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[Taernsietr]

UAL, version 0.7
/m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ń ṉ>
/p t c k q/ <p t c k q>
/s ɕ h/ <s ś h>
/w j/ <w y>
/ɾ l ʎ ʀ/ <r l ĺ ř>

/i u ɵ e̞ ø̞ o̞ ɜ a/ <i u ŏ e ö ă a>
/ĩ ũ ẽ̞ õ̞ ã/ <į ų ę ǫ ą>

(C)(C)V(C)

Onset clusters:
stop + liquid; /p t k q/ + /l/, /c/ + /ʎ/
stop[α POA] + nasal[α POA];
stop[-uvular] + sibilant; /p t/ + /s/, /c k/ + /ɕ/
stop + rhotic
obstruent, rhotic + glide
nasal[α POA] + stop[α POA] (word-initial only)
Coda:
any consonant except /w j/

/p t ts c k q/ > [mb nd ndz ɲɟ ŋg ɴɢ] / V[+nasal]_
/p t c k/ > [b d ɟ g] / _C[+nasal]
/q/ > [χ] / _C[-rhotic][-lateral], _Ø
/ɾ/ > [ð] / V[+nasal]_
/w j/ > [w̃ j̃] / V[+nasal]_V[+nasal]
/w/ > [ɰ] / V[-round]_V[-round]
/w/ > [ɰ̃] / V[-round][+nasal]_V[-round][+nasal]
/j/ > [ʝ] / V[+high]_V[+high]
/l/ > [ɫ] / C[+velar]_, C[+uvular]_

unstressed vowels
/i e̞/ > [ɪ]
/ĩ ẽ̞/ > [ɪ̃]
/ɵ ɜ a ã/ > [ə]
/u o̞/ > [ʊ]
/ũ õ̞/ > [ʊ̃]
/ø̞/ > [ʏ]

unstressed vowels near non-diphthongizing vowels
/i e̞/ > [ɪ̯]
/ĩ ẽ̞/ > [ɪ̯̃]
/ɵ ɜ a ã/ > [ə̯]
/u o̞ ø̞/ > [ʊ̯]
/ũ õ̞/ > [ʊ̯̃]

/i u/ > [ɨ ʉ] / [k q ŋ]_

// not sure about the unstressed vowel reduction scheme. Seems too homogenizing ATM.

[Lyra]

Proto-East Atanaman:

Been working on this lang lately and I have added some more to its before lacking phonological inventory. Is it too strange?

Consonants:
/p pʰ pˀ b t tʰ tˀ d k kʰ kˀ g ʔ
s sʰ sˀ z ʃ ʃʰ ʃˀ ʒ ɣ h
t͡s t͡sʰ t͡sˀ d͡z c͡ɕ c͡ɕʰ c͡ɕˀ ɟ͡ʑ
ɾ r̊ l l̊
m n n̊ ŋ/

<p ph p' b t th t' d k kh k' g '
s sh s' z ç çh ç' zh x h
ts tsh ts' dz c ch c' j
r rh l lh
m n nh ng>

Vowels:
/i ɨ u
e ə o
a/
/ai au ia ua aja awa/

<i y u
e oe o
a>
<ai au ia ua aia aua>

Root structure: CV(C)

vowels in contact are separated by /l/

Samples:
be'yj t'ala phelhem
['beʔɨɟ͡ʑ 'tˀala 'pʰel̊em]
be'-yj-Ø t'al-a phe-lh-em
father-object-nom break-trans.nom hold-instrument-acc
the boy breaks the jar

sajarhum
[sa'ɟ͡ʑar̊um]
3.poss-build-acctioner
it's builder
(a city ruler)

talau'edet
[talau'ʔedet]
intensifier-land-own-nominalizer
kingdom/empire


Not sure about phonetactics... if I really need them for the proto-lang.

