Strish Phonology

For its alpha release Strish orthography will be a variant of ASCII IPA.

Here is the phonemic inventory for Strish:

Vowels

/i/ - like "ee" in "see" /I/ - like "i" in "it" /e/ - like "ay" in "say" (without gliding towards the final /i/ sound) /E/ - like "e" in "bet" /a/ - like "a" in "father" /A/ - like "a" in "cat" /o/ - like "o" in "phone" (without gliding towards the final /u/ sound) /O/ - like "au" in "caught" /u/ - like "oo" in "food" /U/ - like "oo" in "cook" /@/ - like "u" in "cup" /y/ - rounded /i/ /R/ - like "ur" in "hurt"; rhotic

The tense vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/, /y/, /R/ can all be parts of diphthongs. Not every combination of tense vowels forms a valid diphthong, but there are still too many valid combinations to comfortably try to list here.

Consonants

/p/ - like "p" in "put" /b/ - like "b" in "but" /f/ - like "f" in "foot" /v/ - like "v" in "vase" /m/ - like "m" in "mom" /hm/ - voiceless /m/ /t/ - like "t" in "top" /d/ - like "d" in "dot" /n/ - like "n" in "no" /hn/ - voiceless /n/ /s/ - like "s" in "sing" /z/ - like "z" in "zoo" /x/ - like "sh" in "shoe" /q/ - like "s" in "pleasure" /l/ - like "l" in "lap" /hl/ - voiceless /l/ /r/ - trilled r /k/ - like "k" in "keep" /g/ - like "g" in "go" /x/ - like "ch" in German "ach" /q/ - voiced /x/ /ng/ - like "ng" in "song" /hng/ - voiceless /%/ /'/ - glottal stop

Samples of consonant clusters

/str/ /psjk/ /zdn/ /xsr/ /ngl/ /ts'/