Post your conlang's phonology

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vowels: /i e a u o/ <i e a u o> (each vowel is considered a separate syllable, so almost any diphthong can result)

If they're different syllables then it's not a diphthong. Note the difference between [a.u] and [au̯]

[Dothraki_physicist]

vowels: /i e a u o/ <i e a u o> (each vowel is considered a separate syllable, so almost any diphthong can result)

If they're different syllables then it's not a diphthong. Note the difference between [a.u] and [au̯]

Well I guess what I mean is that they blend together. My phonology is based heavily off Japanese, but with a couple of extra sounds. I was just too lazy to write out all possible diphthongs, so for clarity, they are <ai ei ao oi ie>

[roninbodhisattva]

Just a small consonant inventory:

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(p)      t       k    kʷ   ʔ
     θ   s                 h
m        n     
w             j

/p/ is marginal.

[Cedh]

Looks like a lost Iroquoian language. I like it


Here's a nice minimal thing I came up with a while ago:

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p  t  c  k  ʔ        i ĩ       u ũ
   s        h             ə ə̃  
w  r  ʎ                   a ã

Syllable structure: (s)C(s,w,r,ʎ)V(h,ʔ,t)

Allophony:
/ə ə̃/ > [ɛ ɛ̃] / c,ʎ_, _c,ʎ
/ə ə̃/ > [ɔ ɔ̃] / p,w_, _p,w
/ə ə̃/ > [œ œ̃] / if both of the above apply
/p t c k/ > [b d ɟ g] / Ṽ(w,r,ʎ)_V
/w r ʎ/ > [m n ɲ] / Ṽ(ʔ,h)_, _Ṽ
/ʎ/ > [l] / V(ʔ,h)_(ə,a,u)
/ʎ/ > [j] / C_V, #_V
/s h/ > [ɕ] / c_, _c
[sj] > [ɕ]
[hm hn hɲ hw hr hl hj] > [m̥ n̥ ɲ̥ f θ ɬ ɕ]

[roninbodhisattva]

Another consonant inventory:

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p     t     tʃ    k    ʔ
b     d		
      s		          h
m     n     ɲ	
      ɾ
w           j
wh	

/wh/ is probably just a voiceless /w/, but it might vary with some fricative.

The vowel inventory to go along with it:

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i   ɨ   u
e       o
    a

There's vowel harmony between /i/ and /ɨ/, and /o/ is generally realized as [ɵ] in words containing a front vowel. There might be a very marginal length distinction. And I might and contrastive nasalization.

[roninbodhisattva]

Something I'm really pleased with:

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p     t           k     ʔ
b           dʒ
m     n     ɲ
      s               h
w     ɾ	

The vowel inventory has both nasal and oral vowels:

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i   ɨ    u
e        o
ɛ   a

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ĩ   ɨ̃   ũ
ɛ̃   ã   ɔ̃

There are diphthongs /aɨ ai/, and there is a length contrast, but only in monosyllabic words. Syllable structure is CV(C), where final C can be /ʔ n/ and maybe /m/. There's nasal harmony in the vowels (or at least something like it or nasal spreading) and pretty stringent vowel concurrence restrictions.

[cybrxkhan]

(Cross post from CBB) This is the tentative phonology inventory for Proto-Itholian, which is supposed to be pretty similar to Latin if not an out-right near ripoff. The nasals might have a voiced vs. voiceless contrast (I had it in the original version), but probably not. I might also do a long vs. short vowel contrast like in actual Latin, but again, I'm not sure.

