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[Pogostick Man]

Vowel Harmony

Front: e y ø
Back: a u o
Neutral: i

How exactly does the vowel harmony work? Also, why is /i/ not part of the front harmony? If anything I'd expect /a/ to be a neutral vowel.

[Nortaneous]

finnish minus ä. a~e alternation is p common in altaic

[dhok]

Portuguese, 27th century:

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p     t     tʃ      k
b~m   d~n   dʒ~ɲ    g~ŋ
ɸ     s~z   ʃ             h
β           ʒ
      l     ʎ
      ɾ
      r

i ĩ        u ũ
e          o õ
   a~ɐ ã~ɐ̃

iw ĩw      uj ũj
ew ẽw      oj õj
  aj ãj aw ãw

There is nasal harmony: words must either have all nasal vowels (and nasal stops) or all oral vowels (and oral voiced plosives), determined usually by the nasality of the stressed syllable, which is the only syllable on which nasality is indicated. Some C+ɾ clusters, and medial /z/, have become /r/. /hj/ has become /ʃ/, and the labiodental fricatives have become bilabial. The vowel system has collapsed a bit, so that /e ej o ow ẽj/ have become /ɐj ɐj ɐw ɐw ɐ̃j/. [ɐ] is an allophone of /a/ in unstressed syllables and in diphthongs. /ɛ ɔ/ have become mid /e o/. Final unstressed /ɐ i/ have dropped.

-Çaybór ãi Bách? Do you live on Mars? /saj'boɾ ãj batʃ/ [zɐj'boɾ ɐ̃j batʃ]
-Nãw, iwbóru ãy Vãynux. No, I live on Venus. /dãw iw'boɾu ãj 'βãjdũʃ/ [nɐ̃w iw'boɾu ɐ̃j 'βɐ̃jnũʃ]
-Õnh ãy Vãynux? Where on Venus? /õdʒ ãj 'βãjdũʃ/ [õɲ ɐ̃j 'βɐ̃jnũʃ]
-Ãy Jacártabaharu. In New Jakarta. /ãj dʒa'kaɾtabahaɾu/ [ɐ̃j dʒɐ'kaɾtɐbɐhɐɾu]

[Pogostick Man]

I've been reading on TV Tropes about the Caucasus recently. I came to this thread and decided to run gleb, and I'm pleasantly surprised. It's slightly modified but I'd love to do stuff with it.

/m n/ <m n>
/kp gp gʲb p b t d tʃ dʒ k g/ <cp gb gıb p b t d tı dı c g>
/f s ʃ x/ <ph s sh ch>
/ɾ j ɰ w/ <r i w o>

/ɑ æ e i/ <å a e i>

(C)(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Final consonant clusters can only consist of a dorsal (including /j/) + C. Final consonants cannot be affricates, /gʲb/, or /j/.

[salem]

(reëdited to clarify the word edited's lack of double t)

[Click]

This is Iscilian, a romlang trying too hard to be unique.

• /m n nˤ ɳ ɳˤ ŋˤ/ m n nˤ ṇ ṇˤ mˤ
  /p b t d tˤ dˤ ʈ ʈˤ ɖ ɖˤ c ɟ k ɡ kˤ ɡˤ/ p b t d tˤ dˤ ṭ ḍ ṭˤ ḍˤ c̣·cı ġ·gı c g pˤ·c̣ˤ·cˤ bˤ·ġˤ·gˤ
  /ts dz tsˤ dzˤ tʂ dʐ tʂˤ dʐˤ tɕ dʑ tɕˤ dʑˤ/ ts·tc dz·dg tsˤ·tcˤ dzˤ·dgˤ tṣ·tc̣ dẓ·dġ tṣˤ·tc̣ˤ dẓˤ·dġˤ tı·ṭı·tsı·tṣı·tcı·tc̣ı dı·ḍı·dzı·dẓı·dgı·dġı tˤı·ṭˤı·tsˤı·tṣˤı·tcˤı·tc̣ˤı dˤı·ḍˤı·dzˤı·dẓˤı·dgˤı·dġˤı
  /ɸ s z sˤ zˤ ʂ ʐ ʂˤ ʐˤ x xˤ/ f s z sˤ zˤ ṣ ẓ ṣˤ ẓˤ x fˤ·xˤ
  /r rˤ ɽ ɽˤ/ r rˤ ṛ ṛˤ
  /l lˤ ɭ ɭˤ/ l lˤ ḷ ḷˤ
  /w j ɰˤ/ v·u y·ı vˤ·yˤ
  
  /i e a ə o (u)/ ı e a ə o u

• [feˈmɛlla] → [ˈŋˤaɭɐ] mˤaḷa ‘girl’
  [ˈaltjorɛ] → [ˈatɕrɔ] atc̣rıo ‘higher’ (aṭo ‘high’, aṭızmo ‘the highest’)
  [zaˈfaran] → [ɪˈsɸarɐn] ısfáran ‘saffron’
  [ˈluna] → [ˈlonɐ] lona ‘moon’
  [ˈmalik] → [ˈmaɛ̯kˤ] maıcˤ ‘king’

[Bristel]

It's a romlang with Arabic influence?

