Re: Work in progress - Phonology

Nasubi!  (Hello in my conlang)

Welcome to the list.

John-Emmanuel wrote:
> Seeing as I have a 3 month break between semesters (yay!)
THREE months?  Where do you go to school?

> So I have started at the beginning, and the beginning is the phonology.  Why
> have I posted it to this list?  Well, seeing as you all seem like nice ppl,
> I'm sure you wouldn't mind giving me comments/critiques/suggestions/etc....
Not at all.  Just show us whatever you have.  :-)
> Bilabial Nasal:  m', m
>             Stop:  p, b
What is the distinction between p and b?  Is it voiceless and voiced?
Are the voiceless stops aspirated?

> Labiodental Fricative:  f, v
> Dental Fricative:  T, D
> Alveolar Nasal:  n', n
>             Stop:  t, d
>             Fricative:  s
>             Approximant:  r', r
>             Lateral:  l', l
> Palato-alveolar Fricative:  s
How do you distinguish between alveolar and palato-alveolar then?  Also,
is there any reason why those two plus velar nasal and fricative do not
distinguish voice?

> We can romanize this by letting a post-h indicate devoicing, and applying
> hyphens when there are abiguities, e.g.  mh indicates a voiceless m, but m-h
> indicates a voiced m followed by h.
Can /h/ come at the end of a syllable?  If not, then perhaps you could
use _hm_ for voiceless /m/, that way there'd be no chance of confusion.

> (I put this in only because I think the apostrophes and capitals look ugly
> :)
What's wrong with apostrophe?  :-)  But I do agree about capitals.

> I am not sure which dipthongs are possible yet, perhaps some suggestions?
All a matter of preference, of course, but I prefer to only allow vowel
plus i/u in my conlangs as diphthongs, with both elements having the
same backness value.  Since you distinguish between rounded and
unrounded in the front vowels, perhaps y could be used after front
rounded vowels.

> And though it goes without saying, my favourite genre is Fantasy, and my
> favourite Fantasy author is Tolkien.
Doesn't go without saying at all.  :-)  I rarely read fantasy, for
example.  I prefer sci fi.

> Schrödinger's Cat - Wanted Dead and Alive
:-)

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