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I thought to have all parts of speech built the same would be more natural for some reason. Thanks for giving others an example built from a noun. Perhaps, I should have provided the verb for military enlistment, anxyna [ᵛɑ'ᵑxy.na], as the example for conjugation in my post. The verb's past particip...

A'atuns nouns and adjectives and declined by adding suffixes to the full nominative form rather than just the root. For example, amani ['ɑ.mɑ.ni], meaning club, has amanish ['ɑ.mɑ.niɕ] for its nominative plural. In this example, aman- is the root formation. Currently, verbs are conjugated using Lati...

The base syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C), with syllables ending on the vowel whenever possible. (C)(C) may either be a phoneme, such as /s̪:/, or a cluster, such as the current /z̪m̪/ (dental sibilant fricative-labiodental nasal). So, you appear to be saying that [z̪ᵐ]'s implausible, while [fᵐ]'s p...

I didn't quote the Dormouse's post because mine was immediately after it. Therefore, the nature of the initial "and" would have been evident without the second "and" there. I say the conversation about my honest oversight ends here so we can get back to using the topic properly. ...

Didn't realize the second "and" snuck in there somehow.

Okay on the allophony issue. And, and assimilation's the only time the fortis-lenis pairs lose contrast.

I'm reposting a question that I, initially, edited into my last post to make sure it gets answered. Should allophony be formatted (a) [allophone] of /parent phoneme/ <location> /causal phoneme/ or (b) [allophone] of [parent phone] <location> [causal phone]? Are [s̪→z̪] by assimilation before [z̪], a...

Corphishy wrote: ↑18 Aug 2018 23:29 Next: vante [ˈβan.tɜ] n. bone; family

vante [ˈvɑ.nte] n. family, kin

Next: ara [ɑˈᵛrɑ] n. Emperor/Empress

Currently, /r/ only appears adjacent to <e i u> unless some other condition is met. However, I'm likely to scrap the uvular consonants and nasal trill. The bilabial trills may be on the chopping block as well. Alternatively, the bilabial trills could be allophones of [p] and [ b ] adjacent to [r].

I'm sorry for confusing you. Thus, here's the note on the cell labeled "trill" from the spreadsheet, appended with the portion of the note on the cell labeled "uvular" applicable to trills: "[ʙ̥], [ʙ], [ʙ̪̊], [ʙ̪], and [ʝ˔] are formed by the assimilation of [r] into an adjac...

As it stands, /ʝ˔/ is the only phone listed without any contrasts because the others are or may be fortis-lenis pairs. However, /r̃ ʀ ʀ̃/ aren't contracted with either.

With A'atun's /r/ being prone to assimilation, which of /ʙ̥ ʙ ʙ̪̊ ʙ̪ r̪̊ r̪ ɼ̊ ɼ ʝ˔/ are rightfully allophones of /r/? Their, respective, spellings are <pr br fr vr tr dr sr zr jr>, noting that (a.) <vr jr> become <r> if the <r> had been adjacent to a diphthongal <i u>, respectively, and (b.) /ɼ̊ ɼ/...

Okay. Do affricates containing allophones need to be on the chart? For example, [b̪͡v] if [b̪] is purely allophonic.

Wikipedia describes it as "sounding a little like a simultaneous [r] and [ʐ] (or [r̥] and [ʂ] when devoiced)," which means it could be a retroflex (native speaker, please help). Do I need to include purely allophonic sounds in a language's IPA chart? For example, A'atun's chart currently i...

Is it acoustically possible to trill /ɕ ʑ/?

Would dentalization of alveolars, such as /n → n̪/ interfere with the interchangeability of alveolars with retroflexes, such as /n~ɳ/?

[ls sl → rs sr → ʂ͡ɽ]
[lz zl → rz zr → ʐ͡ɽ]

This was my fault for not including the explanation in the original post. Once more, I'm sorry. Conderartions for my first question 1. /ħ→ʔ/ is an attested change, 2. local speakers only aspirated before mid vowels and very sporadically in postvocalic position, and 3. every sound is enunciated Does ...

I put the [æ] change in parentheses because, possibly, having the near-low step sounded good when I edited it in. The more I thought about it, the less I liked it, though.

shimobaatar wrote: ↑09 Aug 2018 22:09 Possibly [ae̯] > [aɪ̯] > [εː] > [ε] > [e̞].

Two (or three) more direct possibilities I just thought of: [ae̯] (> [æ] )> [ɶ] > [ɑ] and [ae̯] > [æ] > [e̞]

Also, I think I chose /ᴇ/ for /e̞/ and /ⱺ/ for /o̞/ for maximum percision before deciding to eliminate diphthongs.