Post your conlang's phonology

[WeepingElf]

Azorese (Axôlmae):

Darn! I also have a project named Azorese (native name not yet determined) - an Albic language spoken on the Azores in the League of Lost Languages. It hasn't advanced far, though.

Heh, yeah I've seen that before. And here I thought I was being so unique!

No worry. Who says that our languages are spoken in the same world?

Your idea of having roundness allophones in back vowels is interesting. Conditioning by a labial consonant makes perfect sense; conditioning by a velar consonant is less straightforward, but why not?

Yeah, originally I had labiovelar phonemes which conditioned roundness. When I got rid of those, I kept the rule that back vowels round before velars. I'm not really sure how to justify it, but weird things happen sometimes and as you said, why not?

Sure.

[Ambrisio]

ANADEW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_language_%28India%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_lang ... _Guinea%29

[Buran]

A quick sketch made during math class. I decided to throw in a lot of crazy affricates. As for vowels, I decided to be cheap as shit and ripped off Māori.

Stops: p b t d t̪ d̪ k g <p b t d th dh k g>
Fricatives: f v ɸ β s z ʃ ʒ x ɣ <f v fh vh s z kh gh>
Affricates: pf bv pɸ bβ ts dz t̪s d̪z tʃ ʒ dʒ t̪ʃ d̪ʒ kx gɣ <pf bv pfh bvh ts dz ths dhz tsh dzh thsh dhzh kkh ggh>
Nasals: m n ŋ <m n nh>
Approximants: w l ɽ j <w l r j>

Vowels:
Monopthongs: a a: e e: i i: o o: u u: <a ā e ē i ī o ō u ū>
Diphthongs: ae a:e ai a:i ao a:o au a:u oe o:e oi o:i ou o:u <ae āe ai āi ao āo oi ōi oe ōe ou ōu>

Phonotactics are (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C).

I'm probably not going to actually use this for anything.

[Zontas]

Rhasman (Working Title) Phonology:

The Consonants:

/m mʲ n̪ n̪ʲ ŋ ŋʲ/ <м мь н нь ӊ ӊь> <mh m nh n ṅh ṅ>
/p pʲ b bʲ t̪ t̪ʲ d̪ d̪ʲ k kʲ g gʲ/ <п пь б бь т ть д дь к кь ґ ґь> <ph p bh bb th t dh dd kh k qh qq>
/f fʲ v s* s*ʲ z* x~χ x~χʲ ʁ̝/ <ф фь в с cь з х хь г> <fh ff vh sh ss/s zh xh xx/hh gh>
/βʲ ʋ̊ ɹ̪ʲ ɹ̊ ɰʲ χ̞/ <вь фъ зь р/cъ гь xъ> <v f z s/r g x>
/b͡βʲ d̪͡ðʲ* g͡ɣʲ/ <бъ дъ ґъ> <b d q>
/j w/ <й ў> <y/j w>
/l lʲ/ <л ль> <lh l>

The Vowels:

/i u/
/e̞ (œ̞) ə* (ɤ̞) o̞/
/ä (ɒ̈)/

()= Phones I might drop from the final product.
*= Phonemes I might alter from the final product

Notes:

-All vowels can be lengthened, (or in place of length- a pitch accent is acceptable)
-There are no diphthongs, just series of a vowel before or after /j/ or /w/
-A series of fortition occurs for initial and compounded consonants after words ending a long vowel or after certain adpostions:

/f/ /fʲ/ → /p/ /pʲ/
/v/ → /b/, /bʲ/ (before front vowels)
/w/ → /b/ (after rounded vowels), /g/ (after unrounded vowels)
/βʲ/ → /b͡βʲ/
/ʋ̊/ → /f/, /fʲ/ (before front vowels)
/bʲ/ → /mʲ/
/b/ → /m/
/s/ /sʲ/ → /t̪/ /t̪ʲ/
/z/ → /d̪/, /d̪ʲ/ (before front vowels)
/ɹ̪/ → /d̪͡ð/
/ɹ̊/ → /s/, /sʲ/ (before front vowels)
/t̪ʲ/ /d̪ʲ/ → /n̪ʲ/
/t̪/ /d̪/ → /n̪/
/x/ /xʲ/ → /k/ /kʲ/
/ɣ/ → /g/, /gʲ/ (before front vowels)
/ɰʲ/ → /g͡ɣ/
/χ̞/ → /x/ /xʲ/ (before front vowels)
/j/ → /g/
/kʲ/ → /ŋʲ/
/k/ → /ŋ/

-The soft coronals are so far palatalized that they are acceptably /ȶ/ (/tʲ/) /ȡ/ (/dʲ/) /ȵ/ (/nʲ/) /ɕ/ (/sʲ/) /dʑ/ (/dðʲ/) /ʑ̞/ (/ɹ̪ʲ/) and /ȴ/ (/lʲ/). The velar series can also be /ç/ (/xʲ/) /ʝ/ (/ɣʲ/) /c/ (/kʲ/) /ɟ/ (/gʲ/)
-Nasals are homorganically adjusted to the plosive next to them. Mid vowels (except shwa) experience the same phenomenon with frontness before palatalized consonants and /j/.

The Syllable Structure:

(F)(P)(N)(H)V(H)(G)(N)(P)(F)

Whereas:

F= Any fricative/affricate
P= Any Plosive
N= Any Sonorant
V= Any Vowel
H= Any high vowel

(plosives can only end a syllable if the follow a nasal; geminates are not permitted)

[abaddamn]

Sāșvrmahā hāvavak (Sashvirmahaa Phonology)

Ahan-samta (vowel table)

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lājahan: a /ə/   i /ɪ/   u /ʊ/   e /e/   o /o/      (single vowels)
vājahan: ā /ɑ/   ī /i/   ū /u/   ai /ɑɪ/ au /ɑʊ/    (double vowels)

Ñāstahan-samta (consonant table)

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        plosive     v-plosive   aspirate    v-aspirate  liquid      nasal       fricative
patan:  pa /pə/     ba /bə/     pha /pʰə/   bha /bʰə/   va /ʋə/     ma*/mə/     fa /fə/    (labials)
tatan:  ta /tə/     da /də/     tha /tʰə/   dha /dʰə/   la /lə/     na /nə/     sa /sə/    (dentals)
țatan:  ța /ʈə/     ḑa /ɖə/     țha /ʈʰə/   ḑha /ɖʰə/   ra /rə/     ņa /ɳə/     șa /ʂə/    (retroflexes)
catan:  ca /cə/     ja /ɟə/     cha /cʰə/   jha /ɟʰə/   ya /jə/     ńa /ɲə/     śa /ʃə/    (palatials)
katan:  ka /gə/     ga /gə/     kha /kʰə/   gha /gʰə/   ha /hə/     ña /ŋə/     xa /xə/    (velars)

* Exception: ~mC becomes a nasalized vowel. Eg: samta /sə̃tə/ (chart/table)


Vayakvenka ca: (And in conventional format)

Consonants: (C)
stops (T): /p b t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k g/ <b p t d ț ḑ c j k g>
aspirated (Th): /pʰ bʰ tʰ dʰ ʈʰ ɖʰ cʰ ɟʰ kʰ gʰ/ <bh ph th dh țh ḑh ch jh kh gh>
liquids (L): /ʋ l r j/ <v l r y>
nasal (N): /m n ɳ ɲ ŋ/ <m n ņ ń ñ>
sibilants (S): /f s ʂ ʃ x h/ <f s ș ś x h>

