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Looking at this chart, where do the columns for co-articulations (labial-alveolar, etc.) belong?

Can /ɲ/ be used for [mj nj] or just [nj]? Same question for /ŋ/ regarding [mk mg nk ng].

Sound changes from Common to Intergalactic Standard: 1/2. [liqC+C→C] and [postvoc. liqC→v] (Arbaiter ['ɑɹ.bɑi.teɹ→'ɑ.bɑi.tev]); 3/4. velarization/uvularization (Alikra [ɑ.li'kɹɑ→ɑ.ʟi'kʁ̝ɑ], Rikishi ['ri.ki.ʃi→'ʀi.ki.ʃi]); 5. [nk→ŋ] word-finally and preceding a word-final /ɑ o u/ (Senka ['sen.kɑ→'seŋ...

I knew what it was telling me. I just wasn't entirely paying attention to my typing when I created the topic or made my previous post. Exactly, why is Seán's final <n> velarized in Irish? Same goes for a Sheánin's last <n> being palatalized. I think I missed the faux pas because I was too wrapped up...

The question's about the final <n> in the names. I could be wrong, but I don't think Shawn or Shane has a palatalized <n> in English. If Wikipedia is accurate, Seán and Séan have their final <n> palatalized in Irish.

Why are Seán ([ʃɔːnˠ]) and Séan ([ʃeːnˠ]) clearly palatalized in Irish? I don't think Shawn and Shane are palatalized in English.

Edit: Changed name to reflect info in linguoboy's most recent post while preserving the text above as is for posterity.

I'm thinking of the silent <e>, which still isn't reduced. There's a word boundary there as well.

Point.

As for the [lf→p͡f], there's a reduced vowel (e) between the [vf] of "have four," whereas Alfia would be analyzed as [av.fi.a] in this case.

I should have mentioned that IgS doesn't geminate consonants. Thus, /ŋ/ is always pronounced as in sing,never as in finger ([ŋg]).

Modern Intergalactic standard has lost its laterals (/ɬ l/) as the results of [ɹ l ʟ→ʁ] and /ɬ→h/. The other change associated with these was /r→ʀ/. What sound changes would be logical, aside from the standard allophonic rules for /ʁ/? One allophonic variation would be [lf→p͡f] because of [vf] being...

Okay. Then, the merger will have been [ɹ l ʟ→ʁ]. Reposting the following because the original was lost in the shuffle of another conversation: For a bit of context, <nk ng> assimilate into [ŋ] word-finally and preceding a word-final [ɑ o u] in Intergalactic Standard. If this would create minimal pai...

Intergalactic Standard and Baikal have merged [ʁ ɹ l] into [ʟ̠]. What effect would that have on [ɬ]? According to this chart, the resulting change doesn't have a letter and may be completely unattested. Also, [r] has merged into [ʀ] due to the loss of [ɹ].

For a bit of context, <nk ng> assimilate into [ŋ] word-finally and preceding a word-final [ɑ o u] in Intergalactic Standard. If this would create minimal pairs, the words retain their former <nk ng> spellings, as opposed to the shortened <n> spellings of unpaired words. Would [ni→ɲ] preceding a word...

For context, an edited version of my last post in Sound Change Quickies without the original question is below: The Sphinx language only had five vowels, eight including diphthongs, ( red text below), similar to its descendant's—Intergalactic Standard—original structure ( green text below). [ ä → ɑ ...

The Sphinx language only had eight vowels ( red text below), similar to its descendant—Intergalactic Standard ( green text below). Would the changes involved have been logical, noting the related processes in parentheses? [ ä → ɑ ] (backing) [ ɛ → e ] (closing) [ ʏ → i ] (closing, fronting, unroundi...

The Skaran Empire is an elected monarchy, whose Empress is chosen from the oldest woman in each of its existing royal lines after the death of the previous Empress. Thus, all such women take a deity's name, adding the suffix -(a)bv ("daughter of") of the suffix -(h)e ankh (Living image of") to it. T...

I was looking at the greyed-out cells in the sibilant affricate/fricative rows of Wikipedia's IPA chart, in which the color means "articulation has been judged impossible." Then, I realized that [pɹ], etc. would be non-sibilant because of the [ɹ]. On top of that, those positions are taken by [pɸ bβ]...

The language that became the Skaran Empire's Basic once had the voiceless lateral fricative (/ɬ/; <hl>) and the voiceless lateral approximate (/l̥/; <lh>) as separate phonemes. Currently, they've merged into a single voiceless lateral fricative. Lhasa [l̥ɑ'sɑ] —> ['ɬɑ.sɑ] It seems so typologically ...

The language that became the Skaran Empire's Basic once had the voiceless lateral fricative (/ɬ/; <hl>) and the voiceless lateral approximate (/l̥/; <lh>) as separate phonemes. Currently, they've merged into a single voiceless lateral fricative.

Lhasa [l̥ɑ'sɑ] —> ['ɬɑ.sɑ]

I am slightly confused. I preferred maths and foreign language (Spanish/German) to English in school, probably, because I'm a native English-speaker.

The are allophonic rules for /ɹ ʁ l ʟ/ involving syllable moras that lead to odd pronunciation changes, of which five examples are below. Please help me explain the rules. Mostly, they'll lead to [ɑi oi] diphthongs after nasals, plosives, affricates, and fricatives or a syllabic between a vowel and ...

I forgot to reword the post after looking up "hunt" in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary and finding out that it was once much more common to use "hunt" as a noun. Thus, the -ia(r)- inclusion imparts some deity's names with all of their meanings in regular speech. Therefore, the -in suffix is only...

Is there a specific reason articulation of combinations like [pɹ] as an affricate is judged to be impossible while /d͡ɹ̝/ is considered an affricate?

Just to make sure I'm noting the sounds correctly in this dictionary , do phoneme pairs (/p b/) go in slashes or brackets ([])? What about the phonemes articulated differently, such as the alveolar (/n/) and uvular (/ɴ/) nasals? Do I need the entry for <sh> since they've unified the pronunciation of...