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Post your conlang's phonology

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As the title suggest, post your conlang's phonology, particularly in the IPA (though it doesn't really matter). I thought this would be an interesting way to compare everyone's phonology, and even see what other conlangs hold the same sounds our own do.

Here's mine, for example:
Consonants
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Vowels
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Diphthongs
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P.S. Yes, this is a chance for you to brag about your conlang's phonological inventory. Get with it! :)
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Standard Terpish:

Plosives: /p t k ? b d g th kh t_> k_>/
Affricates: /ts tl dz ts_> tl_>/
Fricatives: /s lh x h z/
Nasals: /m n/
Liquids: /r l/

Vowels: /a i u e o/
Long vowels: /a: i: u: e: o:/
Diphthongs: /ai au oa ui/
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Consonants
Nasal /m n ŋʲ ŋʷ/ <m n ny nw>
Stop /t kʲ ŋgʲ k ŋg/ <t ky gy k g>
Fricative /ɸ s ɕ x/ <f s c x>
Approximant /l j w/ <l y w>

Syllabic Consonants
/m̩ ʑ̩/ <mm zz>

Vowels
/i e ɛ a ʌ ɔ o u/ <i e eh a uh oh o u>

Tone Contours
1 - Low-flat (11)
2 - Mid-high-flat (44)
3 - Mid-falling (31)
4 - High-falling (51)
5 - Low-rising (14)
6 - Mid-contour (254)


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Proto-Vdangku
Plosive /pʰ p tʰ t kʰ k qʰ q/ <p b t d k g q qh>
Implosive /ɓ ɗ ɠ ʛ/ <bb dd kk qq>
Nasal /m n ŋ ɴ/ <m n ng ong>
Fricative /β z ɣ ʁ/ <v z xh r>
Liquid /l/ <l>

Vowels /i u o ə ɛ ʌ a/ <i u o å e ů a>
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Phonologies are much more than phoneme inventories. I think you mean to say "post your conlang's phoneme inventory", so that's what I'll do. However, allophony in many of these languages is rather extensive, so consonants not in the phoneme inventory can appear on the phonetic level. (Tharu, for example, has 12 consonants phonemically, but ~30 on a more phonetic level.)

edit: okay the font in code tags sucks shit on this board but i can't be bothered to format all these tables for it so whatever

Kànnow:

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pʰ  tʰ  tʷʰ         ʈ͡ʂʰ c͡çʰ kʰ  kʷʰ qʰ  qʷʰ
p   t   tʷ  s   sʷ  ʈ͡ʂ  c͡ç  k   kʷ  q   qʷ
pʼ  tʼ  tʷʼ t͡sʼ t͡sʷʼʈ͡ʂʼ c͡çʼ kʼ  kʷʼ qʼ  qʷʼ
m   n   nʷ              ɲ   ŋ   ŋʷ
                        j       w

i ɨ u
e ə
  a
Tharu: (from Kànnow)

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p t k
  s x
m n ŋ
  r j h
  l

i ɨ u
e
  a

ae ai aɨ au ei eɨ eu iɨ iu ɨi ɨu ui uɨ
Enzielu: (from Kànnow)

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p  t̪  t͡s t͡ʃ k
      t͡s͎ t͡ʃ͎
f  θ  s  ʃ  x
      s͎  ʃ͎
m  n
ʋ  ð̞  l

i   u  iː  uː
e      eː
ɛ   
  a      aː

ae ai au ɛu ea ei eu ia ie iu ua uɛ ue ui
Renzell: (from Enzielu)

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p b pʲ bʲ t̪ d̪ tʲ dʲ kʲ gʲ k g
f   fʲ    s z ɕ  ʑ  ç     x ɣ çʷ   xʷ
  m    mʲ   n          ɲ    ŋ
            l    ʎ     j    ɫ    ɥ    w

i y  ɯ u
 ɪ    ʊ 
e ø    o
æ   a  ɔ

ea̯ ʊɪ̯
It makes more sense to analyze palatalization as part of the vowel, not part of the consonant, but I didn't do that here. Also, /pʲa/ and /pja/ contrast as [pʲja pɪ̯a].

