Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
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This was an idea for a hatelang, similar to Omlueuet. It has two different romanizations. I don't really see how it is a hatelang now apart from the huge fricative inventory and the three low vowels. It's really an X-shaped vowel inventory.
Consonants:
/t tʃ k/ <t č k> <t ch k>
/b d dʒ/ <b d ǯ> <b d j>
/ɓ ɗ/<ɓ ɗ> <bb dd>
/n ŋ/<n ŋ> <n ng>
/ɸ f s ʃ ç x χ/ <ƒ f s ʃ c x x̂> <ph f s sh c x xh>
/β v z ʒ ʝ ɣ ʁ/ <ƀ v z ʒ j ɣ ğ> <bh v z zh jh gh qh>
/ʋ ð̞ j w ʁ̞/ <ʋ ð y w r> <vh dh j w r>
Vowels:
/i u/<i u><ii uu>
/e o/<e o><i u>
/ə/<ə><e>
/ɛ ɜ ɔ/<ɛ ɜ ɔ><ee y oo>
/æ ɑ ɒ/<æ ɒ å><aa a o>
Consonants:
/t tʃ k/ <t č k> <t ch k>
/b d dʒ/ <b d ǯ> <b d j>
/ɓ ɗ/<ɓ ɗ> <bb dd>
/n ŋ/<n ŋ> <n ng>
/ɸ f s ʃ ç x χ/ <ƒ f s ʃ c x x̂> <ph f s sh c x xh>
/β v z ʒ ʝ ɣ ʁ/ <ƀ v z ʒ j ɣ ğ> <bh v z zh jh gh qh>
/ʋ ð̞ j w ʁ̞/ <ʋ ð y w r> <vh dh j w r>
Vowels:
/i u/<i u><ii uu>
/e o/<e o><i u>
/ə/<ə><e>
/ɛ ɜ ɔ/<ɛ ɜ ɔ><ee y oo>
/æ ɑ ɒ/<æ ɒ å><aa a o>
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
More if you mixed an X and Y chromosome: an X with the Y tail betwixt its lower extremities. (It's a well-endowed vowel system.)
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I see it now. Probably there is some letter somewhere in some script that looks like that. Maybe?
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i u
e o
ə
ɛ ɜ ɔ
æ ɑ ɒ
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Vowel harmony.
-Round /i e ɑ ɤ ɯ/
+Round /y ø ɒ o u/
-Round /i e ɑ ɤ ɯ/
+Round /y ø ɒ o u/
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Judging by this tool, it appears there isn't, but Tifinagh ⵅ and the ancient Greek musical symbol 𝈙 come close...Creyeditor wrote: ↑23 Apr 2021 22:48I see it now. Probably there is some letter somewhere in some script that looks like that. Maybe?
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Nice tool thank you a lot
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I just started a new conlang and here's its inventory:
/m n ŋ/
/p t k ʔ/
/b d g/
/f s h/
/v z/
/l j w/
/i iː u uː/
/e eː o oː/
/a a:/
It has a strict CV(V) phonotactics. It has a pitch accent that is sensitive to syllable weight. If there are no heavy syllables in a word, the first syllable takes the high pitch. Otherwise, the rightmost heavy syllable takes the pitch.
/m n ŋ/
/p t k ʔ/
/b d g/
/f s h/
/v z/
/l j w/
/i iː u uː/
/e eː o oː/
/a a:/
It has a strict CV(V) phonotactics. It has a pitch accent that is sensitive to syllable weight. If there are no heavy syllables in a word, the first syllable takes the high pitch. Otherwise, the rightmost heavy syllable takes the pitch.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Why is it considered pitch accent and not regular word accent? Is it because it is only realized as pitch and not length?
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Most regular word accent is mostly pitch.
It’s not a contradiction to consider some phenomenon to be both ordinary primary word-stress and also pitch accent;
rather it’s the usual state of affairs.
It’s not a contradiction to consider some phenomenon to be both ordinary primary word-stress and also pitch accent;
rather it’s the usual state of affairs.
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The thing is that pitch accent is used for different things. For some people it is a third category besides tone and stress, e.g. look at Larry Hyman's papers. That's why I was asking. Just to find out what pitch accent means here.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I didn't specify, but I assumed it would work like a stress, but the stress syllable is distinguished solely by pitch.
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Thank you that answers my question.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
here is the cursed phoneme inventory of Bakhzon Rau
a e ʌ o i ɯ + high, low, rising tones; all non-dorsal consonants also have palatalized variants
Proto-Rau was probably something like
(there are also clicks, but in most of Hathic they can be analyzed as obligatory realizations of certain consonant clusters)
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p t k q
b d̪ dz̠ gʲ ɢ
m n ŋ
ɬ s ʃ x χ
Proto-Rau was probably something like
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p t ƛ c k
b d λ ɟ g
m n ŋ
s ɬ ɕ x
r l j
a ə i u aː iː uː
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
For some reason I thought you were talking about Poko-Rawo when I first read your post.