~Lyra

[Taernsietr]

The argument of "languages do weird shit" aside, it does look a bit odd. I think that's because of the palatal affricates, voiceless liquids and nasal and the lonely velar fricative there . I don't know much about protolangs but that vowel system does look a bit "modern". Maybe that'd be fine with such a large plosive set.

[Bristel]

In a triliteral root language, phonotactics should be rules that govern the way phonemes are allowed to go together to form words. Same with any language.
The difficulty with saying "these are common features of triliteral root languages, phonologically and grammatically" is that all languages which use triliteral roots belong to one family, Afro-asiatic, and it may be difficult to differentiate between features those languages have because they're triliteral and features those languages have because they're Afrasian. The best I could say is that is should allow a wide variety of clusters, but only a limited size, but I could be totally wrong about that. So do whatever you want.

I'm just having a hard time wrapping my head around triliteral roots, and how they work properly.

I have the LCK2, and there's a section about triliteral languages, so maybe I'll be able to learn a bit more about this.

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it.

[Vuvuzela]

/i u ɵ e̞ ø̞ o̞ ɜ a/ <i u ŏ e ö ă a>
/ĩ ũ ẽ̞ õ̞ ã/ <į ų ę ǫ ą>

Is /o̞/ written <o>? 'Cause you forgot to mention it.

unstressed vowels near non-diphthongizing vowels

There's diphthongs? What are they? SHOW US YOUR DIPHTHONGS NOW!!!

/i u/ > [ɨ ʉ] / [k q ŋ]_

Why would /u/ be a back vowel before coronals, but central before dorsals? If anything, I'd expect it to lower to [o] or something, and maybe have /o̞/ lower to [ɔ] or [ʌ] to dissimilate.

// not sure about the unstressed vowel reduction scheme. Seems too homogenizing ATM.

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English unstressed vowel reduction is also pretty homogenizing.

[Taernsietr]

Oh, someone paid attention . Thanks for the post.

Is /o̞/ written <o>? 'Cause you forgot to mention it.

Nice spot there. /o̞/ is obviously <o>.

There's diphthongs? What are they? SHOW US YOUR DIPHTHONGS NOW!!!

That's actually a logic fail right there. As I've described them here, the only difference between those unstressed environments is that /ø̞/ is realized as [ʊ] in the second set. Other than that, the allophones are non-syllabic - essentially producing diphthongs. Now, I actually mean to have a closed set of diphthongs, but I haven't decided on them yet, so I didn't describe them :3.

Why would /u/ be a back vowel before coronals, but central before dorsals? If anything, I'd expect it to lower to [o] or something, and maybe have /o̞/ lower to [ɔ] or [ʌ] to dissimilate.

Probably a brainslip xD. And I probably won't have it lower. Maybe it'll unround. While it might not be the most realistic, it's cooler and would still have the function of emphasizing the difference.

English unstressed vowel reduction is also pretty homogenizing.

Yeah, well, I do want the cool vowels to appear once in a while . Might keep it like this, or with little more variation, not sure. But I feel I'm getting there.

[2+3 clusivity]

Kinda had some odd phonological thoughts.

Came out with a Daughterlang or a lang++ (or lang--) from my last one on p. 56.

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The "bidentalized" series ("/Cʭ/") mean that the consonants are made with a simultaneous closure of the upper and lower teeth and spreading of the lips.


Allophones are roughly similar to the lang--.

>non-geminant dental and retroflex stops are optionally flapped word internally.
>non-geminant dental and retroflex stops are optionally nasalized flaps word internally.
>non-geminant dental and retroflex trills may simply be flaps, typically only word internally.
>In free variation: /pʰ/ [pʰ ~ hʭ], /kʰ/ [kʰ ~ x], /s/ [s ~ r̝̊ ~ cʰ ~ cʰ], /z/ [z ~ r̝ ~ ɟ ~ ɟʱ].

Breathy voiced vowels are only contrastive before non-breathy voiced /C/ as all vowels are breathy following breathy /C/.


