Post your conlang's phonology

[Pinetree]

Today I've made a little recording.

For some bizarre reason, it reminds me of Korean. |:

Me too. That and German.

[Plusquamperfekt]

OK I can understand why it could have reminded you of Korean, but German? What's so German in Miwonša?

[Pinetree]

I dunno, bro. Maybe the intonation?

[Nortaneous]

Fucking around with Tharu again.

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m n ɰ̃ 
p t k   ʔ
β s x   h
ʋ r ɰ
  l
  
i ɨ u
e
  a

<m n ỹ>
<p t k c>
<b s x h>
<v r ÿ>
<l>
<a e i y u>

In reality, it'll probably end up much closer to some dialect of Enzielu, or at least one of the creoles, so the diachronics work.

[GrinningManiac]

I agree with Khúb. Sounds German to me. The "sch" and "shu" sounds and the accent.

[Plusquamperfekt]

My nickname might have already given you a hint, but I have to admit that my native language is German, so I'm a little shocked about your impressions as I'm very sure that my phonology is not German at all.

You can find details about the phonology here: http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/Miwonsa

I think I'll have care more about intonation so that my conlang sounds more Korean than German. BTW, I always thought my conlang would sound like a mixture of Polish and Lakhota.

[Pinetree]

The first steps into a new conlang that I'm working on with my 7yo sister:

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                  Bilabial                   Dental                     Velar
Plosive    /p/ <p> /b/ <b>       /t/ <t> /d/ <d>       /k/ <k> /g/ <g>
Fricative  /Φ/ <ph> /β/ <bh>  /θ/ <th> /ð/ <dh>  /x/ <kh> /ɣ/ <gh>

            Front Central  Back
Close       /i/.<i>--.-----/u/.<u>
                   \         \      |
Close-mid    /e/.<e>.--/o/.<o>
                        \       \     |
Open-mid         .---------.----.
                         \        \   |
Open                  .--------./ɑ/.<a>

(C)V(V)(C)

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@Khúb
The consonant inventory isn't that realistic because it has only 2 MoA: stops and fricatives.It should have some nasals and liquids.
The vowels are fine.
Btw,I also have a 7yo sister.

[Shrdlu]

There are languages without nasals, you know.

Also, there is a polynesian language who's proto-language is argued to only have had / p b t k d/
edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_Plai ... #Phonology

[Click]

There are languages without nasals, you know.

I know that.

[Pinetree]

@Khúb
The consonant inventory isn't that realistic because it has only 2 MoA: stops and fricatives.It should have some nasals and liquids.
The vowels are fine.
Btw,I also have a 7yo sister.

I wasn't going for realism. I was going for simplicity.

[Shrdlu]

There are languages without nasals, you know.

I know that.

For an particularly close example you can take Basque which didn't have /m/ though it did had /n/ and possibly other nasals.

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@Khúb
The consonant inventory isn't that realistic because it has only 2 MoA: stops and fricatives.It should have some nasals and liquids.
The vowels are fine.
Btw,I also have a 7yo sister.

I wasn't going for realism. I was going for simplicity.

Well,the consonant inventory is nice and simple.

[Shrdlu]

@Khúb
The consonant inventory isn't that realistic because it has only 2 MoA: stops and fricatives.It should have some nasals and liquids.
The vowels are fine.
Btw,I also have a 7yo sister.

I wasn't going for realism. I was going for simplicity.

Well,the consonant inventory is nice and simple.

I concur.

[Pole, the]

The first steps into a new conlang that I'm working on with my 7yo sister:

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                  Bilabial                   Dental                     Velar
Plosive    /p/ <p> /b/ <b>       /t/ <t> /d/ <d>       /k/ <k> /g/ <g>
Fricative  /Φ/ <ph> /β/ <bh>  /θ/ <th> /ð/ <dh>  /x/ <kh> /ɣ/ <gh>

I'd rather use ‹f w s z x h› for the fricatives.
And I have 4yo cousiness.

[Pinetree]

The first steps into a new conlang that I'm working on with my 7yo sister:

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                  Bilabial                   Dental                     Velar
Plosive    /p/ <p> /b/ <b>       /t/ <t> /d/ <d>       /k/ <k> /g/ <g>
Fricative  /Φ/ <ph> /β/ <bh>  /θ/ <th> /ð/ <dh>  /x/ <kh> /ɣ/ <gh>

I'd rather use ‹f w s z x h› for the fricatives.
And I have 4yo cousiness.

