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It definitely took me a while to realize that the first word of /ˈkæviɒt ˈɛmptɔr/ and ‹caveat› were the same word – I assumed the latter was pronounced /kəˈvit/. I'm dating someone who's Sri Lankan (her parents grew up in Sri Lanka, but she grew up in the US), and she gets annoyed at /a/ in ‹Sri Lan...

Dnálori has a nominalizing ending for the experiencer of a state, "-twás/-twos/-tus", the last form of which is identical to a Latin ending forming past participles.

One of my conlangs has the root "mxəl", meaning "to eat", after a friend of mine named Michael who is (in)famous among our friend group for his ability to quickly devour burritos and food in general.

/ndnáloɹj/ [ndnáloɹi] /p~b t~d k~ɡ ʔ/ /mb nd ŋɡ/ /s~z h~ɦ~ɨ̥~ɨ~ː/ /m n ŋ/~/ə̃/ /ɹ~ɹ̩ l~l̩ j~i w~u w̃~ũ/ /e o õ/ /a~ə/ /iː uː ũː eː oː õː/ > [əj əw əw̃ je wo wõ] /p t k s h/ are voiced when adjacent to nasals, or between sonorants (vowels + /ɹ l j w w̃/), except in clusters with other voiceless cons...

/ndnáloɹj/ [ndnáloɹi] /p~b t~d k~ɡ ʔ/ /mb nd ŋɡ/ /s~z h~ɦ~ɨ̥~ɨ~ː/ /m n ŋ/~/ə̃/ /ɹ~ɹ̩ l~l̩ j~i w~u w̃~ũ/ /e o õ/ /a~ə/ /iː uː ũː eː oː õː/ > [əj əw əw̃ je wo wõ] /p t k s h/ are voiced when adjacent to nasals, or between sonorants (vowels + /ɹ l j w w̃/), except in clusters with other voiceless conso...

How powerful is analogy? If most, but not all, two-syllable verbs have stress on the last syllable, and most, but not all, two-syllable nouns have stress on the first syllable, would it be possible for words with the 'wrong' pattern to change to the other one, or for this stress shift to be producti...

Is /ph th kh/ > /pf ts kx/ > /f ts k/ plausible?

1. Absence of any phonemic POA for stops further back than velar [half mark for only one stop-POA behind velar, or for prominent allophonic stops behind velar] 2. Phonemic voicing 3. Phonemic voicing only on stops and fricatives 4. Voicing distinction on fricatives but only labial and/or coronal fr...

The longest uninflected words in sájura (by number of letters) are: ët̥ęssώrun /ətɕɛsˈsɔɾun/: 16 (composed of ët̥ë (3) + sa (5) + run (1)) ëpwassώm /əpwasˈsɔm: to forgive, to forget, to leave behind, to spill, to allow, to have forgotten, to have lost ŋánullút̥ /ˈŋanulˈlutɕ/: potato (composed of ŋan...

/aː iː uː/ aa ee oo
/ə e o/ a e o

/m~n~ŋ/ n
/p t k ʔ/ p t k q
/b d ɡ/ b d g
/s z/ s z
/w l j/ w l j

Vowels: /i e æ/ ue i e /ə/ a /u o ɒ/ w u o Consonants: /m~mʲ n~nʲ/ m n /b~bʲ d~dʒ ɡ~ɟ/ b d g /p~pʲ t~tʃ k~c kʷ~cʷ/ p t k q /f~fʲ θ~θʲ s~ʃ x~ç xʷ~çʷ h/ f th s c qh h/sh /v~vʲ z~ʒ ɣ~ʝ ɣʷ~ʝʷ/ v z x y /w ɹ ɰ w/ vh zh xh yh /l r j/ l r j Consonants are palatalized before /e æ ə/, and after /i e æ ə/. sh ...

