This reminds me a bit of the inventory of a naming lang in my conworld:Grunnen wrote:There's nothing but a developing phonology yet. I'm still working on the diachronics, so things will probably change. If you got suggestions for directions, I'm interested.
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p t ts k ʔ p t z k ʔ
mb nd ndz ŋg mb nd nz nk
ʰp ʰt ʰts ʰk hp ht hz hk
m n ŋ m n ng
v s ʃ h v s c h
mv ntʃ mv nc
ʰv ʰs ʰʃ hv hs hc
l j (w) l y w
ɾ r r rr
i y u i wi u
e ø o e we o
a adiphthongs: ai au eu (eu varies with 2) -- a > ai before palatals
r rr don't contrast initially/finally -- more accurately, r can't appear there, and rr is written r there
two tone system -- modal consonants and fricatives get more commonly realized as voiced with low tone
Modal stops can be realized as either voiceless or voiced. Voiced is more common in initial position, to distinguish from the preaspirated stops.
Syllable structure is (C(G))V, with word-final C permitted. No two nonmodal consonants of the same type can appear in sequential syllables. (so mba-nda -> mbata) CGV syllables are uncommon, and /w/ appears in that position more than /j/ does. Medial CC clusters are uncommon and appear mostly in personal names.
And as for the names it generates: (first three Kett, second two Arve)
mbwa-ncu-ác -> mbwacuác -> mbɔʑɔc -> Ombéys [m̩ˈbɵɥs] (Ins.) / Pošóc [pòʃóts] (Cont.)
hzér-ác -> Cerráis [tsɪˈʰɾ̥ɑjs] (Ins.) / Cérráš [tsérːáʃ] (Cont.)
nkar-twén -> Ongkartéy [ŋ̩gɑʂˈʈɵɥ] (Ins.) / Kartő [kàɾtǿ] (Cont.)
ránk-twén -> Rangtön [raŋgtʰøn] -> [rʏʀˈtʰʊi̯n]
ketʔen-twén -> Ked-Entön [kʰetʔentʰøn] -> [ˌkʰḛtʼɪˈr̥ʊi̯n] ~ [ˌkʰʌ̰ḭ̯ˈr̥ʊi̯n]
