Re: Unilang: the Phonotactics

Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:

>>Let it be simple: only stops are not allowed as final C.
>/h/ should be okay,
>though I would personally pronounce it [x] in its final position.
Yes, voiceless velar fricative,
but if the next sylable starts with /b/, /d/ or /g/,
then voiced glottal fricative [h\] would be pronounced by my kinsmen.

>The problem with /m/, though, is one of assimilation;
>by final /n/ only I meant to give assimilation totally free,
I see, final -[m], -[n], -[N] are alophones of final phoneme -/n/
(depending on initial C of next sylable, bpf, dts or gkx),
but initial /m/- and /n/- are two separate phonemes.
Then maybe there could be third initial nasal phoneme /N/- too.

And maybe this could be applied to the voice assimilation too:
initial voiced fricatives /v/-, /z/-, /G/- could be added,
while final -[v], -[z], -[G] would be only voiced alophones
of -/f/, -/s/, -/x/ before voiced C.

      Pavel