Post your conlang's phonology

[Ambrisio]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

[Christopher Schröder]

That looks quite the abominably eldrich Language.

[Nortaneous]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

correct

[Tropylium]

My headcanon pronunciation is approx [pʰəŋʟwɪ mʟwənaɸ qtʰʊɫʊ rəlʲɛ wgahənaʟ ɸtaŋ] (amenable to several analyses; eg [pʰ] might be a prevocalic allophone of /ɸ/.) Tho I could agree on something like [pˠʼŋluj ŋ͡m̰ʷl̩nafˠ kɬˠʊɫʊ r̰lje̙ wɣɑ̰naɣl fˠtaɣn] as well.

(<u> = /ʊ/ and <lh> = /ɫ/ are officially known BTW, and there's some suggestions that <th> is something circa /ɬ/.)

[Nortaneous]

I like <'> /@/, but I don't like plain velar laterals. How about: [pχəŋgʟʊj mgʟwənaɸ kʟ̥ʊɫʊ rljeχ ugaχənagʟ ɸtagn̩]

Or maybe not. wgah'nagl really seems like it should be two or three syllables.

[Ambrisio]

Maybe "wgah'nagl" could just be an elision of *wgahənagl, which would be spelled the same way, hence /ugaχnagʟ/.

Do you plan to create a conlang based on this? If so, I would love to see it.

[Ambrisio]

Inspired by Caucasian languages:

ʔ ʔʷ ʔʲ ʔˤ ʔʷˤ ʔʰ ʔʷʰ ʔʲʰ ʔˤʰ ʔʷˤʰ h hʷ hʲ
ħ ħʷ ʕ ʕʷ ʜ ʜʷ
q qʷ qʲ qˤ qʷˤ qʰ qʷʰ qʲʰ qˤʰ qʷˤʰ qʼ qʷʼ qʲʼ qˤʼ qʷˤʼ ɢ ɢʷ ɢʲ ɢˤ ɢˤʷ ɢʱ ɢʱʷ ɢʱʲ ɢʱˤ ɢʷˤʱ ʛ ʛˤ ɴ ɴʷ ɴʲ ɴˤ ɴˤʷ ɴʱ ɴʱʷ ɴʱʲ ɴʱˤ ɴʷˤʱ χ χʷ χʲ χˤ χʷˤ ʁ ʁʷ ʁʲ ʁˤ ʁʷˤ ʟ ʟʷ ʟʲ ʟˤ ʟʷˤ ʟ̥ ʟ̥ʷ ʟ̥ʲ ʟ̥ˤ ʟ̥ʷˤ ʀ ʀʷ
k kʷ kʲ kʰ kʷʰ kʲʰ g gʷ gʲ gʱ gʷʱ gʲʱ ɴ ɴʷ ɴʲ ɴʱ ɴʷʱ ɴʲʱ
ʈ ʈʷ ʈʲ ʈʼ ʈʷʼ ʈʲʼ ʈʰ ʈʷʰ ʈʲʰ ɖ ɖʷ ɖʲ ɖʱ ɖʷʱ ɖʲʱ ɳ ɳʷ ɳʲ ɳʱ ɳʷʱ ɳʲʱ ɗ̠
ʈˤ ʈʷˤ ʈʲˤ ʈˤʼ ʈʷˤʼ ʈʲˤʼ ʈʰˤ ʈʷʰˤ ʈʲʰˤ ɖˤ ɖʷˤ ɖʲˤ ɖʱˤ ɖʷʱˤ ɖʲʱˤ ɳˤ ɳʷˤ ɳʲˤ ɳʱˤ ɳʷʱˤ ɳʲʱˤ
tˤ tʷˤ tʲˤ tˤʼ tʷˤʼ tʲˤʼ tʰˤ tʷʰˤ tʲʰˤ dˤ dʷˤ dʲˤ dʱˤ dʷʱˤ dʲʱˤ nˤ nʷˤ nʲˤ nʱˤ nʷʱˤ nʲʱˤ
tʷ tʷʰ tʷʼ tʷʼʰ dʷ dʷʱ nʷ nʷʱ
pˤ pʷˤ pʲˤ pˤʼ pʷˤʼ pʲˤʼ pʰˤ pʷʰˤ pʲʰˤ bˤ bʷˤ bʲˤ bʱˤ bʷʱˤ bʲʱˤ mˤ mʷˤ mʲˤ mʱˤ mʷʱˤ mʲʱˤ
pʷ pʷʰ pʷʼ pʷʰʼ bʷ bʷʱ mʷ mʷʱ
p̼ p̼ʷ p̼ʲ p̼ʼ p̼ʷʼ p̼ʲʼ p̼ʰ p̼ʷʰ p̼ʲʰ b̼ b̼ʷ b̼ʲ b̼ʱ b̼ʷʱ b̼ʲʱ m̼ m̼ʷ m̼ʲ m̼ʱ m̼ʷʱ m̼ʲʱ
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[Pinetree]

<Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!> I take to be [ɸn̩.gluː.wi m͡gl̩wn̩af k͡θul.u ɾǝ.lʲɛ ug.a.hn̩.ag.l̩ f͡ta.gn̩]

I really hate trying to use combining characters.

[WeepingElf]

Inspired by Caucasian languages:

ʔ ʔʷ ʔʲ ʔˤ ʔʷˤ ʔʰ ʔʷʰ ʔʲʰ ʔˤʰ ʔʷˤʰ h hʷ hʲ
ħ ħʷ ʕ ʕʷ ʜ ʜʷ
q qʷ qʲ qˤ qʷˤ qʰ qʷʰ qʲʰ qˤʰ qʷˤʰ qʼ qʷʼ qʲʼ qˤʼ qʷˤʼ ɢ ɢʷ ɢʲ ɢˤ ɢˤʷ ɢʱ ɢʱʷ ɢʱʲ ɢʱˤ ɢʷˤʱ ʛ ʛˤ ɴ ɴʷ ɴʲ ɴˤ ɴˤʷ ɴʱ ɴʱʷ ɴʱʲ ɴʱˤ ɴʷˤʱ χ χʷ χʲ χˤ χʷˤ ʁ ʁʷ ʁʲ ʁˤ ʁʷˤ ʟ ʟʷ ʟʲ ʟˤ ʟʷˤ ʟ̥ ʟ̥ʷ ʟ̥ʲ ʟ̥ˤ ʟ̥ʷˤ ʀ ʀʷ
k kʷ kʲ kʰ kʷʰ kʲʰ g gʷ gʲ gʱ gʷʱ gʲʱ ɴ ɴʷ ɴʲ ɴʱ ɴʷʱ ɴʲʱ
ʈ ʈʷ ʈʲ ʈʼ ʈʷʼ ʈʲʼ ʈʰ ʈʷʰ ʈʲʰ ɖ ɖʷ ɖʲ ɖʱ ɖʷʱ ɖʲʱ ɳ ɳʷ ɳʲ ɳʱ ɳʷʱ ɳʲʱ ɗ̠
ʈˤ ʈʷˤ ʈʲˤ ʈˤʼ ʈʷˤʼ ʈʲˤʼ ʈʰˤ ʈʷʰˤ ʈʲʰˤ ɖˤ ɖʷˤ ɖʲˤ ɖʱˤ ɖʷʱˤ ɖʲʱˤ ɳˤ ɳʷˤ ɳʲˤ ɳʱˤ ɳʷʱˤ ɳʲʱˤ
tˤ tʷˤ tʲˤ tˤʼ tʷˤʼ tʲˤʼ tʰˤ tʷʰˤ tʲʰˤ dˤ dʷˤ dʲˤ dʱˤ dʷʱˤ dʲʱˤ nˤ nʷˤ nʲˤ nʱˤ nʷʱˤ nʲʱˤ
tʷ tʷʰ tʷʼ tʷʼʰ dʷ dʷʱ nʷ nʷʱ
pˤ pʷˤ pʲˤ pˤʼ pʷˤʼ pʲˤʼ pʰˤ pʷʰˤ pʲʰˤ bˤ bʷˤ bʲˤ bʱˤ bʷʱˤ bʲʱˤ mˤ mʷˤ mʲˤ mʱˤ mʷʱˤ mʲʱˤ
pʷ pʷʰ pʷʼ pʷʰʼ bʷ bʷʱ mʷ mʷʱ
p̼ p̼ʷ p̼ʲ p̼ʼ p̼ʷʼ p̼ʲʼ p̼ʰ p̼ʷʰ p̼ʲʰ b̼ b̼ʷ b̼ʲ b̼ʱ b̼ʷʱ b̼ʲʱ m̼ m̼ʷ m̼ʲ m̼ʱ m̼ʷʱ m̼ʲʱ
ə

Dragon's throat.

