Fórong

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Fórong is a language spoken in northwestern sections of Measceineafh. It is a member of the Rajo-Faraneit family, and is one of the more innovative of the daughter languages, particularly in phonetics.

Phonology

	Bilabial	Labio-Dental	Alveolar	Post Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stop	p  b		t  d			k  g
Affricate		pf	ts	ʧ
Aspirate	bʰ		dʰ			gʰ
Fricative		f	s	x
Nasal	m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Approximant		ʋ	l r ɬ

• Consonant Allophony:
  • /p pf t ts ʧ k/ and [tɕ)] aspirate when initial in a stressed syllable
  • /si: sɪ se/ > [ʃi: ʃɪ ʃe]
  • /tsi: tsɪ tse/ > [tɕ)i: tɕ)ɪ tɕ)e]
  • /ti: tɪ te/ > [tɕi: tɕɪ tɕe]
  • /li: lɪ le/ > [lʲi: lʲɪ lʲe]
  • /ɬi: ɬɪ ɬe/ > [ɬʲi: ɬʲɪ ɬʲe]
  • /gi: gʰi: xi:/ > [ɟi: ɟʰi: çi:]

• Long Vowels: /i: y: u: ø:/
• Short Vowels: /ɪ ʏ e ɛ a ə ɔ o ʊ/
• Vowel Allophony:
  • /ø: a ɛ ə/ > [ø ɐ ə ə] /[-stress]
  • Nasalize prior to /m n ɲ ɳ/

Sound Changes from WM to Fórong

• VCgV, VgCV > Vg:V > Vgɣ)V > VgʰV
• k > ʧ /_ɨ,i,e,ɛ
• q > k
• ʔ > DELETE
• ɺ > ɺ~ > n
• iV uV > jV wV > i: u:
• n ɴ > ɲ /_i,i:
• ɴ > ŋ
• ɲiV > ɲV
• iu ui > ʉ:
• oe ue > ø:
• 'ø: ø: > ø: ø
• i u > ɪ ʊ
• ɨ ʉ ʉ: > ə ʏ y: