I had an idea for a conlang, where the features that are prosodic in natlangs are segmental, and the features that are segmental in natlangs are prosodic.
Phonology
The idea is a word has the a structure, like the following. "(" and ")" are foot boundaries, "." are syllable boundaries. C is any consonant and V is any vowel.
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(CV)
(CV. CV)
CV.(CV. CV)
(CV. CV)(CV. CV)
CV.(CV. CV)(CV. CV)
(CV. CV)(CV. CV)(CV. CV)
CV.(CV. CV)(CV. CV)(CV. CV)
(CV. CV)(CV. CV)(CV. CV)(CV. CV)
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(Ca)
(Ca. CV)
CV.(Ca. CV)
(CV. CV)(Ca. CV)
CV.(CV. CV)(Ca. CV)
(CV. CV)(CV. CV)(Ca. CV)
CV.(CV. CV)(CV. CV)(Ca. CV)
(CV. CV)(CV. CV)(CV. CV)(Ca. CV)
In addition, every foot initial vowel is secondary stressed. This corresponds to /u/ in V:1g3n1n:1. Let's see what this gives us:
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(Ca)
(Ca. CV)
CV.(Ca. CV)
(Cu. CV)(Ca. CV)
CV.(Cu. CV)(Ca. CV)
(Cu. CV)(Cu. CV)(Ca. CV)
CV.(Cu. CV)(Cu. CV)(Ca. CV)
(Cu. CV)(Cu. CV)(Cu. CV)(Ca. CV)
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(Ca)
(Ca. Ci)
CV.(Ca. Ci)
(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
CV.(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
(Cu. Ci)(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
CV.(Cu. Ci)(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
(Cu. Ci)(Cu. Ci)(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
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(Ca)
(Ca. Ci)
Ce.(Ca. Ci)
(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
Ce.(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
(Cu. Ci)(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
Ce.(Cu. Ci)(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
(Cu. Ci)(Cu. Ci)(Cu. Ci)(Ca. Ci)
k (voiceless dorsal plosive)
in monosyllabics (=only foot, only onset), before /a/
t (voiceless coronal plosive)
stressed onset in polysyllabic words (=final foot, foot-initial onset), before /a/
b (voiced labial plosive)
word-initial onset in odd-numbered polysyllabic words (=unfooted, no foot) , before /e/
d (voiced coronal plosive)
final onset in polysyllabic words (=final foot, foot-medial onset), before /i/
s (coronal fricative)
word-initial onset in even-numbered polysyllabic words (=word-initial foot, foot-initial onset), before /u/
l (coronal sonorant)
second onset in even-numbered polysyllabic words (=word-initial foot, foot-medial onset), before /i/
j (dorsal sonorant)
word-medial foot, foot-initial onset, before /u/
w (labial sonorant)
word-medial foot, foot-medial onset, before /i/
Our examples words have changed now.
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(ka)
(ta. si)
de.(ta. si)
(bu. li)(ta. si)
de.(ju. wi)(ta. si)
(bu. li)(ju. wi)(ta. si)
de.(ju. wi)(ju. wi)(ta. si)
(bu. li)(ju. wi)(ju. wi)(ta. si)
voicing: nasal, aspirated/voiceless/breathy, modal voice, creaky voiced
minor place of articulation: retracted/RTR, plain, labialization/rounded
length: short, normal, half-long, long
tone: low, mid, high
These will be summarized into the following phonemes, that I will call auxiliary phonemes. Combined with the archiphonemes they form the segment inventory of the language. For convenience sake, tone and length are separated, since phonetically they are pretty independent of the other dimensions. Note however that tones assigned to consonants end up on the vowel of the same syllable. Additionally, short stops are often realized as taps or flaps.
