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Revision as of 21:42, 18 October 2011

Frostocan (vrosteitoka, IPA: [ˈβrɔstɪjˌtɔxə]) is a constructed language started in October 2011.

Phonology & Orthography

Frostocan phonology and orthography.

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatalized Postalveolar Palatal Labialized Palatal Velar Labaialized Velar Glottal
Nasal /p/ p /b/ b /t/ t /d/ d /ʔ/ h
Plosive /m/ m /n/ n /ɲ/ ṅ/n(i) /ŋ/ ƞ
Fricative /ɸ/ f /β/ v /θ/ þ /ð/ ð /s/ s /z/ z /ɕ/ ṡ/s(i) /ʑ/ ż/z(i) /ç/ ḱ/k(i) /ʝ/ ġ/g(i) /x/ k /ɣ/ g
Affricative /ts/ c /dz/ x /tɕ/ ċ/c(i) /dʑ/ ẋ/x(i)
Approximant /j/ i /ɥ/ y /w/ w
Trill /r/ r
Lateral Fricative /ɬ/ kl /ɮ/ gl
Lateral Approximant /l/ l /ʎ/ ĺ/l(i)


  • In writing, and ĺ are written with a dot above it rather than an acute accent.
  • Palatalized consonant are only written with the dot accent mark when proceeding nothing or another consonant; otherwise, it's written with an i directly after it.
  • r is pronounced as /ð/ at the end of a word.
  • When a voiced and an unvoiced consonant are next to each other, the voiced becomes voiceless.
  • i, y, and w are pronounced as /j/, /ɥ/, and /w/ only when before or after a vowel.

Vowels

PHONOLOGY:

Front Near-Front Central Back
Close /i/ /y/ /u/
Near-Close /ɪ/
Close-Mid /e/ /ø/ /o/
/ə/
Open-Mid /ɔ/
Open /a/