[Ambrisio]

And this is not supposed to be the proverbial "kitchen sink phonology -- it lacks most English sounds (for example, /h/ is the only common fricative).

[Kvan]

Inspired by Caucasian languages:

ʔ ʔʷ ʔʲ ʔˤ ʔʷˤ ʔʰ ʔʷʰ ʔʲʰ ʔˤʰ ʔʷˤʰ h hʷ hʲ
ħ ħʷ ʕ ʕʷ ʜ ʜʷ
q qʷ qʲ qˤ qʷˤ qʰ qʷʰ qʲʰ qˤʰ qʷˤʰ qʼ qʷʼ qʲʼ qˤʼ qʷˤʼ ɢ ɢʷ ɢʲ ɢˤ ɢˤʷ ɢʱ ɢʱʷ ɢʱʲ ɢʱˤ ɢʷˤʱ ʛ ʛˤ ɴ ɴʷ ɴʲ ɴˤ ɴˤʷ ɴʱ ɴʱʷ ɴʱʲ ɴʱˤ ɴʷˤʱ χ χʷ χʲ χˤ χʷˤ ʁ ʁʷ ʁʲ ʁˤ ʁʷˤ ʟ ʟʷ ʟʲ ʟˤ ʟʷˤ ʟ̥ ʟ̥ʷ ʟ̥ʲ ʟ̥ˤ ʟ̥ʷˤ ʀ ʀʷ
k kʷ kʲ kʰ kʷʰ kʲʰ g gʷ gʲ gʱ gʷʱ gʲʱ ɴ ɴʷ ɴʲ ɴʱ ɴʷʱ ɴʲʱ
ʈ ʈʷ ʈʲ ʈʼ ʈʷʼ ʈʲʼ ʈʰ ʈʷʰ ʈʲʰ ɖ ɖʷ ɖʲ ɖʱ ɖʷʱ ɖʲʱ ɳ ɳʷ ɳʲ ɳʱ ɳʷʱ ɳʲʱ ɗ̠
ʈˤ ʈʷˤ ʈʲˤ ʈˤʼ ʈʷˤʼ ʈʲˤʼ ʈʰˤ ʈʷʰˤ ʈʲʰˤ ɖˤ ɖʷˤ ɖʲˤ ɖʱˤ ɖʷʱˤ ɖʲʱˤ ɳˤ ɳʷˤ ɳʲˤ ɳʱˤ ɳʷʱˤ ɳʲʱˤ
tˤ tʷˤ tʲˤ tˤʼ tʷˤʼ tʲˤʼ tʰˤ tʷʰˤ tʲʰˤ dˤ dʷˤ dʲˤ dʱˤ dʷʱˤ dʲʱˤ nˤ nʷˤ nʲˤ nʱˤ nʷʱˤ nʲʱˤ
tʷ tʷʰ tʷʼ tʷʼʰ dʷ dʷʱ nʷ nʷʱ
pˤ pʷˤ pʲˤ pˤʼ pʷˤʼ pʲˤʼ pʰˤ pʷʰˤ pʲʰˤ bˤ bʷˤ bʲˤ bʱˤ bʷʱˤ bʲʱˤ mˤ mʷˤ mʲˤ mʱˤ mʷʱˤ mʲʱˤ
pʷ pʷʰ pʷʼ pʷʰʼ bʷ bʷʱ mʷ mʷʱ
p̼ p̼ʷ p̼ʲ p̼ʼ p̼ʷʼ p̼ʲʼ p̼ʰ p̼ʷʰ p̼ʲʰ b̼ b̼ʷ b̼ʲ b̼ʱ b̼ʷʱ b̼ʲʱ m̼ m̼ʷ m̼ʲ m̼ʱ m̼ʷʱ m̼ʲʱ
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Can you make all those distinctions in every day speech?! Honestly?! That's pretty ludicrous. What about allophonic variance?

I'd like to see you get further with it then, and try fleshing out a language with something so unwieldy.

[Whimemsz]

And this is not supposed to be the proverbial "kitchen sink phonology -- it lacks most English sounds (for example, /h/ is the only common fricative).

Lacking common English sounds doesn't necessarily make it unkitchen-sinky: this is definitely a kitchen-sink phoneme list. If this is meant to be a naturalistic language, you'll need more than one vowel, having your only laterals be a crapload of velar ones isn't realistic, and some of these contrasts, while not impossible individually, are pretty dang iffy when viewed as a whole big system. I count 218 consonant phonemes here. That's too many to be realistic.