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CONSONANTS
Stops: /pʰ p b tʰ t d kʰ k g q G/ <ph p b th t d ch c g q gh>
Fricatives: /ɸ s ʃ h ɬ~l/ <f s sh h l>
Nasals: /m n N/ <m n gn>
Approximants: /w ɹ j/ <v r j>
Affricates: /ts ɕ/ <z x>

VOWELS
/a e i o u/ <a e i o u>

CLUSTERS
/s/ + [non-voiced stop or /m n/]
[stop + ɸ + h] + [/ɹ l/]
/s/ + [non-voiced stop] + [/ɹ l/]

DIPHTHONGS
/ai ae au ui ue ua eo eu ea ia ie io/

PHONOTACTICS
(C)V(p b t d k s l ɹ ɕ m n) 

[roninbodhisattva]

I managed to make something a little like Khmer with some Burmese (and Thai/Lao) thrown in that I'm really happy with. I don't have the energy to write out the entire phonology here right now, but here's an awkwords file that will give you an idea if you're interested:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17526055/khmer-burmese.awkw

Also, some sample words:

mnwɔ:
kʰɨ:j
ɲao̯
cʰpɛt
təpsɔə̯ŋ
pʰum
mpɛə̯ʔ
lɨə̯t
təklən
lo
siə̯ʔ
kʰmjiʔ
kʰpɔə̯ŋ
məmlɔ
pʰɨ:
spɔ:
də
tʰɛə̯
kaj

[SHiNKiROU]

Kumiko


(correction: affricates)
L is used for the retroflex series because I ran out of alphabets.

The special consonants cannot exist in isolation, and are never written: Z C S instead of z$ c$ s$.
However, they can exist as parts of long vowels.

Syllable structure is V, CV, CyV or CwV with exceptions of N (moraic nasal) and / (final consonant).

The palatal glide y: kya [kʲa] [kja]
The labial glide w: kwa [kʷa] [kwa]
The labial-palatal glide in place of jw, qw, xw, yw and maybe rw: xwa [ɕᶣa] [ɕɥa]

The nasal can be assiminated into consonants like [m] [ŋ] [ɴ].
The nasal before N, $, @, O and E is [hm], a nasal sound while breathing out air from the nose, like the "m-hmm" sound, or else, make a pause then an isolated nasal.

Try the acronym CNN and TNT: [tsz̩. hm. hm] [tə. hm. tə]

The / stresses the previous syllable, and then a final consonant of any

• unvoiced plosive
• unreleased plosive
• click
• unvoiced fricative
• carrying consonant, like in Japanese

can be used there.

Only ai, au and ei can be slurred into 2-syllable diphthongs, other must be made discontinuous.
Long vowels can be pronounced discontinuously or with glottal stops, or continuously with change in tones.

Not all consonants can be palatalized or labialized, and not all consonants can have certain vowels, for example, yi and wu can be confused with i and u.

Some syllables are written as capitals, this reflects its abugida behavior in the original writing system.

A list of all permissible syllables:

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   /
   a    i    u    e    E    o    O                                                                
   ba   bi   B    be   bE   bo   bO   bya  byu  bye  byE  byo  byO  bwa  bwi  bwe  bwE  bwo  bwO  
C  ca   ci   cu   ce   cE   co   cO   cya  cyu  cye  cyE  cyo  cyO  cwa  cwi  cwe  cwE  cwo  cwO  
   da   di   du   de   D    do   dO   dya  dyu  dye  dyE  dyo  dyO  dwa  dwi  dwe  dwE  dwo  dwO  
   fa   fi   F    fe   fE   fo   fO   fya  fyu  fye  fyE  fyo  fyO  fwa  fwi  fwe  fwE  fwo  fwO  
   ga   gi   gu   ge   G    go   gO   gya  gyu  gye  gyE  gyo  gyO  gwa  gwi  gwe  gwE  gwo  gwO  
   ha   hi   H    he   hE   ho   hO   hya  hyu  hye  hyE  hyo  hyO  hwa  hwi  hwe  hwE  hwo  hwO  
   ja   J    ju   je   jE   jo   jO                                 jwa  jwi  jwe  jwE  jwo  jwO  
   ka   ki   ku   ke   K    ko   kO   kya  kyu  kye  kyE  kyo  kyO  kwa  kwi  kwe  kwE  kwo  kwO  
L  la        lu   le   lE   lo   lO                                 lwa  lwi  lwe  lwE  lwo  lwO  
   ma   mi   M    me   mE   mo   mO   mya  myu  mye  myE  myo  myO  mwa  mwi  mwe  mwE  mwo  mwO  
N  na   ni   nu   ne   nE   no   nO   nya  nyu  nye  nyE  nyo  nyO  nwa  nwi  nwe  nwE  nwo  nwO  
   pa   pi   P    pe   pE   po   pO   pya  pyu  pye  pyE  pyo  pyO  pwa  pwi  pwe  pwE  pwo  pwO  
   qa   Q    qu   qe   qE   qo   qO                                 qwa  qwi  qwe  qwE  qwo  qwO  
   ra   ri   R    re   rE   ro   rO   rya  ryu  rye  ryE  ryo  ryO  rwa  rwi  rwe  rwE  rwo  rwO  
S  sa   si   su   se   sE   so   sO   sya  syu  sye  syE  syo  syO  swa  swi  swe  swE  swo  swO  
   ta   ti   tu   te   T    to   tO   tya  tyu  tye  tyE  tyo  tyO  twa  twi  twe  twE  two  twO  
   va   vi   V    ve   vE   vo   vO   vya  vyu  vye  vyE  vyo  vyO  vwa  vwi  vwe  vwE  vwo  vwO  
   W    wi        we   wE   wo   wO   wya  wyu  wye  wyE  wyo  wyO                                
   xa   X    xu   xe   xE   xo   xO                                 xwa  xwi  xwe  xwE  xwo  xwO  
   Y         yu   ye   yE   yo   yO                                 ywa  ywi  ywe  ywE  ywo  ywO  
Z  za   zi   zu   ze   zE   zo   zO   zya  zyu  zye  zyE  zyo  zyO  zwa  zwi  zwe  zwE  zwo  zwO  
qL qla       qlu  qle  qlE  qlo  qlO                                qlwa qlwi qlwe qlwE qlwo qlwO 
xL xla       xlu  xle  xlE  xlo  xlO                                xlwa xlwi xlwe xlwE xlwo xlwO 

The Kumiko language 1 year ago uses Hepburn romanization on x-convention, and has only new sound zh for [ʒ] [(ɖ)ʐ], then I found Klingon used capitals for more sounds.

[Grimalkin]

I like your phonology but <xl> for /ʂ/ and holy crap your /r/ sound has a lot of allophones

[finlay]

I would swap <r> and <l> personally. I'd also avoid putting special characters like $, @, and capital letters like E/O (actually, it's one of my pet hates – I despise the Klingon orthography for instance – but I don't really give a damn tbh, it's your conlang), in favour of letters with accents, like î, û, ê, ô or something.

also tbh it's hard to understand what you're getting at, the post is quite stream-of-consciousness-y

[vampireshark]

Glaagh Phonology
Consonants
p t tˁ~tˠ k q
f s sˁ~sˠ x ħ h ɕ
m n nˁ~nˠ
l lˁ~lˠ w j
t͡s tˁ͡sˁ~tˠ͡sˠ t͡ɕ k͡x
Voicing is nonphenomic, and the pharyngealization is somewhat in-between pharyngealization and velarization.

Vowels
i iː ɯ ɯː
ɛ ɛː ə ɤ ɤː
ɑ ɑː
Rounding is nonphenomic, but these are the closest equivalents to what is pronounced in the standard dialect.
There are seven tones: neutral, rising, falling, high, low, rise-fall, and fall-rise.

The syllable structure of Glaagh is very strictly (C)V(C), with at least one consonant present in the syllable.

Yes, I know this is an outlandish and bizarre phonology. However, it was specifically constructed this way for the Glaagh civilization/culture which, as most/all of you know, is anything but sane in some regards. Accordingly, the inventory may appear semi-unrealistic. This is intentional, as one of the intentions is that most foreigners are not able to speak this language. Or read/comprehend it, for that matter.

[roninbodhisattva]

This little inventory just makes me pretty happy:

Consonants
p t k s h m n ŋ w ɾ

Vowels
i a ə ɔ

There's harmony between /ɔ/ and /ə/- only one may appear in any given word. Rounding on /ɔ/ is probably rather lite, but it's there.