Phonotactics:

(C1)(C2)V(C1)(C3)

(C1) = All non-C2, but v, vʱ
(C2) = v, vʱ, y, yʱ, r, rʱ, rʭ, rʭʱ, ɽ, ɽʱ
(C3) = m, n in final position.

[WeepingElf]

The argument of "languages do weird shit" aside, it does look a bit odd. I think that's because of the palatal affricates, voiceless liquids and nasal and the lonely velar fricative there . I don't know much about protolangs but that vowel system does look a bit "modern". Maybe that'd be fine with such a large plosive set.

I don't see much of a problem with this phonology, though I'd expect postalveolar rather than palatal affricates, and a voiceless velar fricative. Also, I don't understand what do you mean by that vowel system does look a bit "modern" - vowel systems in ancient languages work the same way as in modern languages.

[maıráí]

Some distant sister to La-Pu:


<m n~l>
m n
<p b t~d k g q~ʔ>
p b t k g h
<s ʃ>
s sh
<ts tʃ dʒ>
c ch j
<ʋ~ɹ ɹ~j>
w y

a i u au ai aa ii uu
<ɑ i ɯ ɤ ɑi ɑ: i: ɯ:>word-finally
<a~æ ɪ ʊˑ~ɘ ɛ~æ a: ɪ: ʊ~ʊ:> elsewhere

(C)(y,w)V(V)(p,s,n)
(Syllable constraints not entirely decided yet.)

Terminal P doubles the length of any following consonant; is pronounced fully before a vowel; is unreleased elsewise.
Terminal S doubles any following S, SH, T, C, CH, J; it may be unpronounced there, or very, very lightly pronounced.
Terminal N doubles any following N, M, W, Y; it also tends to make the preceding vowel nasal.

Voicing is somewhat phonetic, but I have yet to decide just how so.

W tends to become ɹ before i, and y tends to become ɹ before u, so:
[wa wi ya yu] <ʋɑ ɹi jɑ ɹɯ>

H is uvular word-finally (maha), and glottal elsewhere (hama).

U elides when possible.
[akusuta] <akstɑ>


There is no stress, outside of a usually emphatic one on the final syllable.

There are five tones, although their function is still undecided:
[ɑ˥] High Flat
[ɑ˩] Low Flat
[ɑ˧˥] High Rising
[ɑ˩˥] Low Rising
[ɑ˥˩] Falling

[Taernsietr]

The argument of "languages do weird shit" aside, it does look a bit odd. I think that's because of the palatal affricates, voiceless liquids and nasal and the lonely velar fricative there . I don't know much about protolangs but that vowel system does look a bit "modern". Maybe that'd be fine with such a large plosive set.

Also, I don't understand what do you mean by that vowel system does look a bit "modern" - vowel systems in ancient languages work the same way as in modern languages.

Emphasis as disclaimer.

By modern I mean they look like they have "spread-out" qualities, instead of, say, a triangular system + schwa and length distinction, which would be a protolang-y vowel system for me. (note: for me )

[Chagen]

Beginning Chyffelb inventory:

/p b t d k g kʷ/
<p b t d c g qu>

/f fː v vː s~z sː~zː θ ʃ~ʒ h/
<f ff v vv s ss tt sh h>

/ts tʃ/
<z cg>

/n m ŋ/
<n m ng>

/w j l/
<w j l>

/ʀ rð/
<ch r>

/i y e ø a u ʊ o /
<i y e eu a u ui o>

All vowels can be lengthend EXCEPT for /ø ʊ/; these descend from Old-Chyffelb *ɛʉ *ui diphthongs--Old-Chyffelb banned diphthongs from being lengthened.

In any case, long vowels are written by doubling-- <ii aa yy oo uu ee>

[Nortaneous]

Shelving Miar and starting a new lang. The main inspiration should be obvious.