Gadaye:

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p t̪ ṯ k q
b d̪ ḏ g
f s̪ s̱   χ
ɬ̪ ɬ̱ ɽ j

i u  ĩ ũ
 ə
æ o  æ̃ õ
Hathe: (from Gadaye)

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  t k   ʔ
 s ð  ç ɦ
m n
ʋ ɾ j

i ɨ u  i̙   u̙
e   o  e̙   o̙
  a      a̙
Xaukatai: (from Gadaye)

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p   t k
f ɬ s
    z ʁ
m   n ŋ
    r

i u
 a
Arve:

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pʰ  tʰ          cʰ  kʰ
p   t   ts  ʈʂ  c   k       q
    ɬ   s   ʂ   ç   x   xʷ  χ   h
ⱱ   l               ɣ
ʋ   ð̞           j
    r̥
    r                       ʀ

stressed syllables:
iy ʊ u
eø
ɛ  ɞʌɔ
  a
aɔ ʊi ɛa ɛɔ ie yø uo ʌi øy ɔu

unstressed syllables:
ɪ ʏ ʊ 
 ɐ
Sérhes Kéttw:

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pʰ p t  t͡s   k 
     t͡ʙ̥
   m n       ŋ
f  v s       χ h
     l  r  j 
           ɥ w

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My current unnamed project:

Stops- /p t d k g/ p t d k g
Fricatives- /f v s ʃ x~h/ f w s sz h
Nasals- /m n/ m n
Approximants- /r j l/ r j l
Vowels- /i ɨ u ɛ o a ie ai/ i y u e o a ie ai

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Aidisese

Consonants (21 total):
Stops: /p b t d k g q/ <p b t d k g q>
Fricatives: /f v s z ʂ x h/ <f v s z sh x h>
Nasals: /m n ŋ/ <m n ng>
Approximants: /w l j/ <w l y>
Taps: /ɾ/ <r>

Vowels (5 total):
/a e i o u/ <a e i o u>

Diphthongs (7 total):
/ai ei oi iu au eu ou/ <ai ei oi iu au eu ou>



Proto-Yuh - Proto-language I'm beginning to work on right now; subject to change

Consonants
Stops: /p t k/ <p t k>
Fricatives: /f s h/ <f s h>
Nasals: /m n/ <m n>
Approximants: /w ɺ ʋ j/ <w l v y>

Vowels
/a a: e e: i i: ə ə: o o: u u:/ <a ā e ē i ī ä ǟ o ō u ū>


Otaiyan - daughter language of Proto-Yuh I'm beginning to work on as well; also subject to change

Consonants
Stops: /p b t d k g ‘/ <p b t d k g ʔ>
Fricatives: /s z h/ <s z h>
Nasals: /m n ɲ/ <m n nh>
Approximants: /l ɹ j/ <l r y>
Affricates: /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/

Vowels
/a e i ə o u/ <a e i ǔ o u>
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Yaufułti:
Phonemic vowels:

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i u
æ ɑ
Phonetic vowels:

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i   u
e ə o
æ   ɑ
Phonemic consonants:

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p   t
  f s ʒ x ɣ
    l j   ɫ
Phonetic consonants:

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p b pf bv t d ts dz tʃ dʒ c ɟ k g
ɸ β  f  v θ ð  s  z  ʃ  ʒ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ
l ɬ ɮ dl ɟʎ gɫ ɫ ʎ ʎ̝̊ ʎ̝
j
pʲ bʲ ɸʲ βʲ fʲ vʲ θʲ ðʲ pfʲ bvʲ
i don't make phonetically simple phonologies... however, at least Yaufułti doesn't have nasals. Western Yaufulti, which I made up today, does. And as a result, it has more consonants and the vowels are all also available in nasalised form....

Phonemic vowels:

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i u
e a
Phonetic vowels:

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i ĩ    u ũ
e ẽ ə ə̃ o õ
ɛ ɛ̃    ɑ ɑ̃
Phonemic consonants:

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p   t   k
  f s ʑ ɣ
    l j
    n
Phonetic consonants:

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p b pf bv t d ts dz tɕ dʑ c ɟ k g
ɸ β  f  v θ ð  s  z  ɕ  ʑ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ
l tɬ dɮ j
m ɱ n ɲ ŋ
pʲ bʲ pfʲ bvʲ ɸʲ βʲ fʲ vʲ mʲ
Furthermore, ɕ/ʃ and ʑ/ʒ are in free variation in Western Yaufulti (the ɕ variants are more common) and thus its phonetic inventory could be considered larger than this.
But y'know, maybe this is just an obnoxious way of presenting it.

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Copypasta time because it is late and i'm needing sleep. I won't be telling you how to convert from one dialect to another here, although you can do a little detective work I reckon.

