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The primary prosodic foot is an | The primary prosodic foot is an trochee, that is, a heavy syllable followed by a light one. This has implications for word shapes: | ||
* In multisyllable words that are derived, inflected, and/or compounded, the word will end in a complete prosodic foot. Morphological operations will include adapting elements that ensure the shape. | * In multisyllable words that are derived, inflected, and/or compounded, the word will end in a complete prosodic foot. Morphological operations will include adapting elements that ensure the shape. | ||
* Words that are bare stems (unaffixed, uncompounded, etc.) can end in any type of syllable. | * Words that are bare stems (unaffixed, uncompounded, etc.) can end in any type of syllable. | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 2 June 2019
Phonology Inventory
Consonants
Stops
| Rom. | IPA |
|---|---|
| b | /b/ |
| p | /p/ |
| d | /d/ |
| t | /t/ |
| g | /g/ |
| k | /k/ |
| ' | /ʔ/ |
Affricates
| Rom. | IPA |
|---|---|
| dz | /d͡z/ |
| ts | /t͡s/ |
Fricatives
| Rom. | IPA |
|---|---|
| v | /v/ |
| f | /f/ |
| z | /z/ |
| s | /s/ |
| lz | /ɮ/ |
| lh | /ɬ/ |
| zh | /ʒ/ |
| sh | /ʃ/ |
| x | /x/ |
Nasals
| Rom. | IPA |
|---|---|
| m | /m/ |
| n | /n/ |
Liquid/Tap
| Rom. | IPA |
|---|---|
| l | /l/ |
| r | /ɾ/ |
Vowels
Monophthongs
| Rom. | IPA |
|---|---|
| i | /i/ |
| u | /u/ |
| e | /e/ |
| o | /o/ |
| a | /ɑ/ |
| ' | /ə/ |
Long Vowels
There are three vowels for which length can be phonemic.
| Rom. | IPA |
|---|---|
| ii | /i:/ |
| uu | /u:/ |
| aa | /ɑ:/ |
Diphthongs
| Rom. | IPA |
|---|---|
| ya | /ja/ |
| ay | /aɪ/ |
| wa | /wa/ |
| au | /aʊ/ |
Phonotactics
Syllable Shape
Syllables are (C)V(C).
Syllable Weight
Syllables can either be light or heavy.
(C)V syllables are:
- ...light when V is a monopthong of medium length.
- ...heavy when V is a long vowel or a diphthong.
(C)VC syllables are:
- ...light if the nucleus is ' .
- ...heavy otherwise.
Consonant Rules
Consonant Clusters
- Consonant clusters only occur word-medial.
- In morphological operations, if consonant clusters are created of different voice quality, the second consonant takes on the voice of the first.
Vowel Rules
- Vowel hiatus is not allowed between identical monophthong vowels - ' is inserted. Word-medially this is written. Across word boundaries, the sound is often inserted, but never written.
- In terms of vowel hiatus, a diphthong adjacent by a monophthong that is identical to the closest sound of the diphthong counts as an identical vowel for the previous rule. For example: a followed by ai will have a ' inserted between them: a'ai. So would the sequence of ya and a: ya'a.
- ' as a vowel never appears in a stressed syllable.
Misc. Rules
- ' only appears word-medially, between two consonants (as a syllable nucleus, where it is pronounced as the vowel /ə/) or between two vowels (as an onset, where it is pronounced /ʔ/).
Prosody
Stress
Stress is lexical, and does not shift due to morphological operations. Ed. note: this feature may change as the conlang is developed.
Prosodic Foot
The primary prosodic foot is an trochee, that is, a heavy syllable followed by a light one. This has implications for word shapes:
- In multisyllable words that are derived, inflected, and/or compounded, the word will end in a complete prosodic foot. Morphological operations will include adapting elements that ensure the shape.
- Words that are bare stems (unaffixed, uncompounded, etc.) can end in any type of syllable.
Orthography Notes
The orthography is mostly just a simple phonemic romanization. There are a few variations.
- ' appears at the beginning of words that are proper nouns - it is not pronounced in any way. This is the only time it should appear at the beginning of a word.
