Re: DECAL: Examples #1: Phonetic inventory examples & motivations

Sai Emrys <saizai@...> escrivut:

>First off: phonetic / phonemic inventory.
>
>Q1: What is your *phonemic* inventory? I.e., what are all of the
>discriminated phonemes in your conlang(s). (IPA / CXS / X-SAMPA)
>
Xinkutlan has (CXS):

stops          p b t d k g q
fricatives     s z S K h
affricates*    ts dz tS tK
nasals         m n
trills/approx. l r

vowels         a e i o u
diphthongs*    aj ej oj uj wa we wi wo

Xinkutlan treats the affricates and diphthongs as single phonemes, each
with their own symbol in their alphabet (which is phonemic).

>Q2: What are the allophones? I.e., for each phoneme, what are the
>"normal" variants that don't change meaning?
i  <--> I
o  <--> O
tK <--> tl

I think that's all

>Q2b: If you have any, what are the connotations / implications of the
>different allophones? E.g., do you use them for different dialects,
>registers, "accents", etc.?
They vary with whether the syllable is open or closed, apart from the last,
which I think is a dialect difference.  Fairly conventional, I expect.

>Q3: How do your choices for the above reflect the goals of your
>language? E.g., if it's an auxlang [here!?], it's probably motivated
>by having common, strongly "universal" common-use phonetics to
>maximize learnability. So, for whatever your goals are for the
>conlang, how do they apply to the choices you made for phonetics /
>phonology?
Pure whim.  I wanted something with a couple of odd sounds, but that I
could pronounce without trouble.

>Thanks,
> Sai

You're welcome,

Geoff