Nodrostic

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Nodrostæ

Phonology & Orthography

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal /m/ m /n/ n /ŋ/ ŋ
Plosive /p/ p /t/ t /q/ q /ʔ/ x
Affricative /ts/ c /tʃ/ ç
Fricative /ɸ β/ f b /θ ð/ þ d /s z/ s z /ʃ ʒ/ ş z̧ /x ɣ/ h,k g
Trill /r/ r /ʀ/ ʀ
Lateral Fricative /ɮ/ l
Approximant /j/ j /w/ v
  • p t q are pronounced as /p̚ t̚ q̚/ at the end of a word
  • a dot accent can be added on c d l n r s t z to show palatalization
    • ḋ ṫ represent /ɣʲ xʲ/
  • when before a vowel, a consonant with a dot accent replaces the accent mark with i
  • doubling a consonant makes its sound longer
  • when a voiced and voiceless consonant are next to each other, they both take the first letter's voicing

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close /iː/ i /uː/ w
Close-Mid /e ø/ e u /ɤ o/ y o
Open /a ɒ/ a å
Front Central Back
Close-Mid /øʏ/ /oɪ/ œ
Open /aɪ/ æ
  • a å e o u y are slightly raises to /ɐ̜ ɐ̹ ɪ ʊ̹ ʏ ʊ̜/ in unstressed position
  • doubling a vowel raises it (/a ɒ e o ø ɤ/ → /ɜ ɞ i u y ɯ/), lengthens its sound, and puts stress on its syllable

Stress

Stress normally falls on the first syllable of a word. However, there is irregular stress. This is denoted by an acute accent on that specific syllable's vowel to show the irregularity.

Vowel Harmony

Front a e u
Back å y o
Neutral i w