Inventory:

/p t tʃ k b d dʒ/ <p t ch k b d j>
/v s z h/ <v s z h>
/m n ŋ r j/ <m n g r y>
/a e ɒ o ɨ u/ <a e o ou i u>

Length is contrastive for both vowels and voice-unmarked (voiceless for stops and fricatives, otherwise voiced) simple consonants. (in other words: /p t k s h m n r j/) Geminated /p t k/ are pronounced [pʰ tʰ ʔː], geminated /s/ is pronounced [ts], and geminated /r/ is pronounced [rː], contrasting with its ungeminated pronunciation, /ɽ/.

Syllable structure is (C)(j)V(n|s), although /ts/ and /kk/ can also occur word-initially, and affricates cannot cluster with /j/.

Consonants:

• /tj dj sj zj hj nj/ are written <ch j sh j hy ny> and pronounced [tɕ dʑ ɕ dʑ ç ɲ]. For /rj/, some speakers have [ʎ] and some break it into [ɽɨj], but actual [ɽj] is rare. <ii> is written instead of <yi>. Consonants are also palatalized before the [i] allophone of /ɨ/.
• /v/ merges into /b/ before /u/. (This is reflected in the orthography.) In casual speech, /b/ and /v/ are usually completely merged: they are realized as [b] before /u/ and [v] elsewhere.
• Word-initially, /ŋ/ is [ŋ]. Between vowels, it drops; if the two vowels adjacent to it are not too dissimilar in height (i.e. one low and one high), they merge into a long nasalized vowel taking the height of the first vowel and the backness of the second (if it is /a/, it fronts); otherwise, if the first vowel is high, it becomes [j], and if it is low, it becomes [ʀ], but this drops in all but the most formal speech, leaving a vowel sequence. So, for the sequence XŋY: (note that /eŋi/ gives a front nasal vowel, although it commonly merges into [ɨ̃])

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     a   ɒ   e   o   ɨ   u     
  a  æ̃   æ̃   ẽ   ẽ  aʀɨ aʀᵻ
  ɒ  ɒ̃   ɒ̃   õ   õ  ɒʀɨ ɒʀᵻ
  e  æ̃   æ̃   ẽ   ẽ   ĩ   ɨ̃
  o  ɒ̃   ɒ̃   õ   õ   ɨ̃   ɨ̃
  ɨ ija ijɒ  ẽ   ẽ   ɨ̃   ɨ̃
  u ᵻja ᵻjɒ  õ   õ   ɨ̃   ɨ̃

  Some dialects merge the low and mid nasal vowels.
• In casual speech, /d/ is realized as an approximant [ð̞], which may drop completely.
• The affricates /tʃ dʒ/ are written identically to /tj dj/, and are indistinguishable from them in most environments; they only remain distinct before high vowels, although /dʒ/ becomes /r/ before /a/. /u/ after /tj dj/ is pronounced [y] and written <ü>, and /ɨ/ after /tj dj/ is pronounced and written <ii>. So:

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  /tʃi dʒi tʃu dʒu tji  dji tju dju/
  [tʃ̺ɨ dʒ̺ɨ tʃ̺ɨ dʒ̺ɨ tɕi  dʑi tɕy dʑy]
  <chi ji  chu ju  chii jii chü jü>

• Syllable-final /n/ is realized homorganic to the following consonant, or [ɴ] word-finally. It is usually realized as syllabic, although this is more common in casual speech.

Vowels:

• Phonemically word-initial vowels are preceded by [ɦ].
• /ɨ/ is realized as before [j], including [j] from /g/. This palatalizes preceding consonants: /tɨja/ <chiya> [tɕija].
• The normal realization of /u/ is [ɨ], the same as that of /ɨ/. /u/ only remains distinct in pronunciation before /j/ and after velars, labial stops, /h/, and /j/. However, a difference still remains: /u/ devoices between voiceless consonants, whereas /ɨ/ does not. (The sound phonetically [ɨ] but phonemically /u/ will be transcribed as ᵻ.)
• After velars, /u/ is realized as a labiodentalized high back vowel, [ʋ͡ɯ], sometimes with a voiceless labiodental onglide: /ku/ [kfʋ͡ɯ].
• After labial stops, /u/ is realized as a rounded vowel unmarked for backness, ~[y].
• /h/ before /u/ is pronounced [ɸ], so: /hɨ hu/ [hɨ ɸɨ]. Some speakers also use the labiodentalized allophone here: /hu/ [ɸʋ͡ɯ]~[fʋ͡ɯ].
• After /j/, /u/ is fronted to [y].

