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I'm trying to edit my vowel inventory... But I'm not sure how realistic or possible it could be. Basically, I'm pretty happy with how the vowels are in normal situations. However, <a e o> change sometimes in unstressed situations. I don't know if these changes seem reasonable or whatever... Any adv...

I have eventually decided to make my language have a /p/ gap rather than a /b/ gap, so that its phonology is more natural. So this is its finalized phonology: Consonants: Plosive: /b t d k g q ɢ/ Fricative: /s h/ Nasal: /m n ŋ ɴ/ Approximant: /l ʁ̞/ Vowels: /i a u/ Allophony: /i/ and /u/ lower to [e...

Taking a break from my main project and experimenting around abit. so... The Alai language: consonants b,t,k,m,j,h,l,s,x,f,' b,t,l,s may be geminated inside words. allowed clusters: xk /l/ may be an /r/-tap before long non-nasal wovels /b/ /t/ /k/ is at end of unconjugated verbs de/voiced to /p/ /d...

Nortaneous wrote:If you're going for realism, you'll want to have the gap be /p/, not /b/.

...Are there any natlangs that have that /b/ gap?

The Drehu language of New Caledonia has the plosives /p t d ʈ ɖ k g/, with /b/ only occurring in loanwords. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drehu_language

Inuktitut has the plosives /p t k g q ɢ/ and lacks /b/ and /d/, so although unusual it is not unheard of in natlangs. My conlang actually has a very similar phonology to Inuktitut, with the same three-vowel system and thirteen consonants in common. Yeah, but it's got /v l/, which I'd guess were */b...

Inuktitut has the plosives /p t k g q ɢ/ and lacks /b/ and /d/, so although unusual it is not unheard of in natlangs. My conlang actually has a very similar phonology to Inuktitut, with the same three-vowel system and thirteen consonants in common.

I have changed and simplified the phonology of my Eskimo-Aleut inspired conlang. It now has the following 15 consonants and three vowels: Consonants: Plosive: /p t k g q ɢ/ Fricative: /s ɬ h/ Nasal: /m n ŋ ɴ/ Approximant: /l ʁ̞/ Vowels: /i a u/ Allophony: The high vowels /i/ and /u/ become allophoni...

An eskimo-aleut inspired phonology I came up with for a conlang I am working on that I haven't named yet: Consonants: Plosive: / p b t d k g q ɢ / Fricative: / f v s z ɬ ɮ ʃ x ɣ χ h / Nasal: / m n ŋ ɴ / Approximant: / l j w ʁ̞ / Vowels: / i a u / Allophony: The high vowels /i/ and /u/ become allopho...

My new conlang Inaqtuk has 15 consonants and 3 vowels. Its phonology is inspired by the Inuit languages. Plosive: / p t k q / Fricative: / s ɬ h / Nasal: / m n ŋ ɴ / Approximant: / l j w ʁ̞ / Vowels: / i a u / Allophony: The vowels /i/ and /u/ become allophonically lowered to [e] and [o] respectivel...

My conlang Mewatut has the following 14 consonants and 6 vowels: Consonants: Plosive: / p t k / <p t c> Fricative: / f s ɬ h / <f s lh h> Nasal: / m n ŋ / <m n ng> Approximant: / l j w / <l y w> Tap: / ɾ / <r> Vowels: Close: / i u / <i u> Mid: / e ə o / <e ë o> Open: / a / <a> Diphthongs: / ei eo əi...

Okay perhaps I didn't use the best wording when I said "the correct pronunciation". What I meant is its the pronunciation that occurs most frequently.

Drydic Guy: I was using the diacritics just to show the correct pronunciation of the vowels. The vowels are not written in the orthography with the diacritics. They are written simply as a, e, i, o.

Nawok has 15 consonants and 7 vowels: Consonants: Plosive: p t k ʔ Fricative: f s ɬ h Nasal: m n ŋ Approximant: l j w Flap: ɾ Vowels: Close: i ɨ u Mid: e̞ ə o̞ Open: ä And Norpalic has 8 consonants and 4 vowels: Consonants: Plosive: p t ʔ Nasal: m n Approximant: l j w Vowels: Close: i Mid: e̞ o̞ Ope...

I find it hard to pronounce the uvular nasal. Its difficult to render a nasal so far back in the throat. I also have difficulty pronouncing pharyngeal and epiglottal consonants.