The 10000 syllable phonology challenge! (kitchen sinks ahoy)

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Re: The 10000 syllable phonology challenge! (kitchen sinks a

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OK, here goes some kind of Marathi-Nguni-Hmong thing with labalized palatals.

Consonants:
/m n ɳ ɲ ɲʷ ŋ ŋʷ/ <m n rn ñ ñw ŋ ŋw>
/m̤ n̤ ɳ̤ ɲ̤ ɲ̤ʷ ŋ̤ ŋ̤ʷ/ <mh nh rnh ñh ñhw ŋh ŋhw>
/p t ʈ tʃ tʃʷ k kʷ ʔ ʔʷ/ <p t rt c cw k kw ' 'w>
/pʰ tʰ ʈʰ tʃʰ tʃʰʷ kʰ kʰʷ/ <ph th rth ch chw kh khw>
/b d ɖ dʒ dʒʷ ɡ ɡʷ/ <b d rd j jw g gw>
/b̤ d̤ ɖ̤ d̤ʒ d̤ʒʷ ɡ̤ ɡ̤ʷ/ <bh dh rdh jh jhw gh ghw>
/f s ʃ ʃʷ h hʷ/ <f s x xw h hw>
/v z/ <v z>
/v̤ z̤/ <vh zh>
/l ɭ r/ <l rl r>
/l̤ ɭ̤ r̤/ <lh rlh rh>

Vowels:
/i u ɛ ɔ a/ <i u e o a>
/ia ua ɛi ɛu ɛa ɔi ɔa ai au/ <ia ua ei eu ea oi oa ai au>
/ĩ ũ ɛ̃ ɔ̃ ã/ <in un en on an>
/ĩã ũã ɛ̃ĩ ɛ̃ũ ɛ̃ã ɔ̃ĩ ɔ̃ã ãĩ ãũ/ <ian uan ein eun ean oin oan ain aun>

The back vowels /ɔ u/ and vowels derived from them are only weakly rounded (possibly actually compressed) most of the time. They fully unround to [ʌ ɯ] etc. after non-labialized consonants with a labialized counterpart and fully round (protrude) after labialized consonants.

Tones:
/˨ ˥ ˧˥ ˧˩˧ ˦ʔ ˨˩ʔ/ <ā â ǎ ã á à>

As you can see, the fifth and sixth tones come with post-glottalization of the vowel, which generally causes the vowel to become checked in duration.
[ʈʂʰɤŋtɕjɑŋ], or whatever you can comfortably pronounce that's close to that

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Re: The 10000 syllable phonology challenge! (kitchen sinks a

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And here's a slightly cheatier-looking one.

Consonants:
/m mʲ n nʲ ŋ ŋm/ <m mj n nj ŋ ŋm>
/mː mʲː nː nʲː ŋː/ <mm mmj nn nnj ŋŋ>
/mb mbʲ nd ndʲ ŋɡ ŋmɡb/ <mb mbj nd ndj ŋg ŋb>
/mp mpʲ nt ntʲ ŋk ŋmkp/ <mp mpj nt ntj ŋk ŋp>
/b bʲ d dʲ ɡ ɡb/ <b bj d dj g gb>
/p pʲ t tʲ k kp/ <p pj t tj k kp>
/pː pʲː tː tʲː kː/ <pp ppj tt ttj kk>
/v vʲ z zʲ ɣ/ <v vj z zj r>
/f fʲ s sʲ x/ <f fj s sj x>
/fː fʲː sː sʲː/ <ff ffj ss ssj>
/l lʲ j w/ <l lj j w>
/lː lʲː/ <ll llj>

The obstruents I've used voiced characters for are lenis; they are very short in duration and have late VOT or even end up entirely voiceless word-initially. (Prenasalized lenis stops are still fully voiced.) The obstruents I've used voiceless characters for are fortis; they are somewhat longer in duration (although not as long as the long obstruents) and are generally at least somewhat aspirated. Consonants I've transcribed as long are the longest of all.

Prenasalized lenis stops are comparable in duration to non-prenasalized fortis stops, while prenasalized fortis stops are comparable in duration to long fortis stops.

Non-palatalized labials and alveolars are lightly velarized.

Vowels:
/i ʉ e ɵ a/ <i u e o a>
/ɪ ʊ ɜ ɔ ɑ/ <ị ụ ẹ ọ ạ>
/iː ʉː eː ɵː aː ʉi ɵi ai aʉ/ <ii uu ee oo aa ui oi ai au>
/ɪː ʊː ɜː ɔː ɑː ʊɪ ɔɪ ɑɪ ɑʊ/ <ịị ụụ ẹẹ ọọ ạạ ụị ọị ạị ạụ>

/a/ and vowels derived therefrom are true open front vowels, not central. Diphthongs are the same length as long monophthongs.

Registers:
/˥ ˧ ˩ ˥̰ ˧̰ ˩̰/ <á ā à áh āh àh>

As you can see, strictly speaking there are three level tones which combine with modal and creaky voice to generate six registers.

Combinations of the register orthography with the vowel advanced/retracted tongue root orthography are, I hope, fairly self-explanatory.
[ʈʂʰɤŋtɕjɑŋ], or whatever you can comfortably pronounce that's close to that

Formerly known as Primordial Soup

Supporter of use of [ȶ ȡ ȵ ȴ] in transcription

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a 青.

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