Vowels: (v)
(short): /ə ɪ ʊ e o/ <a i u e o>
(long): /ɑ i u ɑɪ ɑʊ/ <ā ī ū ai au>

Vāhavak (Phonotactics)
Vak (format): Cv <--> CCCCv
Cv(C)
CCv(C) (NTv, LTv, STv, NThv, LThv, SThv, TNv, TLv, TSv, ThLv)
CCCv(C) (NTSv, NTLv, STLv, LTSv, SLNv, TTSv, TTLv, NTTv, STThv, LTThv, NTThv)
CCCCv(C) (LNTLv, LSTLv, NSTLv, NTSLv, LNThLv, NSThLv)

Cedhyāh (Examples):
Vala (CvCv), Aham (vCvC),
Viryak (CvCCvC), Thitrā (CvCCv, ThvTLv)
Hankșā (CvCCCv, NTSv), Vikșvā (CvCCCv, TSLv)
Samņārșțra (CvCCvCCCCv, LSTLv), Antramktya (vCCvCCCCv, vNTLvNThTLv)

Viyavak (Other Rules)
av --> o; ay --> e.
āv --> au; āi --> ai.

[GrinningManiac]

So just now I sat down and recorded myself on my phone speaking alien gibberish. The kind of stuff you might come up with if someone said "QUICK! Pretend you're speaking in a foreign language! Make it reeeeally foreign. Like, not french or something like that"

The end result was something that sounds like Arabic pronounced by a person whose only contact with the language was the bad guys in Call of Duty shouting between gunshots. Weirdly, though, I found myself whistling a certain vowel. Whenever I pronounced an [y] after a [k] or [kʰ] it took on a whistled overtone. Some people call the sound I made "whumming" since it's a whistle and a hum at the same time.

I found this fascinating so I've tried as best I can with the little actual working knowledge I have of phonology to write down what I spoke into my phone. This is the first ten seconds of the recording.

[ˈkʰẙ.nɔ.qəˌlʏ̂ ẙ.tʏˈkʏ.lʏˌkɔ̃m qɔ.lʏˈkʰẙ̌.nə.kəˌtʰɑ̃ŋ qɔ.lʏ'kʰʷẙ̂ˌqʰˠe ˈkʰẙ.nə.kə.na.lˠi.qʰˠylˌnɑ̃ŋ.qˠə]
khynoqali ytikilikom qolikhynakataang qolikhwyqhai khynakanaliiqhylnaangqa

where the circle sits above the [y] is where I whum or "histle".

The way I broke it up it seems like words have primary stress on the first syllable (discounting prefixes) and secondary on the last (discounting suffixes)

Sometimes the [kʰ] is more [kx] and I had a [sx] somewhere in there.

I have no idea if I'm making any sense here.

[WeepingElf]

Rhasman (Working Title) Phonology:

The Consonants:

/m mʲ n̪ n̪ʲ ŋ ŋʲ/ <м мь н нь ӊ ӊь> <mh m nh n ṅh ṅ>
/p pʲ b bʲ t̪ t̪ʲ d̪ d̪ʲ k kʲ g gʲ/ <п пь б бь т ть д дь к кь ґ ґь> <ph p bh bb th t dh dd kh k qh qq>
/f fʲ v s* s*ʲ z* x~χ x~χʲ ʁ̝/ <ф фь в с cь з х хь г> <fh ff vh sh ss/s zh xh xx/hh gh>
/βʲ ʋ̊ ɹ̪ʲ ɹ̊ ɰʲ χ̞/ <вь фъ зь р/cъ гь xъ> <v f z s/r g x>
/b͡βʲ d̪͡ðʲ* g͡ɣʲ/ <бъ дъ ґъ> <b d q>
/j w/ <й ў> <y/j w>
/l lʲ/ <л ль> <lh l>

That is a strange romanization - using h as a diacritic for non-palatalization?

