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Phonetic doodle inspired by a [[ZBB]] discussion about the "sound of polar languages" (from [[Aleut]] to [[Icelandic]]). Just to be contrary, I'm putting it in Sahara. | Phonetic doodle inspired by a [[ZBB]] discussion about the "sound of polar languages" (from [[Aleut]] to [[Icelandic]]). Just to be contrary, I'm putting it in Sahara. | ||
=== | ===Phoneme inventory=== | ||
'''Consonants''' | '''Consonants''' | ||
{| | {| | ||
| p || t || || c || k | | p || t || || c || k | ||
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|} | |} | ||
'''Vowels''' | '''Vowels''' | ||
{| | {| | ||
! rowspan="2"| | ! rowspan="2"| | ||
! colspan=" | ! colspan="3"| Short | ||
! colspan="3"| | ! colspan="3"| Long | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! <small>Front</small> | ||
! | ! <small>Centr.</small> | ||
! <small> | ! <small>Back</small> | ||
! | ! <small>Front</small> | ||
! <small>Centr.</small> | |||
! <small>Back</small> | |||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
! Hi | ! Hi | ||
| i || ʉ | | i || ʉ || u | ||
| iː || ʉː | | iː || ʉː || uː | ||
| | |||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
! Non-hi | ! Non-hi | ||
| | | || ə || ɑ | ||
| | | || || ɑː | ||
| | |||
| | |||
|} | |} | ||
'''Difthongs''' consist of a non-hi vowel + glide: '''front''' ej, '''back''' ɑw. | |||
===Allophony=== | ===Allophony=== | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 7 July 2008
Phonetic doodle inspired by a ZBB discussion about the "sound of polar languages" (from Aleut to Icelandic). Just to be contrary, I'm putting it in Sahara.
Phoneme inventory
Consonants
| p | t | c | k | |
| θ | s | x | ||
| m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̊ | h | |
| m | n | ɲ | ||
| ʋ | l | r | j |
Vowels
| Short | Long | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Centr. | Back | Front | Centr. | Back | |
| Hi | i | ʉ | u | iː | ʉː | uː |
| Non-hi | ə | ɑ | ɑː | |||
Difthongs consist of a non-hi vowel + glide: front ej, back ɑw.
Allophony
- /k x/ backed to [q χ] before a back vowel or after one before a consonant
- /ʉ ə/ (either length) fronted to [y e] before a palatal consonant or an /i/ in the folloing syllable
- /θ/ is lamino-interdental, /t n̥ n l/ are apico-dental, except apico-alveolar before /i/, /s r/ are apico-alveolar, /c ɲ̊ ɲ/ are lamino-postalveolar
- /θ x/ voiced to [ð ɣ~ʁ] between voiced sounds and initially
- /s/ voiced to /z/ only intervocally & if the next consonant is also voiced
- eg. /kisim/ [kizim], but /kisi/ [kisi], /kisixat/ [kisiχɑt̪]
Structure
Cluster table (obstruent-initials only for now):
| 1st ↓ · 2nd → | p | t | c | k | θ | s | x | m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̊ | m | n | ɲ | ʋ | l | r | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p | pt | pc | ps | px | pnh? | pñh? | |||||||||||
| t | tp | tk | tx | tmh | tv | ||||||||||||
| c | cp | ck | cx | cmh | cv | ||||||||||||
| k | kp | kt | kc | kmh | knh? | kñh? | kv | ||||||||||
| θ | ŧp | ŧk | ŧx | ŧmh | ŧnh? | ŧñh? | ŧm | ŧv | ŧl | ŧr | |||||||
| x | xp | xt | xc | xŧ | xs | xmh | xnh? | xñh? | xm | xn | xñ | xv |
Coda /s/ occurs only word-finally.
Stress
- Level 1 (usually 2ndary) stress falls on the initial syllable, unless immediately pretonic
- Level 2 (usually primary) stress falls on
- the rightmost superhevvy syllable, if there is one
- otherwise the rightmost non-final hevvy syllable, if there is one
(so what's this in terms of feet? (C)V(V/C)(C)CV(C/V)(CV)(V/C)(CV)(V/C) I think?)
Flavor test
- seriutvalem [ˌseriˈut̪ʋɑl̪əm] (not difthongal due to foot breik)
- kaarhuxmet [ˈqɑːrhuʁmət̪]
- terakvaasuxmit [ˌt̪ərɑqʋɑːˈzuʁmit̪] (do we have an -uxmit/-uxmet suffix here?)
- ŧykurpyycuu [ˌðʉqurˈpyːcuː]
- uñiivacxamhyykap [ˌuɲiːʋɑcχɑˈm̥ʉːqɑp] (perhaps tripedal)
- xarvytxaanaa [ˌʁɑrʋʉˈt̪χɑːn̪ɑː]
- yŧkyr cepesak [ˈʉθkʉr ˈcəpəsɑq]
- kepuut sinikau suvatpeti [kəˈpuːt̪ ˈsiniqaw suˈʋɑt̪peti]
- tylpyraktiipii [ˌt̪ʉl̪pʉrɑqˈtiːpiː]
- aŧrun kuulacxun [ˈɑðrun̪ quːˈl̪ɑcχun̪]
