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

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Paul Bennett wrote:

>Along with the 8 POAs, these make a 12x8 grid, as illustrated below.
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>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. :)

>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).

Padraic.

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