Phonology^WOrthography of Velian

In the last episode, (On Tuesday 03 July 2007 23:23:14), Jeff Rollin wrote:
> Hi list
>
If you'd be so good as to match up what follows to the phonology list. Some of
the characters won't show up in kmail, so I'll name them instead; please bear
with me:

Stops: p, t, k, c, q, '

Aspirated stops: ph, th, kh, ch, qh

Palatalised stops: py, ty, ky, cy, qy

Labialised stops: pw, tw, kw, cw, qw

Prenasalised stops:

Initially and finally (where applicable): mp, nt, eng-k, n-acute-c, nq

Medially: mb, nd, eng-g, nq, nq

Pn pal. stops: mpy/mby, nty/ndy, eng-ky/eng-gy, n-acute-c/C, nqy/nq

 Pn  lab. stops: mpw/mbw, ntw/ndw, eng-kw/eng-kw, n-acute-cw/cw, nqw/nqw

 Nasals: m, n, n-tilde, n-acute, eng
>
 Pal. nasals: my, ny, eng-y

 Lab. nasals: mw, nw, eng-w

Trill: rr

Pal. trill: rry

Lab. trill: rrw

 Tap: r

Pal. tap: ry

Lab. tap: rw

Fricatives: s, s-caron, h

 Pal. fric.: sy, s-caron-y,

Lab. fric.: sw, s-caron-w

Pn fric.: nz, n-z-caron

Pn pal. fric.: nzy, n-z-caron-y

 Pn. lab. fric.: nzw, n-z-caron-w

 Approximants: v, edh, and /j/ - j!

 Pal. approx.: vy

 Lab. approx.: edh-w

 Pn. approx: nv, n-edh

 Pn. pal. approx: nvy, n-edh-y,

> Pn. lab. approx: /n_T_j ~ n_D_j/
Er, /n_T_w ~ n_D_w/ - n-edh-w

 Lateral approx: l, ll

 Pal. lat. approx: ly

 Lab. lat. approx:  lw

Coarticulated bilabial approx: w

Quite a few combinations are ambiguous - for the ones I can't get around,
like "n-edh" - is that "prenasalised /D/ or a cluster?" I shall use a middle
dot for the cluster, a la catalana: n-edh "prenasalised /D/",
n-middle-dot-edh "cluster".

 Jeff
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