[Ambrisio]

Jhabhai:

ɐ a: i i: u u: ɻ̩ ɻ̩: e e: aj o o: aw x̃ xɦ (the x represents a generic vowel rather than /x/; the last two 'vowels' are actually articulatory modifications rather than vowels, even though Jhabhai grammarians consider these vowels as well.)
The vowels /e/ and /o/ appear only in foreign words.

k kʰ g gʰ ŋ h
c cʰ ɟ ɟʰ ɲ ɕ
ʈ ʈʰ ɖ ɖʰ ɳ ʂ
t tʰ d dʰ n s (note: these are dental consonants, not alveolar)
p pʰ b bʰ m f
j ɾ l ɭ ʋ z

There is also a consonant gradation feature, e.g.
d -> t -> tt
dʰ -> tʰ -> ttʰ

So the verb muttham 'to sleep' has the present tense muthāvi 'I sleep' while mutham 'to swallow' has the present tense mudhāvi 'I swallow'. If the root has a voiced consonant, the following changes take place:

gʰ ɟʰ ɖʰ dʰ bʰ -> g ɟ ɖ d b -> v j ɭ l v

so lodam 'to make' has the present tense lolāvi.

[Cedh]

A quick phonology doodle:

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p' p ᵐb     t' t ⁿd     k' k ᵑg     ʔ
            s                       h
m           n
w           r           j

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i i:     u u:
      ə
     a a:

Syllable structure: C(s,m,n,w,j)V(ʔ,h,s,n)

- Syllable-initial clusters ending in /s m n/ must have a non-ejective plosive as their first consonant.
- /s/ becomes [z] adjacent to a prenasalised plosive.
- Vowels become nasalised before a prenasalised plosive.
- Prenasalised plosives lose their prenasalisation after /ʔ h s/, and additionally become voiceless after /h/.
- The clusters /nᵐb nⁿd nᵑg nr/ collapse into /ᵐb ⁿd ᵑg ⁿd/.
- /ə a/ become [ɛ] adjacent to /j/, and [ɔ] adjacent to /w/. Long /a:/ is unaffected.

[GrinningManiac]

i i: u u: a a:

k k' ks ks' ŋ ʔ h
t t' ts ts' ʧ ʧ' ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂ' n ns s ʃ ɲ j l~ɾ
p f m w

(N)(C)V(s)(N)(C) - this is just guesswork, though.

Ikho nkso mal kaam no ikhok’ii tsootsoma ksa tiitsolcha nsa. Kiiskhacho pacha ngis at k’anii ksa piichin ikok tiitootoonaacha nsa ikhot’aa mo iinsoosowat pacha ngi nka kii mokoomn nsa, ikhoti iinsoosocho pacha ksa tikii nsa.

iʈ͡ʂo nk͡so maɾ ka:m no iʈ͡ʂok'i: t͡so:t͡soma k͡sa ti:t͡solt͡ʃa n͡sa. ki:sʈ͡ʂat͡ʃo pat͡ʃa ŋis at k'ani: k͡sa pi:t͡ʃin ikok ti:to:to:na:t͡ʃa n͡sa iʈ͡ʂot'a: mo i:n͡so:sowat pat͡ʃa ŋi ŋka ki: moko:mn̩ n͡sa iʈ͡ʂoti i:nso:sot͡ʃo pat͡ʃa k͡sa tiki: n͡sa

once there was a daughter of the high-chief. She was the youngest out of her four sisters and whilst she was not the more beautiful than the other three nevertheless her heart was the most beautiful

[ulsh]

/ pʲ b' c cʷ ɟ' qʲ qʷ ʔ/ <p/pu/p* pi/p/pj b ki/k/k k/ku/kv g qi/q/qj q/qu/qv t>
/ɸ β θ ð ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ ç x~χ/ <f v c d ş z̧ s z š ž ǧ h>
/m m̥ n̥ ɲ ɲ̥ ɻ ɻ̥ l l̥ ʎ ʎ̥ ɰ ɰ̥̞ ʁ̞/ <m hm/ų** n hn/ǫ ŋ hŋ/ï r hr/ą l hl/ę j hj/ÿ w hw/ü ħ>
*_y,u,o/_e,i,a/_$
** Essentially interchangeable, their use varies depending on style

