Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Unilang: the Phonotactics

From:Pavel A. da Mek <pavel.adamek@...>
Date:Saturday, April 21, 2001, 13:11
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