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Still playing around with this a little, so open to feedback about how to make it more interesting / coherent / whatever. m p ɓ f v ⱱ n t t' s̪ z̪ ɾ̪ ts ts' s z l ɲ ç ɻ ŋ k k' x ɣ ŋm kp kp' ħ ʕ ʔ h i ʉ ə ɛ æ ɔ ɑ i: u: ɨ: əː ɛː ɑː æː Two tone opposition; contours can arise from vowel contracture. Ul...

Klallam has no k but k^w and e but no o
N being phonemic in it is relatively minor

Navajo features a lot of consonants in coronal places of articulation and significantly less in other areas like other athabascan languages

Ive got a few proto languages for my world in the works (Sirakh (Transdesset), Nosrić and Hek-Mau-Arretja (known as Hek-Mau in universe)) The phonology for Proto Sirakh and its 3 daughter Proto languages Proto Sirakh Stops p p h (ɸ) t t h (θ) ts ts h k k h (x) Fricatives s ɬ Approxiamates w r l j Na...

gaaahhhh! i confused ʔ with ʕ again ive got to stop doing that its embarassing

These sound changes all check out?: ʔp/ > /p/ > /p/ > /p/ /ʔt/ > /t/ > /t/ > /t/ /ʔk/ > /k/ > /k/ > /k/ /ʔq/ > /q/ > /q/ > /q/ /ʡp/ > /Lp/ > /p/ > /p/ <= L = lowered vowel /ʡt/ > /Lt/ > /t/ > /t/ /ʡk/ > /Lk/ > /k/ > /k/ /ʡq/ > /Lq/ > /q/ > /q/ If it would lower the vowel in the case of epiglottals ...

ʔp/ > /p/ > /p/ > /p/ /ʔt/ > /t/ > /t/ > /t/ /ʔk/ > /k/ > /k/ > /k/ /ʔq/ > /q/ > /q/ > /q/ /ʡp/ > /Lp/ > /p/ > /p/ <= L = lowered vowel /ʡt/ > /Lt/ > /t/ > /t/ /ʡk/ > /Lk/ > /k/ > /k/ /ʡq/ > /Lq/ > /q/ > /q/ If it would lower the vowel in the case of epiglottals it most definetly will in the case o...

What do you think of /x χ χʷ/ > /h ħ ʕ/? The first two are fairly common and im assuming they change in different positions as for the pharyngal fricative i could see x w >ɣ w >ʕ w >ʕ through x w may have to change to xw so it becomes voiced under the influence of w, so its plausible that this shif...