/y ɛ ɨ ə u ʌ/ y e i a u o
/y: ɛ: ɨ: ə: u: ʌ:/ ȳ ē ī ā ū ō

Diphthongs are formed by voiceless liquids in the coda
V+/m̥ n̥ ɲ̥ ɻ̥ l̥ ʎ̥ ɰ̥̞/ V+/ ʊ̃ ɔ̃ ɨ̃ ḛ ɐ̰ ʏ̰ ḭ/

Light syllable
(C:)V:C
Or
(C:)L:[-voice]C
The only clusters allowed on the onset are /ɸm βm θl ðl ʃn ʒn ʂɻ ʐɻ ɕɲ ʑɲ çʎ xɰ/ <fm vm cl dl şn z̧n sr zr šŋ žŋ ǧj xw>
If the onset is germinate, a vowel cannot be long in a light syllable
If a stop in the coda has a separate mutation than the onset, it follows synharmony -- therefore <pupj pup> are homonyms but <piup> is not

Heavy Syllables
(C:)(L[-voice])(V:)(C:)
The same clusters are allowed on the onset, but they only occur in the coda if the vowel remains short or remains augmented.
If a voiceless liquid is used in junction with the onset, the coda near universally is either a fricative or stop
Heavy Syllables are allowed to have multiple germinates-

[Click]

/ pʲ b' c cʷ ɟ' qʲ qʷ ʔ/

Voiced ejectives are impossible to articulate by humans.

[Kvan]

i i: u u: a a:

k k' ks ks' ŋ ʔ h
t t' ts ts' ʧ ʧ' ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂ' n ns s ʃ ɲ j l~ɾ
p f m w

(N)(C)V(s)(N)(C) - this is just guesswork, though.

Ikho nkso mal kaam no ikhok’ii tsootsoma ksa tiitsolcha nsa. Kiiskhacho pacha ngis at k’anii ksa piichin ikok tiitootoonaacha nsa ikhot’aa mo iinsoosowat pacha ngi nka kii mokoomn nsa, ikhoti iinsoosocho pacha ksa tikii nsa.

iʈ͡ʂo nk͡so maɾ ka:m no iʈ͡ʂok'i: t͡so:t͡soma k͡sa ti:t͡solt͡ʃa n͡sa. ki:sʈ͡ʂat͡ʃo pat͡ʃa ŋis at k'ani: k͡sa pi:t͡ʃin ikok ti:to:to:na:t͡ʃa n͡sa iʈ͡ʂot'a: mo i:n͡so:sowat pat͡ʃa ŋi ŋka ki: moko:mn̩ n͡sa iʈ͡ʂoti i:nso:sot͡ʃo pat͡ʃa k͡sa tiki: n͡sa

once there was a daughter of the high-chief. She was the youngest out of her four sisters and whilst she was not the more beautiful than the other three nevertheless her heart was the most beautiful

I like this, but my only question is: is k͡s really considered an indivisible segment? Is it really a phonemic cluster?

[GrinningManiac]

i i: u u: a a:

k k' ks ks' ŋ ʔ h
t t' ts ts' ʧ ʧ' ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂ' n ns s ʃ ɲ j l~ɾ
p f m w

(N)(C)V(s)(N)(C) - this is just guesswork, though.

Ikho nkso mal kaam no ikhok’ii tsootsoma ksa tiitsolcha nsa. Kiiskhacho pacha ngis at k’anii ksa piichin ikok tiitootoonaacha nsa ikhot’aa mo iinsoosowat pacha ngi nka kii mokoomn nsa, ikhoti iinsoosocho pacha ksa tikii nsa.

