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.
• 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/ i /y/ y			/u/ w
Near-Close		/ɪ/ e
Close-Mid	/e/ e /ø/ u
Mid			/ə/ a
Open-Mid				/ɔ/ o
Open	/a/ a

• e is pronounced as /ɪ/ in unstressed positions.
• a is pronounced as /ə/ in unstressed positions and silent when directly before a stressed syllable.
• Doubling a vowel makes its sound longer.