pm Posts:397 Location: Canada

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Plosive: /ʔ/
Fricatives: /f/ /v/ /s/ /z/ /θ/ /ð/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/

Oh yeah, this is the second conlang I've seen with a phonology like this. It always brings a grin to my face.

dtp883 · **Posted:** Tue 19 May 2009 2:37 am

Neqitan wrote:

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Plosive: /ʔ/
Fricatives: /f/ /v/ /s/ /z/ /θ/ /ð/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /h/

Oh yeah, this is the second conlang I've seen with a phonology like this. It always brings a grin to my face.

I dropped the /ʔ/.

A laughing grin, or a mocking grin?

Neqitan · Joined:Fri 17 Apr 2009 9:59 pm Posts:397 Location: Canada

dtp883 wrote:

A laughing grin, or a mocking grin?

A laughing one. The other conlang I saw with a similar consonants had almost twice that number of fricatives though.

dtp883 · **Posted:** Tue 19 May 2009 4:37 am

Neqitan wrote:

dtp883 wrote:

A laughing grin, or a mocking grin?

A laughing one. The other conlang I saw with a similar consonants had almost twice that number of fricatives though.

Well I can't pronounce the /ɣ/ in rapid speech so I decided against it and had to leave out the /x/. I plan to have /ç/ as an allophone. And I couldn't have an affricatives because that would include stops.