[Wattmann]

Current un-named language inventory:

/p pʲ ʰp~p' b bʲ t tʲ ʰt~t' d dʲ k kʲ ʰk~k' ɡ ɡʲ/ <p pi* pp b bi* t ti* tt d di* c ci* cc g gi*>
/f s x/ <f s h>
/m n/ <m n>
/v r j/ <v r i*>
/a a: e e: i i: ɨ ɨ: o o: u u:/ <a ā e ē i* ī y ȳ o ō u ū>

*The grapheme <i> represents four different yet correlated phenomena. One, it basically represents the vowel /i/ initially, finally after consonants and interconsonantally. Two, it represents the approximant /j/ after vowels. Three, it represents the extra dimension of palatality after short plosives. Four, it behaves as a segment of diphthongs elsewhere.

Did not decide on any allophony.

Voice assimilation is regressive; CCAVCCAVCA is the maximal trisyllabic ensemble, where C is an obstruent, V is a vowel and A is either a nasal or approximant; long consonants cannot be initial or cluster-constitutent.

[Nortaneous]

awww yeeeah preaspiration mofuckazzzz

[Shrdlu]

Somebody stop me....

/t[t] d[d] k[k] g[g]/
/c[ts tS] dj[dZ]/
/f[f] v[v] s[s' S s] z[z] zh[Z] xl[K] txl[tK] xg[G] h[h] dh[D] th[T] /
/r[r/] l[l]/
/j[j] w[w]/
/tt[t:] dd[d:] kk[k:] gg[g:]/

/e i o u/ ie

edit: Yeah morphology:
(V)CV
/c[ts tS] dj[dZ]/ has a special status as it can also begin a noun, especially /c[ts tS] as it is the only real cluster. Finally, /f/[f]/ on the other hand can not begin a noun.

[MadBrain]

Consonants:
/p t ts tʃ k/
/b d g/
/ᵐb ⁿd ᵑg/
/f s ʃ x χ/
/v z ʒ ɣ ʁ/
/m̊ n̊ ŋ̊ ɴ̊/
/m n ŋ ɴ/

Semivowels:
/w j/
/ɥ wˤ ɰˤ/

Vowels and tones:
/i y ɨ u ɯˤ ʊˤ/
/e ø o ɤˤ/
/ɛ ə ɔ/
/æ ɑˤ/
/a/
/ĩ ỹ ɨ̃ ũ ɯ̃ˤ ʊ̃ˤ/
/ẽ ø̃ õ ɤ̃ˤ/
/ɛ̃ ə̃ ɔ̃/
/æ̃ ɑ̃ˤ/
/ã/

/a˥ a˧ a̤˨ a˩/
/a˧˥ a˥˧ a̰˩˧ a˧˩/

Syllable structure:
(C)(S)V(S)
Only some combinations of (S)V(S) are allowed.
Most words are just CV.

Spelling:
p t ts tch c/qu
b d g
mb nd ng
f s ch h hr
v z j gh r
hm hn hgn hrn
m n gn rn

ou/w i/y
u û ôu

i u ù ou û ôu
é eu o êu
è e ò
ê â
a
in un ùn oun ûn ôun
én eun on êun
èn en òn
ên ân
an

a¯ a- ah a_
a´ a` a/ a\

[Click]

