Cheyoon

Cheyoon (an [mis-]anglicization of its native name cayû) is spoken by pinnapoid creatures often mistaken for mermaids and mermen.

Phonology

Although the phonemes below are divided into consonants and vowels for convenience of pronunciation, the archiphoneme for each consonant/vowel pair is a semivocalic.

Consonants (Crests)

/y/ [j] /ž/ [ʝ] /j/ [ɟ] /ñ/ [ɲ] /Y/ [j_0] /š/ [ç] /c/ [c] /Ñ/ [ɲ_0]

/w/ [w] /v/ [v] /b/ [b] /m/ [m] /W/ [ʍ] /f/ [f] /p/ [p] /M/ [m_0]

/q/ [zero morpheme] /r/ [ʁ] /g/ [ɢ] /ŋ/ [ɴ] /Q/ [ʔ] /R/ [χ] /q/ [q] /Ŋ/ [ŋ_0]

Vowels (Troughs)

/i/ [i] /í/ [iˑ] /ï/ [iː] /î/ [i:ⁿ] /ih/ [i_0] /íh/ [iˑ_0] /ïh/ [iː_0] /îh/ [i:ⁿ_0]

/u/ [u] /ú/ [uˑ] /ü/ [uː] /û/ [u:ⁿ] /uh/ [u_0] /úh/ [uˑ_0] /üh/ [uː_0] /ûh/ [u:ⁿ_0]

/a/ [a] /á/ [aˑ] /ä/ [aː] /ã/ [a:ⁿ] /ah/ [a_0] /áh/ [aˑ_0] /äh/ [aː_0] /ãh/ [a:ⁿ_0]

Grammar

Singular > Plural

C1V1C2V1 > C1V1C2V2C2V2

V1C1V2C2 > C1V1C1V2C2