Re: Thagojian phonology (was Re: oh no, not Tech phonology again)

On 24 Feb 00, at 22:04, Padraic Brown wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Paul Bennett wrote:
>
> >Along with the 8 POAs, these make a 12x8 grid, as illustrated below.
> >
> >Bilabial     ph  p  b    f  v  bv     mh  m  mb     p!  p'  b'
> >Linguolabial p[h p[ b[   f[ v[ b[v    m[h m[ mb[    p[! p[' b['
> >Interdental  t[h t[ d[   s[ z[ d[z    n[h n[ nd[    t[! t[' d['
> >Alveolar     th  t  d    s  z  dz     nh  n  nd     t!  t'  d'
> >Retroflex    t.h t. d.   s. z. d.z.   n.h n. n.d.   t.! t.' d.'
> >Palatal      ch  c  j    s' z' jz'    n~h n~ n~j    c!  c'  j'
> >Velar        kh  k  g    s, z, gz,    n,h n, n,g    k!  k'  g'
> >Uvular       xh  x  q    s^ z^ qz^    n^h n^ n^q    x!  x'  q'
>
> Makes Tallarian look like a desert waste compared to this veritable
> jungle!
>
>                 bilabial alveolar velar pharyngeal glottal
>
> stop            p        t        k                ?
> nasal           m        n
> fricative       P        s/S,(z)  x     H          h
> liquid                   l        r
> glide           w
>
> You've got some damned nice sounds in here! Enough to make two or
> three different languages, by the looks. :)
In essence, it's just a 4 x 8 grid, (e.g. the bilabial row is actually <p b
m p'>) with variations caused by grammatically significant 'bright' and
'dark' mutations.

Most of my other conlang efforts have phonologies more in keeping with
Tallarian, but I guess I was bitten by the same 'unfolding' bug that got
Daniel.

> >The vowels are all allophones of /e/ and /o/ which are generated according
> >to both the preceeding and following consonant (or semivowel).  A lot more
> >work is required on the exact rules and relationships that are used, so I
> >will avoid posting them for the time being.
> >
>
> Tallarian has i, u, @, U, a. No diphthongs: they've all become split
> short vowels with an intervening consonant (au -> aw@; ai -> aHi).
> Surviving long vowels are now split in similar fashion (a: -> aHa).
>
I'm definately going to have at least half a dozen (surface) vowels, but
I'm split over exactly how many and of what nature at this time.  There
will be only two (deep) vowel phonemes.


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