Gwongbholü

Gwongbholü Gwongbholü
Spoken in:
Conworld:
Total speakers:
Genealogical classification:	Gwongbholü
Basic word order:	SOV
Morphological type:
Morphosyntactic alignment:	fluid
Writing system:
Created by:
Qwynegold

Phonology and phonotactics

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasals		m						n						ŋ
Plosives	p pʰ	b bʱ					t tʰ	d dʱ					k kʰ	g gʱ	ʔ
Fricatives							s	z	ʃ	ʒ					h
Affricates							ts tsʰ	dz dzʱ	tʃ tʃʰ	dʒ dʒʱ
Approximants												j		ɰ
Trill								r
Lateral Approximant								l

Vowels
	Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
High	i	y								u
Near-high
High-mid	e									o
Mid
Low-mid
Near-low
Low										ɑ

Syllable structure

The syllable structure is (C)(C)CV(C)(C) (note however that the first obligatory consonant may be [ʔ]).

Onsets

The below table shows the allowed two-consonant clusters. The rows stand for the first consonant, and the columns for the second. To be able to tell whether a three-consonant cluster is allowed, for example /kmb/, first check if the first two consonants can cluster → /km/ is an allowed cluster in this chart. Then check if the last two consonants can cluster → /mb/ is an allowed cluster. Therefore /kmb/ is also allowed.

Allowed onset clusters (two consonants)
	p	pʰ	b	bʱ	t	tʰ	d	dʱ	k	kʰ	ɡ	ɡʱ	ʔ	m	n	ŋ	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	h	ts	tsʰ	dz	dzʱ	tʃ	tʃʰ	dʒ	dʒʱ	j	ɰ	r	l
p																																		p
pʰ																																		pʰ
b																																		b
bʱ																																		bʱ
t																																		t
tʰ																																		tʰ
d																																		d
dʱ																																		dʱ
k																																		k
kʰ																																		kʰ
ɡ																																		ɡ
ɡʱ																																		ɡʱ
ʔ																																		ʔ
m																																		m
n																																		n
ŋ																																		ŋ
s																																		s
z																																		z
ʃ																																		ʃ
ʒ																																		ʒ
h																																		h
ts																																		ts
tsʰ																																		tsʰ
dz																																		dz
dzʱ																																		dzʱ
tʃ																																		tʃ
tʃʰ																																		tʃʰ
dʒ																																		dʒ
dʒʱ																																		dʒʱ
j																																		j
ɰ																																		ɰ
r																																		r
l																																		l
	p	pʰ	b	bʱ	t	tʰ	d	dʱ	k	kʰ	ɡ	ɡʱ	ʔ	m	n	ŋ	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	h	ts	tsʰ	dz	dzʱ	tʃ	tʃʰ	dʒ	dʒʱ	j	ɰ	r	l

Codas

The following clusters are allowed in coda position.

Allowed coda clusters
	p	pʰ	b	bʱ	t	tʰ	d	dʱ	k	kʰ	ɡ	ɡʱ	ʔ	m	n	ŋ	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	h	ts	tsʰ	dz	dzʱ	tʃ	tʃʰ	dʒ	dʒʱ	j	ɰ	r	l
p																																		p
	p	pʰ	b	bʱ	t	tʰ	d	dʱ	k	kʰ	ɡ	ɡʱ	ʔ	m	n	ŋ	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	h	ts	tsʰ	dz	dzʱ	tʃ	tʃʰ	dʒ	dʒʱ	j	ɰ	r	l

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