Frostocan
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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.
- 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 | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Close | /i/ /y/ | /u/ | |||
/ɪ/ /ʏ/ | /ʊ/ | ||||
Close-Mid | /e/ /ø/ | /o/ | |||
/ə/ | |||||
Open-Mid | /ɛ/ /œ/ | /ɔ/ | |||
/æ/ | |||||
Open | /a/ |
ORTHOGRAPHY:
Front | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Close | i* y* | u* | |||
i** y** | u** | ||||
Close-Mid | e* ø* | o* | |||
e*** | |||||
Open-Mid | e** ø** | o** | |||
a** | |||||
Open | a* |