Frostocan

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, ḱ and ĺ are written with a dot above it rather than an acute accent.
• 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		Central		Back
Close	/i/ /y/				/u/
		/ɪ/ /ʏ/		/ʊ/
Close-Mid	/e/ /ø/				/o/
			/ə/
Open-Mid	/ɛ/ /œ/				/ɔ/
	/æ/
Open	/a/

ORTHOGRAPHY:

	Front		Central		Back
Close	i* y*				u*
		i** y**		u**
Close-Mid	e* ø*				o*
			e***
Open-Mid	e** ø**				o**
	a**
Open	a*