Thesome

Thesome ["tʰezome] is a constructed language. It is similiar to Ancient Greek in terms of phonology and Finnish in terms of morphology.

Phonology

Vowel Phonemes

/a e i o u y/ <a e i o u y>

Vowel Allophony

All vowels (except /a/) have a lax counterpart: /e/ - [ɛ], /i/ - [ɪ], /o/ - [ɔ], /u/ - [ʊ] and /y/ - [ʏ]. Lax vowels appear instead of the tense ones

1. always in closed syllables; e.g. emnathon ["ɛm.na.tʰɔn]
2. in the syllable following a stressed vowel; e.g. Thesome ["tʰe.zɔ.mɛ]
3. in the last syllable of a word; e.g. deromi ["de.ɾɔ.mɪ]

Word final [ɛ] may be realised as [ə] in fast speech: Thesome /"tʰe.zɔ.mə/ When the penultimate syllable is stressed, the vowel is usually pronounced longer; contrast deromi ["de.ɾɔ.mɪ] with derthi ["dɛ:ɾ.tʰɪ]