[Also you list the uvular nasals twice, or at least some of them (I'm guessing the second group of them was meant to be velar nasals, since they're on the same row as other velar consonants). Also, what is "ɗ̠" supposed to be, and why is it your only implosive?]

[Nortaneous]

Do you plan to create a conlang based on this? If so, I would love to see it.

I might. Maybe. But your phonology is much more reminiscent of tentacled horrors in the deep beyond than mine.

[Ambrisio]

Can you make all those distinctions in every day speech

I do not use this language for everyday speech

[Tropylium]

I don't like plain velar laterals.

I find them suitably R'lyehian, though. At any rate <gl> seems sufficiently frequent to be a unit digraph.

wgah'nagl really seems like it should be two or three syllables.

If we agree that <fh> is /ɸ/, then <w> might well be /β/ actually, and /βg/ seems like a rather more probable onset than /wg/.
(Or actually, if this is intended to be a guttural-heavy lang, those might make more sense as /xʷ ɣʷ/.)

BTW Ambrision, your secondary articulation thingy really needs to be restated in a tabular format. Hard to make heads or tails of it otherwise.

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Here's a little nasality shuffling excercise:

Vowels

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i y u
ɛ ɛ̃ a ɑ̃

(I quite like having /y/ without a mid rounded vowel, but not sure if there's any precedent.)

The nasal vowels are underlyingly unspecified for height and labiality (open flat only by default) and assimilate thus:
ɛ̃ [ĩ] / _i
ɛ̃ [ỹ] / _{y u}
ɑ̃ [ũ] / _{y u}
ɑ̃ [ɤ̃] <õ> / _i

Retroflexes (incl. <ch>) also impart labialization:
i y / C`_

Consonants

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pʰ tʰ  ʈx~kx   qʀ~ʀ˳ <p t ch qh>
p  t ts tʂ tʃ k q    <b d c č ć k q>
      s  ʂ  ʃ x      <s š ś kh>
w     l  ɭ   j

Plus medial lenition:
p [v] / V_V <v>
k [ɣ] / V_V <g>
q [ʀ] / V_V <r>
k [ŋ] / V_Ṽ <g>
q [ɴ] / V_Ṽ <r>
w [m] / _Ṽ <m>
j [ɲ] / _Ṽ <ń>
l [n] / _Ṽ <n>
ɭ [ɳ] / _Ṽ <ň>

[WeepingElf]

(I quite like having /y/ without a mid rounded vowel, but not sure if there's any precedent.)

Attic Greek.

[finlay]

for what it's worth, I've always mentally pronounced fhtagn as [ɸtaɲ], which would suggest [ʎ] for gl.

[Click]

A phonology.

Inventory
/p t/
/a ɔ/

Allophony
/p/ is realised as [m] word-initially.
/p/ is realised as [β] intervocalically.
/t/ is realised as [n] word-initially before /a/.
/t/ is realised as [k] word-initially before /ɔ/.
/t/ is realised as [ð] intervocalically before /a/.
/t/ is realised as [g] intervocalically before /ɔ/.
/pt/ is realised as [bd] intervocalically before /a/.
/pt/ is realised as [bg] intervocalically before /ɔ/.
/tp/ is realised intervocalically as [bd].
/a/ is realised as [ʕ] intervocalically.
/ɔ/ is realised as [w] intervocalically.
/a/ is realised as [je] word-initially in stressed syllables.
/ɔ/ is realised as [wu] word-initially in stressed syllables.

Syllables
The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C).
The permitted syllable onsets are /p t pt tp/.
The permitted syllable nuclei are /a ɔ/.
The permitted syllable codas are /p t/.
That gives 30 possible monosyllables: /a ɔ pa pɔ ta tɔ pta ptɔ tpa tpɔ ap ɔp at ɔt pap pat pɔp pɔt tap tat tɔp tɔt ptap ptat ptɔp ptɔt tpap tpat tpɔp tpɔt/.
If possible, a syllable has no coda.
The stress is irregular and thus indicated with an acute accent.

