Kyovantic
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Current conlang.
Phonology and Orthography
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatalized Postalveolar | Palatal | Labialized Palatal | Velar | Labaialized Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | /m/ m | /n/ n | /ɲ/ ṅ | /ŋ/ ŋ | |||||
Plosive | /p b/ p b | /t d/ t d | /ʔ/ h | ||||||
Fricative | /ɸ β/ f v | /θ ð/ þ ð | /s z/ s z | /ɕ ʑ/ ṡ ż | /ç ʝ/ k̇ ġ | /x ɣ/ k g | |||
Affricative | /ts dz/ c x | /tɕ dʑ/ ċ ẋ | |||||||
Approximant | /j ʲ/ e i | /ɥ/ u | /ɰ/ y | /w/ o | |||||
Tap | /ɾ/ r | ||||||||
Lateral Fricative | /ɬ ɮ/ kl gl | ||||||||
Lateral Approximant | /l/ l | /ʎ/ l̇ |
- Consonants with the dot accent can’t appear before a vowel. When the corresponding sound is before a vowel, it’s written without the accent and an i next to the consonant. (e.g. maṡ+a=masia).
- r at the end of a word is pronounced as /ð/.
- The approximants aren’t pronounced correspondingly when in between two consonants.
- When a voiced and voiceless consonant are right next to each other, they both become voiceless.
- p t are the end of a word pronounced as /p̚ t̚/, respectively.
- g in between two of the same vowel is silent.
Vowels
Tense
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | /i y/ e u | /ɯ u/ y o | |
Open-Mid | /ɜ ɞ/ a w |
- Tense vowels are only pronounced when before a consonant that isn't doubled
- A vowel that is doubled has a longer sound than its original
Lax
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close-Mid | /e ø/ e u | /ɤ o/ y o | |
Open | /a ɶ/ a w |
- Lax vowels are only pronounced when proceeding a doubled consonant (or tc and dx)
- A vowel that is doubled has a longer sound than its original
Diphthongs
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close-Mid | /øʏ/ ᵫ | /oɪ/ œ | |
Open | /aɪ/ æ |
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.