Naeso/Phonology

Phonology of Naeso

Syllable Structure

Status: Completed / In the works (C)V(N)

C is a consonant or affricate V is a vowel N is a nasal or liquid

Affricates

Status: Completed / In the works

These are the possible affricates: /ts, dz, dʒ, tθ, bv, pf/

Consonants

Status: Completed / In the works

• Stops: /p b t d k g/
• Nasals: /m~ɱ n ŋ/
• Fricatives: /f v θ s z ʒ/
• Liquids: /l/

Vowels

Status: Completed / In the works

Our vowels are /i, u, a, y, e/ and /o/.

All vowels are pronounced separately. E.g., "Naeso" is syllabized as /na.'e.so/.

One vowel cluster is allowed in a single root word or affix, and any combination of two of Naeso's vowels forms a valid cluster.

Does "any combination of two of Naeso's vowels" mean two different vowels, or also two instances of the same vowel?

Two different vowels; sequences like "aa" are disallowed in roots and are broken by liason/simplified (see vote below) if they are formed at morpheme boundaries — 0/0 (0/0)

Doubled vowels are allowed: sequences like "aa" are pronounced /a.a/ as two syllables — 0/0 (0/0)

Doubled vowels are allowed: sequences like "aa" are pronounced /a:/ as a long vowel — 0/0 (0/0)

The restriction on vowel clusters applies only to roots.

I.e., when two or more clusters occur in a compound or derived word, that's OK; they don't get simplified.

If a compound or derived word would have a sequence of three or four vowels (if e.g. the first element ends in a vowel cluster and the second element begins with a vowel or vowel cluster), how is this sequence dealt with?

Liason: insert a consonant after the first or second vowel of a three-vowel sequence or after the second vowel of a four-vowel sequence. (4/0) (JH,FH,BF,RJ/0)

The liason consonant should be /t/ — 0/0 (0/0)

• I think we should use a consonant that isn't already in use. Fenhl

The liason consonant should be glottal stop /ʔ/ — 0/0 (0/0)