Orthography
The orthography is phonetic.
[m n p t k b d g β ð ʕ w] <m n p t k b d g v z x w>
[a ɔ je wu] <a o i u>

Sample words
nobdá /tɔp.'ta/ [nɔb.'da]
mogóxo /pɔ.'t.ɔa.ɔ/ [mɔ.'gɔ.ʕɔ]
ítpkova /'at.ptɔ.pa/ ['jet.pkɔ.βa]

[Nate]

A very simple phoneme inventory for my proto-lang, Proto-Anrulin. Things may change, since I'm still in the phonology-planning stages of the Anrulin family.



Not 100% on the four vowel system, but I think Sumerian had the same vowel inventory at least.

[Atom]

Yaḳato is a dying language spoken by the original inhabitants of the Kyesulalf, the islands where the Alakan (another language I work that I've posted a little bit about here) live. The situation is somewhat similar to that of the Ainu and Ethnic Japanese, in that the Alakan have slowly spread northwards with their language and culture, except that the Yaḳato have been much more influential than the Ainu on the Alakan. They are also relatively stable now in the far north, although they are pushed between the Alakan and the far-north tribes. In recent years, after the 81 days, the remaining Yaḳato chiefs have managed to gain entrance into the Council of Longhouses, although the average Yaḳato is not represented in parliament. There are now several presses printing documents in Yaḳato, and several newspapers and radio stations. By our standards Yaḳato with a about 230,000 (many of them young) speakers would be fairly vibrant, but it is losing out to Alakan, due to prestige factors. Yaḳato who migrate to the cities do not continue speaking their home langauge, and there is currently no higher education in Yaḳato, and peripheral areas continue to switch to Alakan. It remains to be seen how viable in the long term the language will prove to be.

There are two major remaining dialects, western and eastern. Eastern is significantly more vibrant, but western is considered more "prestige" as lake Ahu has far more presses/radio stations and is the area most integrated into the nine islands. They are quite divergent, and hold many local variations, so some would prefer them classified as two distinct languages. It appears that at one point that the dialect spoken on the island of Hrachtal was just as divergent, however this dialect has been almost completely wiped out, except for a few very old speakers in the last century. Thus, with this in mind, here is the phonology of the Western dialect:

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p t  ts  k  ʔ   <p t c k '>
  tˤ tsˤ kˤ     <ṭ ċ ḳ>
m n             <m n>
mˤnˤ            <ṃ ṇ>
f    s   x      <f s h>
     sˤ  xˤ     <ṣ ħ>
ʋ ð   j  w  ʕ   <v r y w ă>
ʋˤðˤ  jˤ wˤ     <ṿ ṙ ẏ ẉ>

i   u <i u>
e     <e>
  a   <a>

And the Eastern:

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p t  ts  kʲ kʷ  ʔ   <p t c ky kw '>
  tˤ tsˤ kʲˤkʷˤ     <ṭ ċ ḳy ḳw>
m n                 <m n>
mˤnˤ                <ṃ ṇ>
     s   xʲ xʷ      <s hy hw>
     sˤ  xʲˤxʷˤ (ħ) <ṣ ħy ħw ħ>
ʋ ɹ      j  w    ʕ  <v r y w ă>
ʋˤɹˤ     jˤ wˤ      <ṿ ṙ ẏ ẉ>

i y  u <i ü u>
e      <e>
  a    <a>

Note that the correspondance between Eastern /kʲ kʷ/ and Western /k/ is not predictable and seems to be difficult to tease out the historical changes that led to the corresponding. Also note that there is no written standard for Eastern, all Yaḳato writing is currently done in Western, the romanization used here is purely for the convenience of the linguist.

However, due to major influence by Alakan, there are few who speak these "pure" forms of Yaḳato. The exact degree of influence varies greatly between speakers, this is an example of a very heavily influenced speakers phonology from the west:

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p t ts    ʧ  k kʷ ʔ   
m n           
f    s ɬ ʃ     x  h ħ   
ʋ ð    l j      w   ʕ   

i   u 
e     
  a  

Now, this speaker is very influenced, and most speakers are somewhere between the two extremes. However, this is indicative of what a lot of younger speakers sound like.

Herk, there's a fair bit of allophony, but I'm too tired to describe it today, so yeah. Maybe tomorrow. Oh, and I should probably get out the conscript they're actually using.