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labialization plain retracted
nasal: m n g
aspirated/voiceless/breathy: f x h
modal voice: v z r
glottalized: p c q
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low mid high
normal: ˩ ˧ ˥
long: ː˩ ː˧ ː˥
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m n g f x h v z r p c q
k ŋkʷ ɲc ɴq kʷʰ cʰ qʰ kʷ c q kʷʼ cʼ ʔ
t mp nt ɳʈ pʰ tʰ ʈʰ p t ʈ pʼ tʼ ʈʼ
s mpf nts ɳʈʂ f s h v z ɣ pfʼ tsʼ ʈʂʼ
d ndʷ nd ŋg dʷʱ dʱ gʱ dʷ d g ɗʷ ɗ ɠ
b mbʷ mb mb̪ bʷʱ bʱ b̪ʱ bʷ b b̪ ɓʷ ɓ ɓ̪
l nʷ n ɳ ɬʷ ɬ ɬ˞ lʷ l ɭ tɬʷ tɬ ʈɬ˞
j ŋʷ ɲ ɴ xʷ ç χ ɥ j ʁ ɥ̰ j̰ ʁ̰
w mʷ m m̪ ɸ ʍ ʋ̥ β w ʋ β̰ w̰ ʋ̰
a õ ɛ̃ ɑ̃ o̥ ɛ̥ ɑ̥ o ɛ ɑ o̰ ɛ̰ ɑ̰
e ø̃ ẽ ə̃ ø̥ e̥ ə̥ ø e ə ø̰ ḛ ə̰
i ỹ ĩ ɨ̃ ẙ i̥ ɨ̥ y i ɨ y̰ ḭ ɨ̰
u ũ ʉ̃ ɯ̃ u̻ ʉ̥ ɯ̥ u ʉ ɯ ṵ ʉ̰ ɯ̰
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Labial Labiodental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasals mʷ m m̪ nʷ n ɳ ɲ ŋʷ ɴ
Prenasalized Voiced Plosives mbʷ mb mb̪ ndʷ nd ŋg
Voiced Plosives bʷ b b̪ dʷ d g
Breathy Plosives bʷʱ bʱ b̪ʱ dʷʱ dʱ gʱ
Implosives ɓʷ ɓ ɓ̪ ɗʷ ɗ ɠ
Prenasalized Voiceless Plosives mp nt ɳʈ ɲc ŋkʷ ɴq
Voiceless Plosives p t ʈ c kʷ q
Aspirated Plosives pʰ tʰ ʈʰ cʰ kʷʰ qʰ
Ejectives pʼ tʼ ʈʼ cʼ kʷʼ ʔ
Prenasalized Central Affricates mpf nts ɳʈʂ
Ejective Central Affricates pfʼ tsʼ ʈʂʼ
Ejective Lateral Affricates tɬʷʼ tɬʼ ʈɬ˞ʼ
Voiceless Fricatives ɸ f s ç ʍ xʷ χ h
Voiced Fricatives β v z ɣ
Voiceless Lateral Continuants ɬʷ ɬ ɬ˞
Voiced Laterals Continuants lʷ l ɭ
Voiceless Central Approximants ʋ̥
Voiced Central Approximants ʋ ɥ j w ʁ
Creaky Voiced Approximants β̰ ʋ̰ ɥ̰ j̰ w̰ ʁ̰
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Modal Voiced Oral Vowels
Front Unrounded Front Rounded Central Unrounded Central Rounded Back Unrounded Back Rounded
High vowels i y ɨ ʉ ɯ u
Mid high vowels e ø ə o
Low mid vowel ɛ
Low vowel ɑ
Modal Voiced Nasal Vowels
Front Unrounded Front Rounded Central Unrounded Central Rounded Back Unrounded Back Rounded
High vowels ĩ ỹ ɨ̃ ʉ̃ ɯ̃ ũ
Mid high vowels ẽ ø̃ ə̃ õ
Low mid vowel ɛ̃
Low vowel ɑ̃
Voiceless Oral Vowels
Front Unrounded Front Rounded Central Unrounded Central Rounded Back Unrounded Back Rounded
High vowels i̥ ẙ ɨ̥ ʉ̥ ɯ̥ u̥
Mid high vowels e̥ ø̥ ə̥ o̥
Low mid vowel ɛ̥
Low vowel ɑ̥
Creaky voiced Oral Vowels
Front Unrounded Front Rounded Central Unrounded Central Rounded Back Unrounded Back Rounded
High vowels ḭ y̰ ɨ̰ ʉ̰ ɯ̰ ṵ
Mid high vowels ḛ ø̰ ə̰ o̰
Low mid vowel ɛ̰
Low vowel ɑ̰
/q˩zː˥/
+/ka/
[ʔɛː˩˥]
/vː˩g˥.n˩nː˩/
+/ta. si/
[pːɑ̃˩˥.ntsĩː˩]
/pː˥gː˧.gː˧v˧.r˧vː˧/
+/de.ta. si/
[ɗʷːə̃ː˥.ɳʈːo˧.ɣyː˧]