[Izambri]

Classic Sarden:

Consonants
p t k qu /p t k kʷ/
b d g gu /b d g gʷ/
ph th ch hu /ɸ θ x hʷ/
h s z ds /h s z dz/
m n r l /m n ɾ l/
u i /ʋ ʑ/ (intervocalic allophones)

Vowels
a e i o y /a e i o y/
ā ē ō /a: e: o:/
āi ēi ōi /æ: ɪ: y:/ (ōi /ø:/)
āu ēu ōu /ɔ: ɛ: ʊ:/ (ēu /ʏ:/)

[TaylorS]

Classic Sarden:

Consonants
p t k qu /p t k kʷ/
b d g gu /b d g gʷ/
ph th ch hu /ɸ θ x hʷ/
h s z ds /h s z dz/
m n r l /m n ɾ l/
u i /ʋ ʑ/ (intervocalic allophones)

Vowels
a e i o y /a e i o y/
ā ē ō /a: e: o:/
āi ēi ōi /æ: ɪ: y:/ (ōi /ø:/)
āu ēu ōu /ɔ: ɛ: ʊ:/ (ēu /ʏ:/)

Latin-Greek ripoff! (just kidding, LOL!)

[Izambri]

Classic Sarden:

Consonants
p t k qu /p t k kʷ/
b d g gu /b d g gʷ/
ph th ch hu /ɸ θ x hʷ/
h s z ds /h s z dz/
m n r l /m n ɾ l/
u i /ʋ ʑ/ (intervocalic allophones)

Vowels
a e i o y /a e i o y/
ā ē ō /a: e: o:/
āi ēi ōi /æ: ɪ: y:/ (ōi /ø:/)
āu ēu ōu /ɔ: ɛ: ʊ:/ (ēu /ʏ:/)

Latin-Greek ripoff! (just kidding, LOL!)

Thank you. That was the point!

[WeepingElf]

Classic Sarden:

Consonants
p t k qu /p t k kʷ/
b d g gu /b d g gʷ/
ph th ch hu /ɸ θ x hʷ/
h s z ds /h s z dz/
m n r l /m n ɾ l/
u i /ʋ ʑ/ (intervocalic allophones)

Vowels
a e i o y /a e i o y/
ā ē ō /a: e: o:/
āi ēi ōi /æ: ɪ: y:/ (ōi /ø:/)
āu ēu ōu /ɔ: ɛ: ʊ:/ (ēu /ʏ:/)

Latin-Greek ripoff! (just kidding, LOL!)

Thank you. That was the point!

Is it an Indo-European language? Or just phonologically inspired by Greek and Latin?

[äreo]

Got really inspired by Oogami, Hawaiian and a bit of Estonian.

consonants:
/p t k ʔ/ <p t k '>
/m n/ <m n>
/f s/ <v s>
/ʋ l/ <w l>

vowels:
/a aː ɛ ɛː i iː o oː ʉ ʉː aɛ ɛi oɛ ʉi ao ɛo/ <a aa e ee i ii o oo u uu ae ei oe ui ao eo>

allophony, etc:
/l/ can be [ð] initially, and [ɹ] between vowels.
/a o ʉː/ are generally [ɑ o̝ ɯʉ̯].
/oː ao/ tend to merge as [ɔo̯].
/ʉi ɛo/ are often [yː œø̯].
/s/ is slightly postalveolar before /i iː/

phonotactics:
-syllables may not end in plosives.
-both fricatives can be nuclei of syllables, long or short.
-any syllable-final nasal could be considered an unspecified /N/, which assimilates to the following consonant, and if not followed by a consonant has a velar or glottal articulation.

Yes, I like <'> for the glottal stop.

[Nortaneous]

yesssssss

[*Ceresz]

That's awesome, äreo.