[Vuvuzela]

Proto-Ludlami phonology. Also, I think I finally have workable orthography, so that's good.
Oral Stops:
p t k q ʔ <p t k q '>
b d g~ɢ <b d g>
pʰ tʰ kʰ qʰ <ph th kh qh>
pˤ tˤ kˤ~qˤ <pḥ tḥ qḥ>
bˤ dˤ gˤ~ɢˤ <bḥ dḥ gḥ>
ts tʃ <c č>
dz dʒ <j ǰ>
tsʰ tʃʰ <ch čh>
tsˤ tʃˤ <cḥ čḥ>
dzˤ dʒˤ <jḥ ǰḥ>
Fricatives
ɸ s ʃ x h ħ <f s š x h ḥ>
β z ʒ ɣ ʕ <v z ž ġ ‘>
Sonorants:
w l j <w l y>
ɾ <r>
m n ŋ~ɴ <m n ŋ>

Clicks
Tenuis: ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ <ǀk !k ǂk ǁk>
Aspirated: ǀʰ etc. <ǀkh etc.>
Voiced: ᶢǀ etc. <ǀg etc.>
Voiced nasal: ᵑǀ etc. <ǀn etc.>
Aspirated nasal: ᵑ̊ǀʰ etc. <nǀh etc.>
Voiceless nasal: ᵑ̊ǀ etc. <nǀ etc.>
Glottalized voiceless nasal: ᵑ̊ǀˀetc. <ǀx etc.>
Glottalized voiced nasal: ᵑǀˀ etc. <nǀx etc.>

Vowels:
Qualities: a e i o u <a e i o u>
Nasal: ã õ ũ <ą ǫ ų>
Long: a: e: i: o: u: <aa ee ii oo uu>
Diphthongs: ai ao au a:i a:o a:u ei e:i ja jo ju ou o:u wa <ai ao au aai aao aau ei eei ia io iu ou oou ua>

Tone:
Ludlami has a register-tone system, where some tones make the vowel inherently breathy voiced, or inherently glottalized. Tones are represented in this Romanization with diacritics, as shown here on the letter [a]. Tone exists on a syllable level, and thus, the diacritic falls only on the first character of a diphthong or long vowel.
Modal: ˥ ˧˩ ˧˥˦ <a à â>
Breathy: ˧ ˩˧ <ā á>
Harsh: ˧˩ < ǎ>
Phonotactics:
C=consonant
V= vowel
N= nasal
(C)(C)(C) V/N(N/l)(C)
However, there are only four (C)(C)(C) clusters that are allowable (str, štr, spr, špr) and all of them are fairly rare.
There are no words in Ludlami phonology, only syllables. Thus, in this orthography, we will write every syllable like it’s a word, like in Vietnamese.
Rules of Sandhi:
Sandhi applies within words, and between words. Only after a pause does Sandhi stop applying.
Consonant Sandhi:
*A stop becomes pharyngealized before a pharyngealized or pharyngeal consonant.
* A devoiced consonant becomes voiced before a voiced consonant, and vice versa.
* A nasal becomes labial, alveolar, velar, or uvular before any other consonant in that place of articulation.
Tone Sandhi (and tonal allophony):
*After ˥, ˧˥˦ is realized as ˥˧
*When two ˧˩s occur in a row, the second is changed to ˩˧.
*When two ˧s occur together, the second is realized as ˨. When three occur together, the third is realized ˩˧.
* When two ˩˧s occur together, the second is changed to ˧˩
EDIT: keep forgetting to write "Proto-" before "Ludlami"

[Tropylium]

(I quite like having /y/ without a mid rounded vowel, but not sure if there's any precedent.)

Attic Greek.

Does have /o/. (Note that I didn't specify "front".)

[WeepingElf]

(I quite like having /y/ without a mid rounded vowel, but not sure if there's any precedent.)

Attic Greek.

Does have /o/. (Note that I didn't specify "front".)

Oops. I missed that you didn't specify "front". But I think I have seen a phonology of a Daghestanian language (can't remember which one) which has /i y u e a/ or something like that.

[Acid Badger]

(I quite like having /y/ without a mid rounded vowel, but not sure if there's any precedent.)

Attic Greek.

Does have /o/. (Note that I didn't specify "front".)

Oops. I missed that you didn't specify "front". But I think I have seen a phonology of a Daghestanian language (can't remember which one) which has /i y u e a/ or something like that.

I think Lezgian languages tend to have /y/ without /o/, Lezgian proper has /i y e æ a u/.

[The Hanged Man]

What do you think of this phonology? Does it look naturalistic? I'm especially afraid that the inventory of approximants and laterals doesn't...