Round Robin Conlang/Observations: Difference between revisions
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/i e ɛ a ɔ o u/; /oi/; possibly /ai/ (seriously now, is "we two" [tsoi] or [tsai] ?) | /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/; /oi/; possibly /ai/ (seriously now, is "we two" [tsoi] or [tsai] ?) | ||
For purposes of vowel-harmonic suffixes, /a/ (phonetically open central [ä]?) counts as a back vowel. | |||
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The following changes are attested: | The following changes are attested: | ||
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[ð̃ ɣ] have only been attested under spirant lenition thus far. | [ð̃ ɣ] have only been attested under spirant lenition thus far. | ||
I would presume the process to apply regularly also to the "missing" | I would presume the process to apply regularly also to the "missing" [[buccal]] stops / nasals, ie. m,<!-- ŋ, d,--> k → ṽ,<!--ɣ̃, z (ð? l??),--> x. Whether the other consonants do anything remains to be seen. | ||
===Other alternations=== | ===Other alternations=== | ||
Gemination appears to be regular for at least | Gemination appears to be regular for at least lenitable consonants, with ''bb'', ''tt'', ''nn'', ''gg''<!--, ''ŋŋ''--> attested. /tsʹ<!--, s-->/ appears to resist gemination as seen from ''betsʼaq<!--, ísasaq-->''. | ||
There is also prenasalization (apparently identical with gemination for nasals). | There is also prenasalization (apparently identical with gemination for nasals). | ||
===Syllable structure=== | ===Syllable structure=== | ||
Thus far (C)V(N)(C) seems sufficient (maximal example: ''boimb''). Only | Thus far (C)V(N)(C) seems sufficient (maximal example: ''boimb''). Only clusters of two consonants have been observed medially, even them limited to geminates and nasal + consonant. | ||
Revision as of 11:37, 3 December 2009
Thought I'd look at what our phonology looks like so far. --Trɔpʏliʊm • blah
Basic inventory
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops / affricates |
Ejective | tsʹ | kʹ | ||||
| Voiceless | p | t | ts | k | q | ||
| Voiced | b | ɡ | |||||
| Nasals | m | n | |||||
| Fricatives | Voiceless | f | s | χ | h | ||
| Voiced | v | ||||||
| Liquid | l | ||||||
Semivowel (?)
/j/
Vowels /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/; /oi/; possibly /ai/ (seriously now, is "we two" [tsoi] or [tsai] ?) For purposes of vowel-harmonic suffixes, /a/ (phonetically open central [ä]?) counts as a back vowel.
Lenition
The following changes are attested:
| Original | p | b | t | n | g | q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenited | f | v | s | ð̃ | ɣ | χ |
[ð̃ ɣ] have only been attested under spirant lenition thus far.
I would presume the process to apply regularly also to the "missing" buccal stops / nasals, ie. m, k → ṽ, x. Whether the other consonants do anything remains to be seen.
Other alternations
Gemination appears to be regular for at least lenitable consonants, with bb, tt, nn, gg attested. /tsʹ/ appears to resist gemination as seen from betsʼaq.
There is also prenasalization (apparently identical with gemination for nasals).
Syllable structure
Thus far (C)V(N)(C) seems sufficient (maximal example: boimb). Only clusters of two consonants have been observed medially, even them limited to geminates and nasal + consonant.