[Z500]

I managed to make something a little like Khmer with some Burmese (and Thai/Lao) thrown in that I'm really happy with. I don't have the energy to write out the entire phonology here right now, but here's an awkwords file that will give you an idea if you're interested:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17526055/khmer-burmese.awkw

Also, some sample words:

mnwɔ:
kʰɨ:j
ɲao̯
cʰpɛt
təpsɔə̯ŋ
pʰum
mpɛə̯ʔ
lɨə̯t
təklən
lo
siə̯ʔ
kʰmjiʔ
kʰpɔə̯ŋ
məmlɔ
pʰɨ:
spɔ:
də
tʰɛə̯
kaj

those words sound fucking excellent

[Izambri]

Classic Sarden:

Consonants
p t k qu /p t k kʷ/
b d g gu /b d g gʷ/
ph th ch hu /ɸ θ x hʷ/
h s z ds /h s z dz/
m n r l /m n ɾ l/
u i /ʋ ʑ/ (intervocalic allophones)

Vowels
a e i o y /a e i o y/
ā ē ō /a: e: o:/
āi ēi ōi /æ: ɪ: y:/ (ōi /ø:/)
āu ēu ōu /ɔ: ɛ: ʊ:/ (ēu /ʏ:/)

Latin-Greek ripoff! (just kidding, LOL!)

Thank you. That was the point!

Is it an Indo-European language? Or just phonologically inspired by Greek and Latin?

I wouldn't say its phonology is inspired by Greek or Latin. The intention was to emulate Ancient Greek, Latin and Sanskrit; their flavour and style, to create a classic conlang. But I didn't base Sarden directly on them. I did some research on Sanskrit a few years ago, (using Wikipedia, so you can imagine it wasn't a very deep research) and I used the few Latin and Greek I remembered from highschool. I made something with all that, then I put what I worked in the conlang's ragbag, rescued it a year later, put it in the ragbag again... until a few weeks ago I disinterred and polished it.

To be honest, I don't have the foggiest idea if Sarden's phonology is really close to Latin or Ancient Greek.

[Nortaneous]

Cerrais Kett inventory:

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 p       t ts    k 
 m       n       ŋ
ɸ β f v s   (ʃ) x
        l r  j 
             ɥ  w

a e ʲe

/ɸ β p/ correspond to standard Insular /tʷ p pʰ/. Not sure if I want to shift /s ts/ to /z s/; it'd create symmetry, but I'm not sure how attested it is.

There's also the standard vertical vowel system allophonic fuckery, of course, and a two-tone system with the high tone coming from syllables with [h] in the standard. (so h-initials or geminates, since standard Insular devoiced and preaspirated geminates)

[Ulan]

[i y ɯ u] <ι υ ω ο>
[e ɛ* ə a] <ε η ὀ α>

[pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ p t c k] <φ θ ϙ χ π τ κ γ>
[tsʰ tɕʰ ts tɕ] <ψ ζ ξ ϻ>
[β s ɕ x~h ɬ] <β ς þ ϩ λ>
[j~ɰ l m n ŋ*] <ῑ ρ μ ν νν>


<μ ν τ ρ ϙ ϩ> can show up in coda positions, but in most dialects <n> nasalizes the preceding vowel, and <l> usually lengthens the preceding vowel, everything else is either realized as a glottal stop or is silent
<π τ ϙ> can form clusters with <ρ ῑ> in syllable initial positions, but the palatalization formed by <πῑ τῑ ϙῑ> is lost in most dialects. <ς> can also form a cluster with <β>

Aspiration is lost intervocalicaly, unaspirated consonants are usually voiced in that position as well

/e ɛ/ blend together as one or the other in most dialects, but the distinction remains in literary use
/n/ and /ŋ/ have merged in the standard dialect as /n/
/ɛ/ varies [ɛ~ɜ~ʌ] depending on context, typically it is realized as /ɜ/ when alone or with other central vowels
/a/ varies [a~ä~ɑ] depending on context, typically it is realized as /ä/ when alone or with other central vowels
Most dialects realize /ɬ/ as /l/
<ι ω ε> <η ὀ α> <υ o> vowel harmonization, with the central group being the wild cards



I really hate how I did [tsʰ tɕʰ ts tɕ], but I couldnt think of anything, but the alphabet was introduced from overseas to the chuj so it could be cherokee-like 'as long as it looks like that letter situation' i dunno
Using ϩ for [x~h] because I couldnt really think of anything else
Overall I like it though

[Izambri]

*boig*