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

Julia "Schnecki" Simon skrev:

> 1.2. Consonants
>
> There are four basic points of articulation for consonants: labial,
> dental, palatal, velar.
>
> 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\
>
> 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.
>
> (No decision reached on consonant graphemes yet. Sorry.)
>
What about:

/p_h/ p         /p_>/ p'        /b/  b          /w/  w
/t_h/ t         /t_>/ t'        /d/  d          /r\/ r
/c_h/ c         /c_>/ c'        /J\/ z          /j/  j
/k_h/ k         /k_>/ k'        /g/  g          /M\/ h

/L/ l, /N/ n

?

Yes, I admit I enjoy constructing romanizations...

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