Well, personally, I like Digraphs.

Btw,I also have a 7yo sister.

And I have 4yo cousiness.

[Bachgen_Cymraeg]

The phonology of Nuutavik, spoken by a tribe of forest elves:

http://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/Nutavik#Phonology

[roninbodhisattva]

Generic North American kinda thing with a Californian flare:

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b       d
p       t       ṭ               k       q       ʔ
pʰ      tʰ      ṭʰ              kʰ      qʰ     
pˀ      tˀ      ṭˀ              kˀ      qˀ      
        c              č 
        cʰ             čʰ      
        cˀ             čˀ      
        s       ł      š        x               h
m       n                       ŋ
w               l      y

i               u
e               o
        a

A pretty big inventory, when all is said and done, but it's not totally out of the realm of possibility. There is a distinction between two apical series: a front apical series which is dental (/t/) and a back near postalveolar series (/ṭ/). The front apical fricative is a dental sibilant /s/ and the back apical fricative is lateral, a postalveolar /ł/. There are also two coronal affricate series, one corresponding to the front apical series and one which is articulated farther back than the back apical series. All series of stops/affricates make at least three laryngeal distinctions, plain, aspirated and glottalized. In addition, there are two voiced stops, /b/ and a front apical /d/. The five fricatives correspond to the series they are found in place wise. The dorsal fricative I have written /x/ varies between velar [x] and uvular [χ]. There are three nasals /m n ŋ/ and three approximants /w l y/. The /l/ is back apical.

The five vowels all show contrastive length. Short /a/ tends to [ʌ]. The high vowels develop schwa off-glides when preceding a uvular: [i:^ǝqˀ] `three'. Syllable structure is tends towards CVC but there can be complex onset clusters. The coda is maximally one consonant. Length is always distinctive before voiced consonants (including coda sonorants), but before voiceless codas preceding a word break or a CC onset cluster length is neutralized.

No idea how I'm doing stress yet. Probably correlated to syllable weight.

[Nortaneous]

A pretty big inventory, when all is said and done, but it's not totally out of the realm of possibility.

I've done worse: Kannow has basically that stop inventory, except without the extra /b d/ and with a lateral affricate series and some rounded consonants.

The front-back apical thing looks interesting; will there be alternations between, say, /s/ and /ł/?

Also:

These only appear vowels.

[roninbodhisattva]

The front-back apical thing looks interesting; will there be alternations between, say, /s/ and /ł/?

Not sure yet, but I think there probably will be some kind of consonant harmony. Something like /t/ alternating with /ṭ/ and /k/ alternating with /q/. I may have the lateral stand outside the harmony, and have /s/ alternate with /š/.

Also, thanks, "these only vowels to appear" was edited. Don't know what happened there.

[Pole, the]

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m	n
b
p	t			k
	ts	tɬ
ɸ	s	ɬ		ʁ h
w	ɹ	l	j 

i	u
  ə ʊ
ɛ	ɒ
æ̃	ɒ̃ 

Roman:

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m	n
b
p	t			k
	 z	c
f	s	ł		g h
w	r	l	y 

i	u
  - o
e	a
ę	ą 

[Whimemsz]

A pretty big inventory, when all is said and done, but it's not totally out of the realm of possibility.

Not at all. It's quite similar to the inventories of most Pomoan languages (which I assume were part of the inspiration). And I've always liked the feel of Pomoan, so obviously I am in favor of this phoneme inventory! (I assume <c> etc. represent /ts/ etc.?) Also presumably "The coda is maximally one coda" means the coda is maximally one consonant?

[Ser]

The front-back apical thing looks interesting; will there be alternations between, say, /s/ and /ł/?

Not sure yet, but I think there probably will be some kind of consonant harmony. Something like /t/ alternating with /ṭ/ and /k/ alternating with /q/. I may have the lateral stand outside the harmony, and have /s/ alternate with /š/.

Also, thanks, "these only vowels to appear" was edited. Don't know what happened there.

[Shrdlu]

edit: old, see this post instead viewtopic.php?f=4&t=37194&start=1150#p977726

[Thry]

What do you think?

needs vowels