Now that I’ve got the time to think more about it, here’s a Pama-Nyungan-type possibility for the aforementioned constraints:teotlxixtli wrote: ↑02 Aug 2022 19:17 On WALS online I see Eyak has neither bilabials nor nasals and Maxakalí has no fricatives nor nasals, so I have to wonder… what about a language with no bilabials or fricatives? I may have to revisit that idea
n ɳ ɲ ŋ
t ʈ c k
ɻ j w
r
l ɭ ʎ
i u
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(C)V(C) syllable structure
Vowels in sequence are pronounced separately
Vowels of the same quality do not appear adjacently
Only nasals, stops, and lateral approximants appear in the coda
Germinate consonants are pronounced doubly long
Only homorganic clusters occur
Initial fixed stress
Trochaic rhythm type
Nasals and lateral approximants are devoiced word-finally
/t ʈ c k/ are realized as /d ɖ ɟ g/ respectively between voiced segments
/w/ is realized as /ɰ/ prior to /i a/
/i u a/ are realized as /ɪ ʊ ɐ/ respectively in closed syllables