iʈ͡ʂo nk͡so maɾ ka:m no iʈ͡ʂok'i: t͡so:t͡soma k͡sa ti:t͡solt͡ʃa n͡sa. ki:sʈ͡ʂat͡ʃo pat͡ʃa ŋis at k'ani: k͡sa pi:t͡ʃin ikok ti:to:to:na:t͡ʃa n͡sa iʈ͡ʂot'a: mo i:n͡so:sowat pat͡ʃa ŋi ŋka ki: moko:mn̩ n͡sa iʈ͡ʂoti i:nso:sot͡ʃo pat͡ʃa k͡sa tiki: n͡sa

once there was a daughter of the high-chief. She was the youngest out of her four sisters and whilst she was not the more beautiful than the other three nevertheless her heart was the most beautiful

I like this, but my only question is: is k͡s really considered an indivisible segment? Is it really a phonemic cluster?

I think I know what you're saying but I don't know them fancy linguistic terms what you smart young people use so I might misunderstand

I figured that if t͡s was a regularly-occurring thing in a lot of languages (even getting its own letter in, say, Cyrillic) then k͡s seems to make sense (it even has its own letter in English for some godforsaken reason) also I've found that by pretending that yes, it really is an "indivisible segment" and thereafter allowing n͡s to exist as well it created a very interesting, distinct sound for my little people. It also makes pronouncing it fun because you have to make sure to say, for nkso for example, "NNNN-kso!" rather than "Nuk-so"

Also I reserve the right to justify any absolutely mental and stupid sound changes and/or pronunciations with the excuse the that speakers are not human so maybe they have like oral cavities about an inch longer than ours so they can articulate more things or something. I dunno. I tread carefully around this site because I don't know a damned thing.

[ulsh]

/ pʲ b' c cʷ ɟ' qʲ qʷ ʔ/

Voiced ejectives are impossible to articulate by humans.

I thought in Mayan b generally was b'

[Herr Dunkel]

/ pʲ b' c cʷ ɟ' qʲ qʷ ʔ/

Voiced ejectives are impossible to articulate by humans.

I thought in Mayan b generally was b'

[ɓ] rather

[ulsh]

I thought in Mayan b generally was b'

[ɓ] rather

... That makes so much more sense.

Well huh, guess I'll change the stops around later

/ p pʲ tʷ tʲ c cʷ/ <b p d t k g >
/ɸ β θ ð ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ ç~x~χ*/ <f v c ç ş z̧ s z š ž h>
/m m̥ n̥ ɲ ɲ̥ ɻ ɻ̥ ʎ ʎ̥ ɰ ɰ̥̞ ʁ̞/ <m hm/ų* n hn/ǫ ŋ hŋ/ǐ r hr/ą j hj/ÿ w hw/ǔ ȟ>
*Varies wildly and is easily mutated, often is palatal around unrounded or palatal sounds, and uvular initially or around back vowels. Otherwise it assumes /x/ more or less. Its counterpart, <ȟ> is much more unchanging as it -- however its counterpart is a voiced uvular approximate instead of any fricative
* Essentially interchangeable, their use varies depending on style

/ɸ: β: θ: ð: ʃ: ʒ: ʂ: ʐ: ɕ: ʑ: ç: χ: m: n: ɲ: ɻ: ʎ: ɰ: ʁ̞: / ff vv ć çc şs z̧z s̄ z̄ ǧg x ḿ ń ŋn ŕ jj ẃ ȟh
/y ɛ ɨ ə u ʌ/ y e i a u o
/y: ɛ: ɨ: ə: u: ʌ:/ ȳ ē ī ā ū ō

Diphthongs are formed by voiceless liquids in the coda
V+/m̥ n̥ ɲ̥ ɻ̥ ʎ̥ ɰ̥̞/ V+/ ʊ̃ ɔ̃ ɨ̃ ɐ̰ ʏ̰ ḭ/