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Sentalian vowel system:
i i:	ɨ:	u u:
e e:		o o:
ɛ ɛ:	ə	ɔ ɔ:
a a:		ɒ ɒ:
Sentalian consonant system:
p b		t d		k ɡ
pʼ		tʼ		kʼ
f		s z	ɕ	x	h
m		n		ŋ
ʋ		l	j	w
Orthography:
i ii	yy	u uu
e ee		o oo
è èè	y	ò òò
a aa		à àà
p b t d k g p' t' k' f s z c x h m n ŋ v l j w
Syllable structure:
[O[L]]V[C[N]]
where O (onset consonant) is any consonant, including ejectives. L is {ʋ, l, j, w, m, n, ŋ} and requires a more limited set of O (any plosive+approximant, any plosive+nasal, or f/s/x+nasal). V is any vowel, long or short. C is a coda consonant, and doesn't include ejectives, ʋ, j or w, N is {m, n, ŋ, l} and requires a limited set of C (any plosive).

Diphthongs:
Allowed: iy, ia, ià, iè, iò, io, uy, ua, uà, uè, uò, ue, ai, au, ài, àu, òè, òe, èu, èi, èò, ey, ea, eà, oy, oa, oà
Disallowed (and what they become morphophonologically):
ie (iè), iu (io), uo (uò), ui (ue), ae (ai), aè (aa), aà (aa), aò (aa), ao (au), àe (ài), àè (àà), àa (àà), àò (àà), ào (àu), òi (òe), òa (òè), òà (òò), òo (òò), òu (àu), èe (èè), èa (ea), èà (èò), èo (èò), ei (èi), eè (ee), eò (eà), eo (èò), eu (èu), oi (òe), oe (òe), oè (òè), oò (oo), ou (oo).

Full list of onset clusters:
pʋ, pl, pj, pw, pn, pŋ, bʋ, bl, bj, bw, bn, bŋ
tʋ, tl [tɬ], tj, tw, tm, tŋ, dʋ, dl [dɮ], dj, dw, dm, dŋ
kʋ, kl, kj, kw, km, kn, ɡʋ, ɡl, ɡj, ɡw, ɡm, ɡn
fm, fn, fŋ, sm, sn, sŋ, xm, xn, xŋ
Full set of coda clusters:
pm [ʔm], pn, pŋ, pl, bm [bⁿ], bn, bŋ, bl, tm, tn [ʔn], tŋ, tl [tɬ], dm, dn [dⁿ], dŋ, dl [dɮ], km, kn, kŋ [ʔŋ], kl, ɡm, ɡn, ɡŋ [ɡⁿ], ɡl

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Kanteian (K'àbntee, Kântee)
consonants
p b		t d		k
f		s z	ç ʝ	χ ʁ	h
m		n 		ŋ
ʋ		l		w
Vowels (typical phonetic values)
i ý i:	í:	ʉ́	u u:			iə íə			uə úə
e é e: ø:		o ó ó:		eu éu	 	oi ói
ɛ ɛ́		ə ə́	ʌ ɔ́			ɛi 	əi əu
a á a: ǽ:		ɑ ɒ:			áu
acute accent is high tone.

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Rempocian (Zègnpòòc, Règnpòòc)
consonants
p pʰ b 	t tʰ d		k kʰ ɡ
f v		s	ʃ 	x
m 		n
		ɾ ɫ	j
Vowels (typical phonetic values)
i i:	ɨ ɨ:	u u:			
e e:		o o:	
ɛ:	ə	ɔ:	ɛi
	a a:	
(missing diphthongs, i know)

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Vídoan (Bvigdolii, Vídulii)
consonants
p pʰ		t tʰ		k kʰ
f v		s z	ʃ	x	h
m		n 		ŋ
		l	j	w
Vowels (typical phonetic)
i í i: í:	ɨ (ʉ)		u ú u: ú:
e é e: é:			o ó o: ó:
ɛ ɛ́ ɛ: ɛ́:	ə: ə́:		ɔ ɔ́ ɔ: ɔ́:
a á a: á:			ɑ́ ɑ: ɑ́:
Orthography
i í ii íí	y ỳ	u ú uu úú
e é ee éé		o ó oo óó
è ê èè êê yy ýý	ò ô òò ôô
a á aa áá		â àà ââ
b p d t g k f v s z c x h m n ŋ l j w 