[Click]

It is.

[Chagen]

Welcome to Ngith 2.0. Note that the in the orthography it's spelled ŋiṭṭ.

/m n ɲ ŋ/
<m n ñ ŋ>
/p b t d k g q/
<p b t d k g q>
/s z θ ð ç ʝ x~h χ~ʁ/
<s z ṭ ḍ ç j h x>
/ts dz/
<c dz>
/w r l j/
<w r l y>

/t' k' q' ts'/
<t' k' q' c'>

/a i e o u/
<a i e o u>
/a: i: e: o: u:/
<ā ī ē ō ū>
/ĩ ũ ẽ õ ã/
<į ų ę ǫ ą>
/ĩ: ũ: ẽ: õ: ã:/
<įį ųų ęę ǫǫ ąą>

The phonemic status of /e o/ and all their variants is in flux, as they can be analyzed as underlying /ai/ /au/. In any case, bound morphemes rarely contain them.

[y ø] show up through morphophonological processes, they are spelled <ü ø>; length is indicated by doubling the letter and they never nasalize)

Vowel hiatus is banned. In most cases, an epenthetic /j/ is placed in between, except for:

/ai/ [e]
/au/ [o]
/ui/ [y] (Spelled <ü>)
/ue/ [ø]

Some example words:

ktøñ stick
ŋiṭṭ speech
ūqtaŋt bear (lit. "animal which steals honey")
bçukt fish (lit "animal which swims")

qag- to hit
kriŋ- to see
xah- to read
tut- to eat
ḍnąąŋ- to hate
ŋut- to love

Some verbal inflection examples:

tutiçça "I am eating/I was eating/I will be eating"
uttutiçça "I ate/I just finished eating/I will have eaten"

kriŋpās "you are looking at (something)
kriŋpēçs "you are looking at me"

qagiçat "I am hitting an animal"
qagiçuŋx "I am hitting something with a weapon"

qagaṭṭ "She is beating him with a book"

[Baratus]

/cʰɔsʰɔsʰɛ/ Choshoshe

/p pʷ pʰ pʷʰ t tʷ tʰ tʷʰ c cʷ cʰ cʷʰ k kʷ kʰ kʷʰ/
<p pw ph pwh t tw th twh c cw ch cwh k kw kh kwh >
/b bʷ bʰ bʷʰ d dʷ dʰ dʷʰ ɟ ɟʷ ɟʰ ɟʷʰ ɡ ɡʷ ɡʰ ɡʷʰ/
<pp ppw pph ppwh tt ttw tth ttwh cc ccw cch ccwh kk kkw kkh kkwh>

/f fʷ fʰ fʷʰ θ θʷ θʰ θʷʰ s sʷ sʰ sʷʰ ʃ ʃʷ ʃʰ ʃʷʰ/
<f fw fh fwh z zw zh zwh s sw sh swh x xw xh xwh>
/v vʷ vʰ vʷʰ ð ðʷ ðʰ ðʷʰ z zʷ zʰ zʷʰ ʒ ʒʷ ʒʰ ʒʷʰ/
<ff ffw ffh ffwh zz zzw zzh zzwh ss ssw ssh sswh xx xxw xxh xxwh>

/i ɛ ɔ u/ <i e o u>

/θʷʰuʒʷʰuʃɛʃʷʰu/ zwhuxxwhuxexwhu "Human"
/zʷʰifʷi/ sswhifwi "Man"
/ɡʷʰusʷi/ kkwhuswi "King"
/zʷʰɛzʰi/ sswhesshi "Moon"

[roninbodhisattva]

I don't really understand why you're doing the orthography the way you are.

[احمکي ارش-ھجن]

My latest phonology:

[Kilanie]

A consonant chart

What about the vowels?

[احمکي ارش-ھجن]

A consonant chart

What about the vowels?

I have vowels, but they are not entirely majestic like my consonants.

[Pole, the]

A phonology is never complete without vowels!

[WeepingElf]

My latest plaything: Svalbardian.