Kàipói phonology

Consonants

1. /p t k ʔ b d ɡ/ ‹p t k x m n g›
   /s h/ ‹c h›
   /l r/ ‹l r›

Nuclei

1. Monophthongs
   /i˥ i˧ ĩ˩ a˥ a˧ ã˩ o˥ o˧ õ˩/ ‹í i ì á a à ó o ò›
   
   Diphthongs
   /ai̯˥ ai̯˧ ãĩ̯˩ ao̯˥ ao̯˧ ãõ̯˩ oi̯˥ oi̯˧ õĩ̯˩/ ‹ái ai ài áo ao ào ói oi òi›
   /i̯a˥ i̯a˧ ĩ̯ã˩ o̯a˥ o̯a˧ õ̯ã˩ i̯o˥ i̯o˧ i̯õ˩/ ‹iá ia ià oá oa oà ió io iò›
   
   Triphthongs
   /i̯ai̯˥ i̯ai̯˧ ĩ̯ãĩ̯˩ i̯ao̯˥ i̯ao̯˧ ĩ̯ãõ̯˩ i̯oi̯˥ i̯oi̯˧ ĩ̯õĩ̯˩ o̯ai̯˥ o̯ai̯˧ õ̯ãĩ̯˩/ ‹iái iai iài iáo iao iào iói ioi iòi oái oai oài›

Allophony

1. Categories
   # - word boundary
   V - nucleus
   C - consonant
   the rest - obvious
   
   Allophones
2. /d/ > [n] / _V[+nasal]
3. /b ɡ/ > [m ŋ] / _V[+nasal][-front][-rounded]
4. /b ɡ/ > [mʷ ŋʷ] / _V[+nasal][-front][+rounded]
5. /b ɡ/ > [mʲ ɲ] / _V[+nasal][+front][-rounded]
6. /p t k/ > [pʰ tʰ kʰ] / #_V[-front][-rounded]
7. /p t k/ > [pʲʰ ʧʰ kʲʰ] / #_V[+front][-rounded]
8. /p k/ > [pʷʰ kʷʰ] / #_V[-front][+rounded]
9. /b ɡ/ > [bʲ gʲ] / #_V[-nasal][+front][-rounded]
10. /b ɡ/ > [bʷ gʷ] / #_V[-nasal][-front][+rounded]
11. /d/ > [ʤ] / #_V[-nasal][+front]
12. /t/ > [d] / V[-nasal]_V[-front]
13. /t/ > [ⁿd] / V[+nasal]_V[-front]
14. /t/ > [ʤ] / V[-nasal]_V[+front]
15. /t/ > [ⁿʤ] / V[+nasal]_V[+front]
16. /p k/ > [b ɡ] / V[-nasal]_V[-front][-rounded]
17. /p k/ > [bʷ ɡʷ] / V[-nasal]_V[-front][+rounded]
18. /p k/ > [bʲ ɡʲ] / V[-nasal]_V[+front][-rounded]
19. /p k/ > [ᵐb ᵑɡ] / V[+nasal]_V[-front][-rounded]
20. /p k/ > [ᵐbʷ ᵑɡʷ] / V[+nasal]_V[-front][+rounded]
21. /p k/ > [ᵐbʲ ᵑɡʲ] / V[+nasal]_V[+front][-rounded]
22. /b d ɡ/ > [β ð ɣ] / V[-nasal]_V[-nasal][-front][-rounded]
23. /b d ɡ/ > [w ðʷ w] / V[-nasal]_V[-nasal][-front][+rounded]
24. /b d ɡ/ > [βʲ ðʲ ɣʲ] / V[-nasal]_V[-nasal][+front][-rounded]
25. /b d ɡ/ > [ᵐβ ⁿð ᵑɣ] / V[+nasal]_V[-nasal][-front][-rounded]
26. /b d ɡ/ > [ᵑᵐw* ⁿðʷ ᵑᵐw*] / V[+nasal]_V[-nasal][-front][+rounded]
27. /b d ɡ/ > [ᵐβʲ ⁿðʲ ᵑɣʲ] / V[+nasal]_V[-nasal][+front][-rounded]
28. /s/ > [ʃ] / #_V[+front]
29. /s/ > [z] / V[-nasal]_V[-front]
30. /s/ > [ʒ] / V[-nasal]_V[+front]
31. /s/ > [ⁿz] / V[+nasal]_V[-front]
32. /s/ > [ⁿʒ] / V[+nasal]_V[+front]
33. /h/ > [ɕ] / #_V[+front][-rounded]
34. /h/ > [hʷ] / #_V[-front][+rounded]
35. /h/ > [ʑ] / V_V[+front][-rounded]
36. /h/ > [ɦʷ] / V_V[-front][+rounded]
37. /l r/ > [lʲ rʲ] / _V[+front]
38. /i˥ i˧ ĩ˩ a˥ a˧ ã˩ o˥ o˧ õ˩ i̯˥ i̯˧ ĩ̯˩ o̯˥ o̯˧ õ̯˩/ > [ɪ˥ ɪ˧ ɪ̃˩ ɐ˥ ɐ˧ ɐ̃˩ ɔ˥ ɔ˧ ɔ̃˩ ɪ̯˥ ɪ̯˧ ɪ̯̃˩ ɔ̯˥ ɔ̯˧ ɔ̯̃˩] / _C