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Chewing on this little thing since last night.
The vowels might be /i e a/, intensifying the Wichita vibe even further.
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t k kʷ ʔ
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
This might become something:
/t t͡s t͡ʃ k/ <t c ch k>
/b d d͡z d͡ʒ/ <b d z j>
/ⁿb ⁿd ⁿd͡z ⁿd͡ʒ/ <mb nd nz nj>
/m n ɲ/ <m n ñ>
/ⁿp~m̥ ⁿt~n̥/ <mp nt>
/ɸ v s ʃ/ <f v s sh>
/l/ <l>
/r/ <r>
/j w/ <y w>
/i u/ <i u>
/i: u:/ <ii uu>
/e o/ <e o>
/e: o:/ <ee oo>
/a/ <a>
/a:/ <aa>
/ai au/ <ai au>
/oi eu/ <oi eu>
/io ia ue ua/ <io ia ue ua>
/˧ ˩ ˥ ˩˧ ˧˩ ˧˥ ˥˧/ <V V̀ V́ V̀V VV̀ VV́ V́V>
/t t͡s t͡ʃ k/ <t c ch k>
/b d d͡z d͡ʒ/ <b d z j>
/ⁿb ⁿd ⁿd͡z ⁿd͡ʒ/ <mb nd nz nj>
/m n ɲ/ <m n ñ>
/ⁿp~m̥ ⁿt~n̥/ <mp nt>
/ɸ v s ʃ/ <f v s sh>
/l/ <l>
/r/ <r>
/j w/ <y w>
/i u/ <i u>
/i: u:/ <ii uu>
/e o/ <e o>
/e: o:/ <ee oo>
/a/ <a>
/a:/ <aa>
/ai au/ <ai au>
/oi eu/ <oi eu>
/io ia ue ua/ <io ia ue ua>
/˧ ˩ ˥ ˩˧ ˧˩ ˧˥ ˥˧/ <V V̀ V́ V̀V VV̀ VV́ V́V>
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Mayhap /e a/ with /j~i/?DesEsseintes wrote: ↑08 May 2021 13:57 Chewing on this little thing since last night.The vowels might be /i e a/, intensifying the Wichita vibe even further.Code: Select all
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
and /w~u/? That is an idea... thanks!jimydog000 wrote: ↑14 May 2021 17:32Mayhap /e a/ with /j~i/?DesEsseintes wrote: ↑08 May 2021 13:57 Chewing on this little thing since last night.The vowels might be /i e a/, intensifying the Wichita vibe even further.Code: Select all
n t k kʷ ʔ t͡s θ ɬ h r l j w
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
I had a dream about a language with strange phonemes, so I decided, based on that, to have a ritualized register of Vrkhazhian, the language's vocabulary being primarily derived from oneiromancy.
šāht wazūwur na /ʃa̤ːt ɥazuːɥur na/ "The Mouth from Dreams"
/a aː i iː u uː/<a ā i ī u ū>
/a̤ a̤ː i̤ i̤ː ṳ ṳː/<ah āh ih īh uh ūh>
/aˤ aˤː iˤ iˤː uˤ uˤː/<aḥ āḥ iḥ īḥ uḥ ūḥ> (strident?)
/m mˀ n nˀ/<m ṃ n ṇ>
/p b t d k g/<p b t d k g>
/s z ʃ ʒ x ɣ ʰʔ~ɦˀ/<s z š ž ḫ ğ ~>
/l lˀ ɥ ɥˀ/<l ḷ w ẉ>
/r/<r>
Compared to normal Vrkhazhian, the register is characterized by:
šāht wazūwur na /ʃa̤ːt ɥazuːɥur na/ "The Mouth from Dreams"
/a aː i iː u uː/<a ā i ī u ū>
/a̤ a̤ː i̤ i̤ː ṳ ṳː/<ah āh ih īh uh ūh>
/aˤ aˤː iˤ iˤː uˤ uˤː/<aḥ āḥ iḥ īḥ uḥ ūḥ> (strident?)
/m mˀ n nˀ/<m ṃ n ṇ>
/p b t d k g/<p b t d k g>
/s z ʃ ʒ x ɣ ʰʔ~ɦˀ/<s z š ž ḫ ğ ~>
/l lˀ ɥ ɥˀ/<l ḷ w ẉ>
/r/<r>
Compared to normal Vrkhazhian, the register is characterized by:
- A lack of ejective distinction in obstruents and a development of glottalization in sonorants
- The lateral fricatives have become postpalatal fricatives.
- The merger of /j w/ into /ɥ/
- lack of phonemic /e/ but the presecence of different vowel phonations