Just 5 consonants with plenty of allophony and orthography in bold:

/p~b~ɸ~w/ p b f w
/t~d~s~r/ t d s r
/k~g~x~ɣ/ k g x g
/m/ m
/n~ŋ/ n

The allophony rules for the oral consonants are:

- voiced stops after nasals
- fricatives [ɸ s x] before oral consonants and word-finally
- glides [w r ɣ] intervocally
- voiceless stops [p t k] elsewhere

The non-labial nasal is [ŋ] before [g] and [n] elsewhere.

And 3 vowels:

/a i u/

Maximal syllable structure: CVC.

Dummy sample text:

Phonemic: /pamkimatankatmak tak tamtankapuki kum tukpit/
Phonetic: [pamgimaraŋgatmax tax tamdaŋgawuɣi kum tuxpis]
Orthographic: pamgimarangatmax tax tamdangawugi kum tuxpis

[Pole, the]

My latest plaything: Svalbardian.

This looks epic.

[Rurfs]

Phonology of Lǔfsata:
Consonants:
Nasal:
/m~ŋ/
m
Plosive:
/p t(k)/
p t k
/b d ɟ~g/
b d g
Fricative:
/ɸ h̪͆~ʃ s ɬ ˀɬ ɕ ç ˀç h/
f fh s hl ḥl sy hy ḥy h
/β ɦ̪͆~ʒ z ʑ/
v vh z zy
/ɸʼ~ɸ͡θʼ~θʼ s’/
ţ ş
Affricate:
/p͡θ t͡s t͡ɬ t͡ɕ ʔʰ/
þ c tl cy ḥ
/d͡z d͡ɮ d͡ʑ/
ž dl žy
/t͡s’ t͡ɕ’/
ç çy
Approximant:
/l~ɺ j ɰᵝ/
l y w

Two of the fricatives there are supposed to be bidental, but I couldn't get the thingies on them right.
I know /ʔʰ/ isn't technically an affricate, but it's treated like one.
I know /p͡θ/ is a weird thing and probably isn't deserving of an affricate ligature, but it's treated like a separate phoneme.
I think /ɸ͡θʼ/ might technically be better written as /θʷʼ/, I don't know.
The one nasal varies according to surrounding consonants.
/k/ only occurs in loanwords.
Some phonotactical stuff happens sometimes.
Romanization is a little weird because it's not written with the Roman alphabet and I wanted a one-to-one transcription of each letter. That means that all digraphs are written with two Lǔfsatan letters as well.

Vowels:
/i ɯᵝ e̞ ɚ̹ˤ ɤ̞ᵝ a/
i u e ǔ o a

/e/ and /ɤ/ are lowered, and /ɚ/ is rounded (formatting is hard!)
All diphthongs are allowed except for those beginning with /ɚ̹ˤ/.
I'm not certain that /ɚ̹ˤ/ is the sound I want it to be; I can make the sound, but I'm not sure how to transcribe it since I'm kind of new to the IPA.

Syllable Structure:
(C₁(C₂)(R))V₁(V₂(V₃))(C₃)
While a maximum of three vowels can be considered a syllable, there is no maximum of vowels that can occur in succession.
Vowels may be doubled to become long (e.g. sooi [sɤ̞ᵝːi] 'again') Long vowels are considered sequences of short values rather than separate phonemes.
Onset:
First consonant (C₁): Can be any consonant other than an ejective fricative.
Second consonant (C₂): Can be /ɸ/, /β/, /h/, or /h/ if and only if the first consonant is /s/, /z/, /ɸ/, or /β/ respectively. Thus, the only consonant clusters permitted in the onset that do not contain liquids are /sɸ/, /zβ/, /ɸh/, and /βh/, the latter two of which are realized as /h̪͆/ and /ɦ̪͆/ respectively.
Liquid (R): Can be either /l/ or /j/ provided the first consonant is not a voiced approximant.
Nucleus:
First vowel (V₁): Can be any vowel.
Second Vowel (V₂): Can be any vowel provided the first vowel is not /ɚ̹ˤ/.
Third Vowel (V₃): Can be any vowel provided the second vowel is not /ɚ̹ˤ/.
/ji/ cannot occur. /ɰᵝɯᵝ/ is permitted, but is commonly realized as [ɣᵝɯᵝ].
Coda:
Consonant (C₃) Can be any fricative, affricate, nasal, or approximant with the exception of /h/, /l/, and /j/ as well as all plosives.
It should be noted that consonants, liquids, and vowels refer to what is represented by each Lǔfsatan letter, not to individual phonemes.
Example of maximal onset: sflasa /sɸlasa/ ('north')
Example of maximal nucleus: ḥaoev /ʔʰaɤ̞ᵝe̞β/ ('behind')
Example of maximal coda: com /t͡sɤ̞ᵝm/ ('person')

Some of this is copied and pasted from my page on the Conlang Wiki. Please let me know if anything seems wrong or weird or doesn't make sense, I'm totally open to changing anything!