Syllable structure

1. The syllable structure is (C)(V̯)V(V̯).
   The sequences of two or more nuclei are not permitted.

Sandhi

1. Note that the tone sandhi is applied after the vowel sandhi.
   
   Diphthongisation
   If placed next to /a˦/, /a˧/ or /ã˨/, /i˦ i˧ ĩ˨ o˦ o˧ õ˨/ become non-syllabic and agree in nasality to the syllabic vowel before it.
   The high vowels /i˦ i˧ ĩ˨/ also exhibit same behaviour next to /o˦ o˧ õ˨/.
   
   Breaking of sequences of nuclei
   If there is still a sequence of syllable nuclei left after the diphthongisation, an epenthetic /h/ is inserted between the nuclei.
   
   Tone sandhi
2. high tone syllable + low tone syllable > mid tone syllable and low tone syllable
3. low tone syllable + high tone syllable > mid tone syllable and high tone syllable
4. mid tone syllable + high tone syllable > high tone syllable and high tone syllable
5. mid tone syllable + low tone syllable > low tone syllable and low tone syllable

[Buran]

This is for a language called Anaraste (anaxrastɛi). It's not too ambitious, very easy for an English speaker.

Consonants
Nasal: m n
Stop: b t d k g
Fricative: v θ s (ts) ʃ (tʃ) x
Approximant: j
Trill: r
Lateral approximant: l

Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close i u
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid o
Open-mid ɛ
Near-open
Open a ɑ

Note that /a/ and /ɑ/ are phonemic. Diphthongs, but not triphthongs, are allowed.

Phonotactics are (C) (C) (y, r, l) V (V) (s, sh, l, r) (C), maximally yielding "straust" "ctyuolgo" or "sthraisht". Stress is on the second to last syllable. Illegal combinations are [nasal]/[liquid]+[stop] at the onset and [approximant]+[approximant]/[trill] at the onset.

Epenthetic /x/ may be inserted between two similar morphemes (for example, “saigahasa” “using a speaker” would be “saigaasa” without /x/ to separate the vowels). /x/ may be inserted before /r/ when /r/ is before a vowel, similar to English intrusive/linking R. The orthography omits [h] before [r] in this situation.

[Wattmann]

IMO, /v/ would fit in better in the approximant row. Otherwise it's either baroqueifying or messing up your conception

[Buran]

IMO, /v/ would fit in better in the approximant row. Otherwise it's either baroqueifying or messing up your conception

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Like the Polish W?