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Facurian (Fàk'uzlii, Fàk'urlii)
consonants
p b		t d		k ɡ
pʼ		tʼ		kʼ
f		s	ɕ		h
m		n		ŋ
		ɾ l	j	w
Vowels (typical phonetic values)
i ɪ		ʊ u
e		o
ɛ	ə	ɔ	ɛi
	a	
(missing diphthongs, i know)

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Mybutan (Myybutee)
consonants
p b		t d	tʃ dʒ	k
pʼ		tʼ		kʼ
f v		s z	ʃ ʒ	x ɣ	
m		n		ŋ
		l		w
Vowels (typical phonetic values)
ɪ i: ʏ y:		iə	uə
ɛ e:	ə	ɔ o:	ɛu	ɔe
a a:		ɑ ɑ:	ai au
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I'll simply post a phoneme inventory since I don't have the time to format everything for the board right now;

/p b f v/
/t d ts dz s z n l/
/ʈ ɖ ɳ ɽ/
/k g x/
/a e i u ɨ/
/ja je ju aj/
/wa we wo aw/

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http://kneequickie.com/kq/Kuroras#Phonology

I tried pasting it in here, but the formatting didnt carry over and indenting/bold is important
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Oh dear.


The king of all phoneme inventory threads.


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Sure, why not. This is the Baszhoi language (natively tombezhi)'s initial sketch.

Vowels

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Phoneme            Phone            Environment                Grapheme

  /a/              [A]               _(C)[+back]                 a
                   [a]               All others               

  /E/              [E]               All                         e

  /I/              [i]               _#                          i, y
                   [I]               All others

  /o/              [o]               All                         o    
  /u/              [u]               All                         u
  /i/              [i]               All                         ei
  /e/              [e]               All                         ei, ae, e
  /ai/             [aI]              All                         ai
  /oi/             [OI]              All                         oi
  /au/             [AU]              All                         au
Consonants

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Phoneme            Phone            Environment                Grapheme

  /b/              [b]               All (rare)                b        

  /d/              [d_0]             _#, _C (some dialects)    d
                   [d_}]             _#, _C (some dialects)
                   [d]               All others

  /h/              [x]               _r                        h
                   Dropped           V_V, #_ 
                   [h]               All others

  /k/              [k]               All                       k    
  /l/              [K]               C_                        l
                   [5]               _#, _C
                   [l]               All others
  /m/              [m]               All                       m
  /n/              [N]               _[+velar]                 n
                   [n]               All others
  /r/              [4]               V_V                       r
                   [r]               All others
  /s/              [ts]              #_                        s
                   [z]               _[C +voice]
                   [s]               All others
  /t/              [?]               _#                        t
                   [t]               All others
  /v/              [v]               All (very rare)           v
  /w/              [w]               All                       w
  /x/              [G]               V_V                       g, gh
                   [x]               All others
  /Z/              [Z]               All                       j, jh, sj, sz, szh, zh
  /S/              [S]               All                       sh, sj
  /tS/             [tS]              All                       ch

The phonemes /b/, /v/, /tS/, and /e/ are uncommon. /v/ occurs exclusively in foreign borrowings.

All vowels have non-phonemic nasal allophones which manifest before the nasals /n/ and /m/.



Syllable formation

Valid syllables may be structured as: V, VC, CV, and CVC

Allowable onsets may include all consonants save /v/, and the following consonant clusters: /ks/, /dr/, /xr/, /hr/, /tr/, and /tl/

Any vowel or diphthong may function as a valid syllable nucleus.

Allowable codas include all consonants except for the following: /h/, /b/, /w/, /v/. No consonant clusters may serve as a syllable coda.


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This is how it is in my notes:

PHONOLOGY
Stops: /p t k g q/ <Pp Tt Kk Gg Qq>
Fricatives: /v s ʁ x/ <Vv Ss Rr Hh>
Liquids: /l ɬ/ <Ll Llll>
Nasals: /m n ŋ/ <Mm Nn Ngng>
Semivowel: /j/ <Jj>

Front: /i/ <Ii>
Central: /a/ <Aa>
Back: /u/ <Uu>
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I'm listing just the orthography because I'm lazy. It shouldn't be too hard to see what phonemes these are, though:

Gudurra:

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                       Apico-                    Lamino-          Peripheral
                Alveolar  Postalveolar   Interdental  Palatal   Velar   Bilabial
Plosives           d           rd             dh         dy       g        b
Implosives                                                        gg       bb
Nasals             n           rn             nh         ny       ŋ        m
Rhotics            r           rr                       
Laterals           l           rl                        ly
Approximants                                                      w



             Front  Central  Back
Close         i               u
Close-mid                     o
Open-mid        e      ə      ö
Open             a            ä
Yes, that is a four-way contrast between apico-alveolar, apico-postalveolar (i.e., retroflex), lamino-dental, and lamino-palatal.

