Re: sound change question
From: | Shreyas Sampat <nsampat@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, November 14, 2001, 18:34 |
I'm having some issues here.
In my conlang Seinunjdjé, having the following phonoeme inventory,
Consonants:
p b t d t` d` k g
f v T D s z S Z s` z` h G
m nh n n` N (allophonic with /n`/)
r l`
w y
(the /l/ phoneme is realized as retroflex, alveolar, or velar depending on
environment, but the phonology treats it like a retroflex.)
Vowels:
i i: u u:
e e: &: o o:
a a:
I'm trying to evolve this series of fricatives: (where all voiced are
followed by ^h)
f v T D s z S Z s` z` s\ z\ C J h
and I'm wondering how four of those can plausibly come out of effectively
nowhere. I'm thinking that neighboring stops will be major players here,
but I can't for the life of me work out how.
Idea 1:
The affricates /tS/ and /dZ/ can become the new /S/ and /Z^h/, while the
fricatives become /s\/ and /z\^h/. Palatals appear in the split that
creates the series.
(Incidentally, this plan is for purely aesthetic reasons. I like the
fricative characters and am looking for excuses to use them.)
---
Shreyas