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ṃ, ṇ, ŋ̇
ṛ, ṛ̂
ṿ, ḷ, ʝ
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i ɨ u <i ü u>
e ə <e ö>
a ɒ <a o>
Vowels can be short, long and overlong.
Short vowels are written <a>, long <á>, and overlong <aa>.
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ṃ, ṇ, ŋ̇
ṛ, ṛ̂
ṿ, ḷ, ʝ
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i ɨ u <i ü u>
e ə <e ö>
a ɒ <a o>
Vowels can be short, long and overlong.
Short vowels are written <a>, long <á>, and overlong <aa>.
That's worth considering.opipik wrote:Suggestions
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ṃ, ṇ, ŋ̇ ṛ, ṛ̂ ṿ, ḷ, ʝ
But I still kind of like front rounded vowels of European Uralic languages.opipik wrote:Code: Select all
i ɨ u <i ü u> e ə <e ö> a ɒ <a o> Vowels can be short, long and overlong. Short vowels are written <a>, long <á>, and overlong <aa>.
I think there are actually quite few phonological contexts where all the consonant lengths can appear.Omzinesý wrote:A new project!
Consonant inventory
p <p/b>, t <t/d> t͡s <c>, t͡ʃ~t͡ʂ <č>, t͡ɕ <ć>, k <k/g>
s <s/z>, ʃ~ʂ <š/ž>, ɕ <ś/ź>
m <m>, n <n>, ŋ <ŋ>
r <r>, ʀ <r̂>
ʋ <v>, l <l>, j <j>
Phonemes have three lengths: short, long, ang over long. The lengths are of course relative. That resembles Estonian. Affricates do not have short variants.
Short consonants are written:
b, d, g
z, ž, ź
m, n, ŋ
r, r̂
v, l, j
Long obstruents are written:
p, t, c, č, ć, k
s, š, ś
I don't know yet how to write the long sonorants. Ideas?
Over long consonants are written:
pp, tt, cc, čč, čč, kk
ss, šš, śś
rr, r̂r̂
vv, ll, jj
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x V:C V::C
VC: V:C: V::C:
VC:: V:C:: x
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x án aan
an ánn aann
ann án.n x
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i ʉ u <i ü u>
e ø ə o <e ö ə o>
œ ʌ <ø ä>
ɑ <a>
<a á áh>
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i u <i u>
ʊ <ü>
e o <ë ö>
ɛ ɔ <e o>
a <a>
<ạ a á>
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i u ũ <i u ü>
e ẽ o õ <e ë o ö>
a ɑ ɑ̃ <æ a ä>
<a á áá>
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i ɨ u <i ü u>
e o <e o>
iː ɨː uː <í ű ú>
eː ɘː oː <é ö ó>
aː <a>
iːː ɨːː uːː <íí űű úú>
eːː ɘːː oːː <éé ő óó>
aːː ɒːː <á ḁ́>
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i ɨ u <i ü u>
ɜ <ö>
iː ɨː uː <í ű ú>
eː ɘː oː <é ő ó>
ɑː <a>
iːː uːː <íí úú>
ɑːː <á>
Also Middle English, if you don't count diphthongs (which IIRC didn't distinguish length): /a e i o u (ə) aː ɛː ɔː eː oː iː uː/WeepingElf wrote:No, there are languages with more long than short vowels. Sanskrit, for instance, has /a i u a: e: i: o: u: ai au/ (and syllabic /r/).
I'll add palatalized dental pairs for /t/ /n/ /l/ /s/ /r/ and / ʃ/. All consonants are palatalized before /i/, /i:/ and /e:/ and after /i/. Those consonants can also be palatalized before /a/, /a:/, /u/, /u:/, and /u:/.Omzinesý wrote:A new project
(Actually I'm recycling my old ideas.)
p t k q
m n
s ʃ
r ʀ
l j
Rivising the declensionsOmzinesý wrote: Nouns
consonantal declension
NOM - ~ -e
OBL -u
GEN -i
consonantal declension Nouns ending in s
NOM -s
OBL -š
GEN -š
'consonantal' declension (i~j)
NOM -i
OBL -ju
GEN -je
Vocalic declension (a)
NOM -aa
OBL -aa
GEN -aaj
Vocalic declension (i)
NOM -ii
OBL -ee
GEN -eej
Vocalic declension (u)
NOM -uu
OBL -oo
GEN
Ooooooooo! I love it!Omzinesý wrote:Dwarf language (I used not to make Elfish or Dwarfish etc. fantasy langs but I can try.)
- "Ural-Altaic" style back/front vowel harmony (I just need it for omitting it in writing :)
- PIE style ablaut (long, short, and reduced grades)
- Gutterals
- Two genders: 1. Dwarf things (mines, gold, beard etc.) 2. everything else
Not much more ATM.
Yeah, it's an interesting thought experiment how people would behave with other rational species. Would cultures be arbitrarily made more different.Nachtuil wrote:Ooooooooo! I love it!Omzinesý wrote:Dwarf language (I used not to make Elfish or Dwarfish etc. fantasy langs but I can try.)
- "Ural-Altaic" style back/front vowel harmony (I just need it for omitting it in writing :)
- PIE style ablaut (long, short, and reduced grades)
- Gutterals
- Two genders: 1. Dwarf things (mines, gold, beard etc.) 2. everything else
Not much more ATM.
I also have a dwarf language, currently on the back burner and due for heavy revision. Mine is more uncreative with Germanic phonology and case inflection.
I quite like how isolationist or introverted the gender system is. "Us things" "Outsider things"