Quoting Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:
> I've been mentioning my Dwarvish conlang project a few times now. Below's
> the
> current proposed phonemic inventory:
>
> . Labial Dental Retro Palatal Velar Uvular
>
> vl stop p t t` c k q
> ^h stop p^h t^h t`^h c^h k^h q^h
> vd stop b d d` J\ g G\
> affric pP ts t`s` cC kx qX
> fric P s s` C x X
> nasal m n n` J N N\
> Lat - l l` L L\ -
> Lat affr - tl t`l` cL kL\ -
> Trill B\ r r` - - R\
> Tap - 4 4` - - -
>
> "Semivowels": j w ?\
>
> Vowels: i u a
Sketch for mapping this mess onto the Meghean writing system. Go tetragraphs!
. Labial Dental Retro Palatal Velar Uvular
vl stop p t te ce c co
^h stop pp tt tte cce cc cco
vd stop b d de ge g go
affric pph ts tse cche cch ccho
fric ph s se che ch cho
nasal m n ne ñe ñ ño
Lat - l le lle ll -
Lat affr - tl tle cle cl -
Trill bh rr rre - - ro
Tap - r re - - -
"Semivowels": e o h [j w ?\]
Vowels: i u a
With the currently planned syllable structure of CVN, this acctually doesn't
get any worse than the odd word like _ccheuño_ [cCuN\]. But I think I can rest
assured that no-one uninitiated will guess 'cco'=[q^h]!
Comments?
Andreas