[Nortaneous]

some p. fuckin trying-too-hard phonologies on here, here's Amqoli

/pʰ tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ kʰ qʰ/ <ph th tsx chx kh qh>
/p t ts tʃ k q/ <p t ts ch k q>
/b d dz dʒ g/ <b d dz j g>
/s ʃ x h/ <s sh x h>
/z ʒ/ <z zh>
/m (n) rʲ r lʲ ɫ/ <m n ry r ly l>
/a ɛ o i u/ <a e o i u>

/q/ is unmarked for voice and plosivity; it's realized as [χ] next to a voiceless consonant, [ɢ] after /m/, [ʁ] next to a voiced consonant, intervocalically, and word-finally, and [q] word-initially. /gq/ is [ɢʁ].

/m/ assimilates to following non-coronal consonants: damgu [daŋgu] 'penis'.

/n/ is marginal, and only included to avoid including a full range of prenasalized coronal plosives: compare mdza [mdza] 'shack' and ndari [ndarʲi] 'wait'. Only coronals would need to be included: [mp mb ŋk ŋg ɴɢ] could be analyzed as /mp mb mk mg mq/. /n/ does not appear in other environments; phonetic [n] anywhere but preconsonantally is either /r/ separated by a vowel from a nasal or a coronal liquid immediately next to /m/. (The sequences /mn nm/ are usually reduced to [n] at word boundaries. There is a morphological rule converting /br/ to [mn], but /br/ may appear in roots.)

Aspirates are realized with strong velar affrication: tsxema [tsxɛma] 'spoon'. This contrasts with unaspirated consonants and with Ck and Cq sequences: compare tham [txam] 'soup', tqal [tχaɫ] 'insult', tka [tka] 'time', and tem [tɛm] 'walk'. (This contrast is neutralized with /q/: /qk qq/ are not permitted. Voiceless plosives may be lightly aspirated.

Word-initial clusters tend to proceed from front to back consonants: /pt pk tk/ are allowed, but /tp kp kt/ would not appear in roots. However, liquids do not adhere to this restriction: rbash [rbaʃ] 'enough', gram [gram] 'place'.

Word-initial clusters beginning with a liquid or a nasal may be realized with a syllabic liquid, or with an epenthetic schwa in isolation or following a consonant-final word: [rəbaʃ], [mədza]. An exception is made for homorganic nasal+stop clusters: [ndari] never takes the schwa. After a vowel-final word, however, they resyllabify: rde mdza [rədɛmdza] 'good shack', qorqo rgaz [qorʁo rgaz] 'the frog is large'. An epenthetic schwa may also be inserted between /r/ and any consonant: gram [gəram] 'place'.

The contrast between palatalized and plain liquids is usually predictable, but not always. Plain /r ɫ/ are written <rr ll> before front vowels, and palatalized /rʲ lʲ/ are written <r l> in that environment.

The morphophonology is slightly more complicated.

[----]

newest conlang from me-channeling Crow a bit here I guess

Lélep:
/p t k/ - <p t k>
/b d g/ - <b~m d~n g~ng>
/tʃ/ - <ch>
/s ʃ h/ - <s sh h>
/l ɰ/ - <l w>

/i ɨ u e o a/ - <i e u é o a>

/b d g/ are :
-after obstruents
-word initially
-intervocally

but are nasals [m n ŋ]
-when geminated (/gg/ is [n:] <nn>)
-before obstruents (syllable finally)
-word finally
-adjacent to each other

/ɰ/ is limited in distribution; it does not occur before /i u/ and cannot occur adjacent to a consonant. Unstressed /ɨ/ is [ə].
That's all I've got for now.

[roninbodhisattva]

/b d g/ are ... but are nasals [m n ŋ]
-when geminated (/gg/ is [n:] <nn>)
-before obstruents (syllable finally)
-word finally
-adjacent to each other

Wait why isn't /gg/ [ŋ:]?

[R.Rusanov]

I'd guess that's a sound change that's still productive... just my two shekels

[----]

Wait why isn't /gg/ [ŋ:]?

because both <ngg> and <nng> are aesthetically unpleasant and also Rusanov's thing

[Pole, the]

How do you write /bɡ dɡ ɡb ɡd/ [mŋ nŋ ŋm ŋn]?

[----]

the first two don't occur, and the others are <ngm> <ngn>