[communistplot]

Me Mazte Toŋ Ver. 1.0:

Consonants
N /m n nʷ ŋ ŋʷ ɴ ɴʷ/ <m n nw ŋ ŋw ň ňw>
P /p pʰ pʼ t tʰ tʷ tʼ k kʰ kʷ kʼ q qʰ qʷ qʼ/ <p ph p' t th tw t' k kh kw k' q qh qw q'>
A /p͡ɸ t͡s t͡sʰ t͡sʷ t͡sʼ t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ t͡ɕʷ t͡ɕʼ k͡ç k͡x k͡xʷ k͡xʼ/ <pf c ch cw c' j jh jw j' kç kx kxw kx'>
F /ɸ s sʷ ɕ ɕʷ ç x xʷ/ <f s sw z zw ç x xw>
R /r ʀ/ <r rh>
G /ʋ ɥ ɰ/ <v y w>
L /l ʎ ʟ/ <l ll ł>

Vowels
/a e ɪ i ɯ u ʊ ʌ ɔ ə/ <a e ĭ i ï u ŭ ë o ĕ>

Syllable Structure
(C)(C)(G)V(C)(C)

Onset
-Any consonant, common
-Any glide if preceded by any non-labialised consonant
-Any fricative followed by any non-ejective plosive pronounced further back in the mouth followed by any glide
-Any sound followed by any liquid or rhotic
-Any fricative followed by any ejective plosive
-Any two labialised consonants.

Coda
-Any liquid, glide, fricative, rhotic or nasal followed by any non-ejective consonant.
-Any single consonant.

Example syllables
kʼats skʰerk͡x ftɥə

[Pinetree]

Another recently started and unnamed lang:


Comments?

[2+3 clusivity]

@Hubris Incalculable:

I like your /l/ allophones.

Your retroflex series bugs me though. I see that you have alveolar allophones before unstressed/low pitch vowels; that this seems to mirror a centralizing trend in your vowels. My issue is that I think it would make more sense to view the coronal series as alveolar. I have a couple reasons for that:

(1) It is very rare to have a retroflex series without a dental~alveolar series. Ian Maddieson's Patterns of Sound says 98.4% of languages in his sample had bilabial, dental~alveolar and velar POAs. The only languages that seemed to skip one of those three had only two stop POAs in his analysis/database.

(2) retroflex is often confused with alveolar. C.f. Hindi (where the retroflex series is not sublaminal, just back v. the dental series IIRC).

Another issue: your uvular consonants are backed to pharyngeal, do they keep the POA or MOA? Maybe it should be epiglottal if you still want to have a stop but then voicing would be a an issue, so . . . ? At least with Pharyngeal you've kinda got Galician and some varieties of Portuguese to rif off of.

[Shrdlu]

Something to distract my mind
/b k[k] d[d] t[t] g[g] |bh[b_h] kh[k_h] dh[d_h] gh[g_h] |bj[b_j] kj[k_j] dj[d_j] tj[t_j] gj[g_j]/
/l[l] r[r/] rr[r]/
/3[T]/
/m[m]/
/s[s]/

/a i e u o ü/ ai ei au ui

---
/ai/ can only appear in the first part of a word(the one separated from the next by a consonant), /ui/ in the second -- if one exists.
/|bj[b_j] kj[k_j] dj[d_j] tj[t_j] gj[g_j] rr[r]/ can not begin a word.
/r[r/]/ is always "ir" initially.

clusters... ... ... /s/+/t/k/m/l/ or /m/+/t/k/rr/s/

This random phrase actually turned out really cool,
Dailaut kabhuit gosod -- kot bibhot tosü irod libhei tot so tag. 3imeg kaud dus, dorrit tume -- lasmot küraut dikü khodhim. Dod bhai geislu, gire irailat mom domum bholei -- borug du beg dumta kugos.

[Tropylium]

/b k[k] d[d] t[t] g[g] |bh[b_h] kh[k_h] dh[d_h] gh[g_h] |bj[b_j] kj[k_j] dj[d_j] tj[t_j] gj[g_j]/

Needs palatalized aspirates. Palatalization is a POA mod and aspiration is a MOA mod, they're expected to be orthogonal.

Also having *all* of /pʰ p f/ missing seems excessiv? Voiceless labials would have to have been lacking already before aspirates and palatalization were introduced.