Bbaditsa:

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                 Bilabial  Alveolar  Velar
Plosives  
     Voiceless      p         t        k
     Aspirated      ph        th       kh
     Voiced         b         d        g
Implosives          bb                 gg
Nasals                        n
Fricatives                    s        x

Coarticulations:            kp gb



             Front    Back
Close        i ī      
Close-mid             o
Open          a ā
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This isn't a very interesting thing to ask. Creating a phoneme inventory is the first logical step in creating a conlang, one of the easiest, and therefore a place where it's very easy to get to and then stop because moving forward is harder. The phoneme inventory isn't interesting in and of itself unless you have enough of a grammar to use those phonemes meaningfully.
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I'm not sure thirty-plus phoneme inventories would be the most interesting thing I could post anyway.
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Mecislau wrote:Oh dear.


The king of all phoneme inventory threads.


The end is nigh.
Indeed. What's the deal with phonology? It's pretty uninteresting in my opinion. Especially a phoneme inventory. A phoneme inventory is to a conlang what the cover art is to an album. Curiously, I've never seen a single "Post your album's cover art" thread on the music forums I frequent.

And syntax generally goes unthought of except from a short "SOV, prepositions, nom-acc". Alas, the world we live in.
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Mrgsabian:

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t kxː
d gɣː

i y

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con quesa wrote:This isn't a very interesting thing to ask. Creating a phoneme inventory is the first logical step in creating a conlang, one of the easiest, and therefore a place where it's very easy to get to and then stop because moving forward is harder. The phoneme inventory isn't interesting in and of itself unless you have enough of a grammar to use those phonemes meaningfully.
Meh, depends on your POV. I find the phonologies very interesting, although yes, they are overdone on the board.
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ripped straight from Arrernte i presume. :P It's also not clear whether they're unaspirated voiceless plosives or voiced plosives. Technically could be either, even when you consider Auslangs in general.

also <ö> isn't a very good choice for a back vowel.

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Damn, I've been reading the Cambridge language survey of Australian languages and I've been wanting to do a conlang based on Aboriginal languages too. O well, I guess there can be two....right?

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I have seen {ö} for /O/ in some phonetic transcriptions. For example Wikipedia uses it in discussing Andalusian Spanish, and I believe they carried that over from some previously existing tradition.
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Lordshrew wrote:Mrgsabian:

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t kxː
d gɣː

i y
First thought: ooh, minimalist. I assume the name is an exonym.
Second thought: Wait, is this a joke?
Third thought: No, it's too almost-vaguely-bizarro-plausible to be a joke.

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Phoneme inventories are boring as hell (although I wouldn't say that phonologies as a whole are), but here:

South Eresian:

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m n
p t ts tɬ tʃ k q ʔ
pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ
s ʃ
w j
ɾ
l

a e i o

Ajkospi:

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m n N
p t k ?
s S X h
w j
l

i ɨ u e o æ ɑ
Aquenandi (heehee, my first conlang):

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m n ɲ ŋ
p b t d c ɟ k g
f v s z ʃ ʒ x χ h
w j
r
l

i ɨ u e ə o æ ɑ
Nalchast:

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m n ŋ ŋʷ
p b t d tɬ dɮ tʃ dʒ k g kʷ gʷ ʔ
f v s z ʃ ʒ x ɣ xʷ ɣʷ h
w j
r
l

i ɨ u e o æ ɑ
Looking at them side by side, I really like the alveolar/postalveolar contrast in fricatives (which I already knew), an r/l distinction and the same seven vowels; of course, Ajkospi vowels are nothing like that in practice (whoo harmony) and my most important 'lang by far, South Eresian, only has four.

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Oh, alright, I might as well.

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m p  b
        θ ð
n t  d  ɬ ɮ r
ɲ       ʂ ʐ j
  k  g
  kʷ gʷ     w
        χ ʁ

i  u
e  o
a  ɑ
(/ʂ ʐ/ are apical postalveolar, never subapical; /r/ is in free variation between [r] and [ɾ].)

I've got allophony and stress rules, but you don't get to see them because you insisted on only asking for phoneme inventory. Nyah nyah.

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