/i ɯ u/ i ư u
/e ɤ o/ e ơ o
/a/ a

/a˧ a˥ a̰ a˧˥ a˩/ a ā ä â ạ

/aj oj ej ew aw/ æ œ ė ø õ

/m n ɲ ŋ/ m n ń ñ
/p t k q ʔ/ p t k q '
/b d g/ b d g
/ts ʈʂ tɕ/ c č ć
/dz ɖʐ/ ż j
/f s ʂ ɕ ç x h/ f s š ś ç x h
/v z ʐ ʑ/ v z ž ź
/r l ɫ/ r l ł
/w j ɰ/ w y ÿ

I have mine organized in a series of html tables, heavily inspired by http://steen.free.fr/wenedyk/gmp.html , Although I store the actual data in a much simpler text file, with a program I wrote for formatting it all prettily. That way, if I decide to change the formatting, I just have to change the...

/saːnnjonri/ Sánnjonri /m n/ m n /p b t d k g/ p b t d k g /f v θ ð s̪ z̪ s z x h/ f v th dh c ç s z x h /r l j/ r l j /i u e o ə ɛ ɔ a/ i u e o y è ò a /iː uː eː oː əː aː/ í ú é ó ý á /nəz̪ɔnzjaː saːsɛjanaːz̪e z̪unlon laːnz̪eːnloːlusjo liːnðirɛn xoːn toːzjen rugeːtoːnin toːðin ninzo sɛsɛ/ Nyçònzjá ...

What can I do with ʎ besides merging it with l or j?

I absolutely love [θ], particularly in Spanish. I'm also a big fan of [ɬ], [ʎ], and [ç]. One of my conlangs had [çʷ], which is great, but not before [z̩], which the lang also had. Now that I think about it, I like [z̩] in theory, but in practice it's a pain.

Kaqchikel: /p ɓ t tʼ k kʼ q ʠ ʔ/ p p' t t' k k' q q' ' /ts tsʼ tʃ tʃʼ/ c c' j j' /s ʃ χ/ s x h /m n/ m n /l ɾ j w/ l r y w /a ə̞ e ɛ i ɪ o ɔ̜ u ʊ/ a à e è i ì o ò u ù /konoχel ɾi winaqiʔ kan kalaʃiɓen pe ɾi kolotaχɪk, ɾi χunan kiʠiχ, ɾi χunan keχqalen, χunan kitʃʼoχiɓal pa kikʼaslen/ Konohel ri wina...

Slovene /p b t d k g/ p b t d k g /ts dz tʃ dʒ/ ť ď t̥ d̥ /f s z ʃ ʒ x~h/ p̌ s z s̥ z̥ ǩ /ʋ l (ʎ) r j/ v l l̥ r j /a ɛ ə ɔ e o i u/ a ę ë ω e o i u pravlitsɔ pɔvédal bom nɔvɛ pɔstavɛ enkrat je bil tsɛsar prɛbrisane glavɛ ɔpàt je tud bil, mo mɔgotʃən takràt al ʃkoda, ɔvtʃar jɛ bəʎ zvit bil k ɔpat dɔs...

/m n ŋ/ m n ŋ /t d t͜ɕ d͜ʑ~ɡ k/ t d t̥ d̥ k /f v f~ɬ~x v~l~ɣ ɕ ʑ~ɣ x/ p̌ v ľ l s̥ z̥ ǩ /s z/ s z /r/ r /a ɛ e i ɑ o u/ a ę e i ω o u /a: ɛ: e: i: ɑ: o: u:/ á ę́ é í ώ ó ú /moːrd͜ʑes dɛ varkoun ɬadiɑ vɛːmmionɬuɑ ŋozɛz ɬuːse fuːŋku mɛː fonnɑm feːd͜ʑɑm t͜ɕɛːnd͜ʑɛː lɛluɛkoin siɑrvuː miɛ sɑːnt͜ɕau ŋuɛ kɛ...

