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

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, September 5, 2005, 13:37
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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