Light syllable
(C:)V:(C)
Or
(C:)L:[-voice](C)
The only clusters allowed on the onset are /ɸm̥ βm ʃn̥ ʒn ʂɻ̥ ʐɻ ɕɲ ʑɲ̥ çʎ / <fų vm şǫ z̧n są zr šï žŋ xj > and are often caused by mutations effecting germinated sounds
If the onset is germinate, a vowel cannot be long in a light syllable
If a stop in the coda has a separate mutation than the onset, it follows synharmony -- therefore <bup bub> are homonyms but <pup> is not
A voiceless liquid cannot be germinated, the only cases of liquids being standalone syllables are long voiced liquids, /ɻ:/ 'down'. These can be easily overlooked because almost always they create effects and mutations beyond that one syllable and are used sparingly. However a voiceless liquid can be used as a vowel in a light or even heavy syllable. /ʂɻ̥tʷ/ or /ʂɐ̰tʷ/
<sąb> 'steel'

Heavy Syllables
(C:)(L[-voice])(V:)(C:)
The same clusters are allowed on the onset, but they only occur in the coda if the vowel remains short or remains augmented.
If a voiceless liquid is used in junction with the onset, the coda near universally is either a fricative or stop
Heavy Syllables are allowed to have multiple germinates


Multiple Light Syllables can be strung together, if two standalone vowels are adjacent a glottal stop buffers them. A heavy syllable can only border one other heavy, but two heavy syllables cannot be a standalone word.

[Pinetree]

An inventory I came up with solely for the inclusion of a voiceless palatal lateral fricative:

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/p t c k/ <p t kj k>
/f s ɕ~ç/ <f s sj>
/ʦ ʨ/ <ts tsj>
/ɹ j w/ <r j w>
/l ʎ/ <l lj>
/ɬ ʎ̝̊*/ <ll llj>
/m n/ <m n>

/i u e o a/ <i u e o a>
/ai̯ː ua̯ː ei̯ː oa̯ː aː/ <ii uu ee oo aa>

*Ideally, I'd write this as belted turned y (), but unfortunately not everyone has the Doulos SIL font, so instead its with ring above and up tack.

[Nortaneous]

/y ɛ ɨ ə u ʌ/ y e i a u o
/y: ɛ: ɨ: ə: u: ʌ:/ ȳ ē ī ā ū ō

No.

[ulsh]

/y ɛ ɨ ə u ʌ/ y e i a u o
/y: ɛ: ɨ: ə: u: ʌ:/ ȳ ē ī ā ū ō

No.

I didn't want to use an a-vowel like arapaho, but [ɐ] appears all the time as an allophone with <r>. Some dialects use [ä]

[Nortaneous]

thinking about Proto-Hathic

/p t k ʔ pˡ tˡ kˡ/ <p t k ' pl tl kl>
/pʰ tʰ kʰ/ <ph th kh>
/b d g bˡ dˡ gˡ/ <b d g bl dl gl>
/ɓ ɗ/ <bh dh>
/s ɬ ħ h/ <s lh ħ h>
/m n ŋ/ <m n ŋ>
/l j w/ <l y w>

/ʘ ! ǁ ǂ/, could also appear with aspiration, nasality, or voice
<p! t! l! k!>

/a e i o u/ + length and rhoticity contrast
/ae ai au əi əu/
<a e i o u aa ee... ar er... ae ai au ei eu>

[Yagia]

So here’s to unsurprising phonologies
Lightyears ago, I modelled my principal conlang Vayardyio after Spanish and Italian mostly.
Later on I wanted it to display some specialties. During the last years it hasn’t changed much.

Consonants are:

Plosives: p b t d k g
Nasals: m, n
Trill: r
Fricatives: f v s z θ ç
Glides: w, j
Lateral: l

Vocals are:
i u
e ə o
a ɑ

some rules and constraints are:

1. any word can only end in a e o u (/ə/ permitted in some flectional endings)

2. word-initial consonant clusters are limited:

ç + [ j ]
b + [ r ]
t + [ r ]
f, g, k, p + [ l, r ]
s + [ f, k, kr, m, t, tr ]

3. no diphtongs exist; nor mid-open vowels such as /ɛ/ and /ɔ/. When /e/ is followed by a consonant, it will change into /i/ (except in some dialects); /o/ changes into /u/

To sum up, Vayardyio has a phonology very similar to quite a few IE languages but with some pecularities that set it apart from them.

