Re: DECAL: Examples #2: Phonotactics

Sai Emrys wrote:

I forgot in my previous message:

[w] is an allophone of [H] before [o] and [O], and after both of them if
it's the coda of the syllable.

> Q1: What are your allowable syllable structures?
(C)CV(C/S)
(C)SV(C)

...where S stands for a semi-vowel.

V can also be a standalone syllable but only after another vowel, i.e. never
as the first syllable so all words begin with a consonant.

> Q2: Onset clusters?
(CXS always...)

.. b4 bx .. .. .. .. bj bH bw
Ck .. Cx .. Ct .. .. Cj CH Cw
.. d4 dx .. .. .. .. dj dH dw
.. f4 fx .. .. .. .. fj fH fw
.. g4 gx .. .. .. .. gj gH gw
.. k4 .. .. kt kv kZ kj kH kw
.. p4 px .. .. .. .. pj .. ..
sk s4 sx .. .. .. .. sj sH sw
.. t4 .. ts .. tv tZ tj tH tw
.. v4 vx .. .. .. .. vj .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. zj zH zw

> Q3: Codas?
Most of the consonants and the 2 semi-vowels.

> Q4: Any changes depending on place in word, etc.?
Well, what does this question mean? If it means "No change in codas
depending on place in word?" then the answer is yes. There are more codas
allowed at the end of a word than in the middle.

> Q5: Motivation / reasoning / goals behind this?
I wanted to have unusual clusters to sound "alien". I'm especially proud of
my [kt], [kv], [kZ], [tv] and [tZ].

tul'xej zató'kja, [t_hu4(u)'Zej zatO'kja] (I'll express myself again.)

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