/p pʰ t tʰ k kʰ b d g ʔ/ p ph t th c/qu ch b d g/gu ' /ts tsʰ t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ d͡ʒ d͡ʒʰ/ z zh ç/c çh j/g gh /m n ɲ ŋ/ m n ñ ng/ngu /f v s z ʃ ʒ h/ f v ss s x jh h /r l j w/ r l y u/ü /a e i ɨ ə u o/ a e i ï ë u o /a: e: i: ɨ: ə: u: o:/ á é í î ê ú ó /ŋa pikpaʔalbi baʔ d͡ʒok bap kengob tabɨge tukʔat kuteɲubə...

Proto-Taiwitachic: /p t k q qʷ/ p t c/cu qu qü /s χ h/ s j/g h /β ð ɣ ʁ ʁʷ/ b d g/gu gh ghu /m n r l/ m n r l /i~j i: u~w u:/ i/y ì u/ü ù /e ə o/ è e o /a a:/ a à /ei eu oi ou ai au/ ei/ey eu oi/oy ou ai/ay au /'a 'a:/ á â Snippit of Schleicher's Fable /'xowis 'qʷesjo 'xwəlhnax ne 'hest 'hekwons 'sp...

/ʁɔθɔʁʲɑʎɑ/ roťorjal̥a

/ŋ/ ŋ
/θ ɬ ʃ ʃʰ çʰ ɣ ʁ/ ť ľ s̥ ť̥ š̥ ɣ r
/ʋ ʎ ɥ ʍ/ v l̥ wj w̌
+palatalisation on non-palatals j

/ɪ ɯ ʊ ɛ ʌ ɔ ɑ/ i y u e ỳ o a
/ɛi̯ ɑi̯/ ej aj

/ɑ ɑʎʃʲʰɑçʰɑʎɑ. ʋɑɬɑçʰ ɑi̯ʋɑʃʲʰʁɔɑ ɛʁʲɔʋʲɔʁɯɑʃʰɑ/
a al̥ť̥jaš̥al̥a. vaľaš̥ ajvať̥jroa erjovjoryať̥a.

/ʁɔθɔʁʲɑʎɑ/ rᵒttᵒriᵃliᵃ /ŋ/ n /θ ɬ ʃ ʃʰ çʰ ɣ ʁ/ t/tt lh c/ç ch/çh ç/çç ư r /ʋ ʎ ɥ ʍ/ u li y uh +palatalisation on non-palatals i /ɪ ɯ ʊ ɛ ʌ ɔ ɑ/ ⁱ ᵚ ᵘ ᵉ ᵊ ᵒ ᵃ /ɛi̯ ɑi̯/ ᵉi ᵃi vowels preceded by ʔ word initially or after another vowel /ɑ ɑʎʃʲʰɑçʰɑʎɑ. ʋɑɬɑçʰ ɑi̯ʋɑʃʲʰʁɔɑ ɛʁʲɔʋʲɔʁɯɑʃʰɑ/ ʔᵃ ʔᵃliçihᵃççᵃli...

/m n ɲ ŋ ŋʷ/ m n ñ ng/ngu* ngu/ngü* /p b t d c ɟ k g kʷ gʷ/ p b t d ch gh c/qu* cu gu/gü* /v s ç x xʷ/ v s z/c* j/g* ju /r l ʎ j w h/ r l ll y/i** hu/u** h/sh*** * before front/back vowels ** after vowels/consonants *** after/before vowels /iː uː aː/ í ú á /ɪ ʊ a/ i/ih**** u/uh**** a /e o ɨ ə/ e o ï...

Chechen /p pʼ p: b t tʼ t: d k kʼ k:~xk g q qʼ q: ʡ ʔ/ p p' pp b t t' tt d k k' kk g q q' qq ŕ ' /ts tsʼ dz tʃ tʃʼ dʒ/ c c' dz č č' dž /s s: z z: ʃ ʒ x ɣ ħ h/ s ss z zz š ž x ğ ħ h /m n l r j w/ m n l r j w /æ æː a aː e eː o oː ie ieː yø yøː uo uoː i iː y yː u uː ai ey uoi ou ui/ ë ëë a aa e ee o oo...