Re: Phoneme system for my still-unnamed "Language X"

Hi!

"Julia \"Schnecki\" Simon" <helicula@...> writes:
> I've been busy on the weekend, and I've actually achieved something.
> Usually, the only thing I tend to achieve on a weekend is much REALLY
> THOROUGH relaxing and, basically, doing-nothing, so this is a big
> moment for me. ;-)
But that's a great thing to do! :-)

> But this weekend I finally gathered all my notes and managed to
> compile a phoneme system and set of internal sandhi rules for my
> (still unnamed) new language from them. <jumps up and down excitedly>
:-)


> So, here's what I have now. It's lengthy, but I hope someone will find
> it interesting... ;-)
Yes!

>...
> There are the following consonant phonemes:
>
> voiceless aspirated plosives p_h, t_h, c_h, k_h
> voiceless ejectives p_>, t_>, c_>, k_>
> voiced unaspirated plosives b, d, J\, g
> approximants/glides w, r\, j, M\
So no fricatives phonemes, but allophones only, that's fun.

> Furthermore, there are two archiphonemes (nasal, /N/, and lateral,
> /L/) that are realized as [m], [n], [J], [N] resp. [l_w], [l], [L],
> [L\] depending on their surroundings.
The large variation of liquid allophones reminds me of S11.  I have
[w], [l], and [5]/[L] and am currently thinking about [i].

I don't know when exactly I could have [i], but maybe after [a] and
maybe [u] and before [k] and maybe before [p].

   /alka/ > [ai)ka]
   /alpa/ > [ai)pa]

Currently, the first is [au)ka] and the second is [alpa].

We'll see.  My mother tongue has /l/ > [I] in 'welche' [vEI)C@] and
'solche' [zOI)C@] and many Bavarian and Austrian dialects seem to have
it quite systematically (often accompanied with vowel +rounding and
sometimes +backing).

> 2. Sandhi rules
>...
!!

Quite complex! :-) Will you have a more phonemic or a phonetic
writing?  With those sandhi, phonemic with be a paint in the bottom to
read. :-)

Nice!

**Henrik

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