[Pazmivaniye]

Thought I might join this party, here's Modern Palethian:

Consonants:
m n <m n>
p b t d k g <p b t d k g>
φ s x <f s h>
l r <l r>
ʋ ʝ <v y>

Vowels:
i e a o u <i e a o u>

Allowed diphthongs:
i̭a i̭e i̭o i̭u ai̭ oi̭ ṷa ṷe ṷo ṷi aṷ <ia ie io iu ai oi ua ue uo ui au>

The only allowed syllables are in the form (C)V where C is any consonant and V is any vowel or diphthong. No more than two vowels may occur in a row, including /i̭/ and /ṷ/. The sequences */ʝi̭V/ and */ʋṷV/ are illegal. Stress is distinctive and sometimes marked with an acute diacritic over the vowel of the stressed syllable. /i/ and /u/ can only occur as syllable nuclei between consonants, in /i̭u ṷi/, and when stressed and adjacent to a non-close vowel.

Now the fun part - Allophony (Standard Accent):
ʋ ʝ > β ʒ
t d s > tʃ dʒ ʃ / _i
ti̭ di̭ si̭ > tʃ dʒ ʃ / _V

Additionally, palatalization of /ni̭V li̭V/ to [ɲV ʎV] is nearly universal in running speech. Certain colloquialisms containing /li̭V/ take this a step further, and are realized with [ʒV] in fast or uncareful speech, notably liakai (okay, fine, alright), which is in free variation between [ʎaˈkai̭] and [ʒaˈkai̭].

[Kvan]

/p͡f~f t͡s~s k͡x~x ʔ/ <f s x ʼ>
/pʰ tʰ kʰ/ <p t k>
/pʼ ť kʼ/ <pʼ ť kʼ>
/b d g/ <b d g>
/ᵇm ᵈn ᶢŋ/ <bm dn gŋ>
/m̥ n̥ ŋ̊/ <ṃ ṇ ŋ̇>
/mˀ nˀ ŋˀ/ <mʼ nʼ ŋʼ>
/m n ŋ/ <m n ŋ>
/l̥/ <ḷ>
/ᵈl/ <dl>
/lˀ/ <lʼ>
/l/ <l>
/v/ <v>
/ʘ ǃ ǁ/ <p! t! l!>

The unaspirated plosives were lenited to affricates which are in complimentary distribution with fricatives with the affricates being realized in unclustered onsets and fricatives being realized in clustered onsets and codas (of both clustered and unclustered persuasion).

The only true fricative is /v/.

The clicks can be realized as aspirated as well as unaspirated.

The prestopped-nasals and laterals are the byproduct of geminated nasals and laterals yielding a fortified stop at onset of the sound.

/ɪ ʊ ə a/ <i u e a>
/i: u: e: o: æ: ɑ:/ <ii uu ee oo ää aa>

Though there is no phonemic distinction in the phonation of vowels, those vocalic sounds which occur after glottalized sounds (ejectives and glottalized resonants) take on creaky voice.

The language is resistant to diphthongization with the only diphthongs present /aɪ aʊ/ are only found in loanwords.

[Pinetree]

Something I cooked up last week:

Phoneme Inventory:

N m n ŋ
P_d p t c k
P_v b d ɟ g
F_d f s ɕ
F_v v z ʑ
T ɽ
A j w
A_l l

V ɑ e i o u ɚ~ɻ̍*

Syllable structure:
C₁V(C₂)(C₃)

C₁=P_d P_v F_d F_v T A A_l
C₂=A
C₃=N A_l
if V=ɚ~ɻ̍, C₁≠T

Allophony:
None concieved at this time.

*I used the vertical line above to signify syllabicity, seeing how the ɻ symbol descends so low as to obscure the vertical line below

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