User:Bbbourq

I am Brian Bourque (IPA:[bɔɹk]), a native of Nashua, New Hampshire, USA and I currently live in Los Angeles, California. I am a novice conlanger and a seasoned polyglot. I speak, read, and write in 5 languages: Persian (Farsi and Dari), Korean, French, English (native), and basic German. I love languages and I want to continue my education in the field of diachronic linguistics. I am creating a language called, Lortho ['loɾ.tʰo] and it is still a work in progress.

Testing Area

Consonant Inventory

Pulmonic

Bilabial

Labiodental

Dental

Alveolar

Postalveolar

Retroflex

Palatal

Velar

Uvular

Pharangeal

Glottal

Plosives

p

b

t

d

k

g

q

Nasal

m

n

ñ

Trill

r

Tap or Flap

rh

Fricative

f

v

þ

đ

s

z

ş

x

ğ

h

Lateral Fricative

Approximant

w

j

Lateral Approximant

l

lj

Affricates

ps        bz

tş

dž

Non-Pulmonic

Ejectives

p'

t'

ts'

k'

q'

Pulmonic Consonants

m - labiodental nasal
n - dental nasal
ñ - velar nasal

p - bilabial voiceless plosive
b - bilabial voiced plosive
t - alveolar voiceless plosive
d - alveolar voiced plosive
k- velar voiceless plosive
g - velar voiced plosive
q- uvular voiceless plosive

ps - labio- alveolar voiceless affricate
bz - voiced labio- alveolar affricate
tş - voiceless post alveolar affricate
dž - voiced post alveolar affricate

f - voiceless labiodental fricative
v- voiced labiodental fricative
þ - voiceless dental fricative
đ - voiced dental fricative
s - voiceless alveolar fricative
z - voiced alveolar fricative
ş - voiceless post alveolar fricative
x - voiceless velar fricative
ğ - voiced velar fricative
h - glottal fricative

l - dental liquid
lj - palato - dental liquid
r - alveolar trill
rh - post alveolar tap

w - bilabial approximant
j - palatal approximant

Ejectives

p'
t'
k'
q'
ts'

Vowel Inventory

	Font	Near-Front	Central	Near-Back	Back
Close	i	y			u
Near-Close					o
Close-Mid
Mid
Open-Mid	ɛ
Near-Open	æ
Open					ɑ

a - as in father [ɑ]
ä - as in cat [æ]
e - as in bed [ɛ]
i - as in feet [i]
o - as in boat [o]
u - as in boot [u]
y - as in über [y]

Diphthongs

ai [aɪ]
ao [aʊ]
ei [eɪ]
oi [ɔɪ]
ue
uo