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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:

  • 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?), anything involving semivowels

Pre-Proto-Japanese'

tsʼ tʂʼ tʃʼ
p(ʰ) (ʰ) (ʰ) (ʰ) k(ʰ)
b ɖ ɡ
s h
m n

+ other sonorants as needed

  • affricate POAs partially allophonic with each other / t k?
  • aspirates → f θ ʂ ʃ x
  • θ ʂ → f x
  • F → V
  • ejectivs → pf x tʃ

Aspiration in clusters (example):

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

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

For West Persian'

A)

  • I(: j w) > e(: j w)
  • U(j) > i(:)
  • U: > u:
  • ew (Iw) > o:
  • &(: j w), A:, ow ==
  • & > a > A
  • 6 > &
  • result: i e & A, i: u:, e: ej o: ow, &: &j A: (needs u o?)

B)

  • I(:), U(:) > @ > a
  • e(: j) > i
  • Uj > oj > (w)i
  • ew > u
  • ow > (w)u
  • &(: j), 6 > e
  • &w, A: > o > (w)a
  • result: i e a u + labiovelars/uvulars

To be allocated

Difthong allophony/split: [au eu iu ~ ao eo io] (perhaps [ei ai ou ~ eː ae oː], [iː eː oː uː ~ ie ea oa uo])

(last part looks a bit too Samic)

Orthographics

"Sumerian" diphonic faux-syllabary

With underspecification:

  • /tæmæ/ = TFV-L̃V-mFV-LV
  • /diːzə/ = TFV-HVFC-SMV

Ie. front/backness coded on "initial"; height coded on "coda"; will look like a vertical vowel system on first glance

morf

English needs more umlaut derivativs

*-ɪθ

  • long ∶ length ∷ strong ∶ strength ∷ wrong ∶ wrength /ɹɛŋθ/
  • young ∶ youth
  • wide ∶ width ∷ side ∶ sidth /sɪdθ/
  • … ∷ mild ∶ mildth /mɪldθ/ ∷ wild ∶ wildth /wɪldθ/
  • short ∶ sherth /ʃɝːθ/
  • old ∶ eldth /ɛldθ/
  • heal ∶ health /hɛlθ/
  • wreak ∶ wrath ∷ weak ∶ wath /wæθ/ ??
  • dry ∶ drought
  • high ∶ height ∷ wigh /waɪ/ ∶ weight
  • frigh /fɹaɪ/ ∶ fright
  • low ∶ louth /luːθ/?
  • (true ∶ truth)