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Experimental Phonology Labs

Internally consistent weirdness

BLB	LBA	LZD	VZD	GUT	AER
ʘ		ǁ	ǃ
ʘⁿ		ǁⁿ	ǃⁿ
p		ɾ	ʈk)	ʡ	ʡʰ
m			ɳŋ)	ɴ̠	ɴ̠ʩ)
ɸ	f=	ɬ̪	ɬˣ
		ð̞ʷ	ɻˠ
	ɪ		ə	ɐ

• Coronal clicks are retroflex.
• The "aerated" series technically requires a release resembling nasal release but along a different physiological feature (no direct human counterpart).

Something loglangish

/ i e ə a o u/ / m n ŋ w ð̞ j r l θ ʃ x k/

[t] is entirely epenthetic (tho /ð/ in many ways fills its phonemic place):

• /r l/ → [tr tl] / {# n}_
• /θ ʃ/ → [tθ tʃ] / {# n x}_
• /θ ʃ/ → [(t)θ (t)ʃ] / _{k x} (free variation)
• /lr/ → [ltr]
• /rl/ → [rtl ~ rl] (free variation)

/x/ → [h ~ ɦ] after /N k ð/ (see next!) & initially

Allophonic voiced stops:

• /k/ → [ɡ ~ ɠ] / V_{V N r l h}, {r l}_
• /ð/ → [d ~ ɗ] / V_{N h}, {r l ʃ}_

This furthermore neutralizes to [ɟ ~ ʄ] before /i/.

Onset cluster: /kr/ Long medial clusters: /nðr nðl/

Unoccurring medial clusters:

• anything with semivowels
• Non-homorganic nasal+obstruent; /nm nŋ mn mŋ/; /ŋð/?
• /ðð/, geminate obstruents
• /xð xk θʃ ʃθ/
• /ðθ ðʃ/
• undecided on /ðk kð/ (what to make of these phonetically?)

Pre-Proto-Japanese'

p(ʰ)	t̪(ʰ)	tsʰ	tʂʰ	tʃʰ	k(ʰ)
		ts	tʂ	tʃ
b	d̪		ɖ		ɡ
		s			h

+ sonorants as needed

• affricate POAs partially allophonic with each other / t k?
• aspirate stops (conditions?) → f f x
• aspirate affricates → θ ʂ ʃ → f x ʃ → v ɣ ʒ
• tenue affricates → ejectivs → f x tʃ

(so what is the difference between *ts and *tʰ ?)

Aspiration in clusters:

btʃ	btʃʰ	→	ptʃ	ftʃ
d̪tʃ	d̪tʃʰ	→	tʃː	ɬtʃ
ɖtʃ	ɖtʃʰ	→	rtʃː	xtʃ
ɡtʃ	ɡtʃʰ	→	ktʃ

Note /f v tʃ ʒ/ rather than reconstructed *pf *bv *c *ɟ!