User:Juhhmi/Random

Sounds

For Guddean: suopma /sʷop̚m̥ɑ:/, letno /ʎɛt̚n̥ɔ:/, jakne /cɑk̚ŋ̊i:/. Also bb /mb/, dd /nd/, gg /ŋg/

/pt/>/pl/ & /kt/>/ks/

Somewhere: dental(laminar)-alveolar(apical)-retroflex consonant mutation pattern: CjV- CV - CV́ following the native orthography rules. (vowel frontness increares)

Changes

Set one

Nasals of a language

• /gn/ & /gm/ > /ɣn/ & /ɣm/ > /ɤ̯ŋ/
• /ɟn/ & /ɟm/ > /ʝn/ & /ʝm/ > /ɪ̯ɲ/
• /d̪m/ > /ðm/ > /ɘ̯n̪/
• /bn/ > /βn/ > /ʉ̯m/

Set two

Three daughters

• Mythological Queen Uktu sent her daughters to build settlements to three regions: Ese the firstborn ventured inland, Idi the middle daughter sailed with the wind, and Uja the lastborn stayed at the coastal queendom.
• kt & kp
  • > xt & xp > st & fp > s & f
  • > tt & pp > t & p (V_V > d & b
  • > ɰt̪ > Uð > i/u +j (frontness)
• pt & pk
  • > t & x > t & ç/h
  • > tt & kk > ...
  • > ʋt̪ & t̪ɰ > Uð & ʁ > i/u +j & ʁ
• tp & tk
  • > sp & sx > fp & ɕ > f & ɕ/ʃ
  • > pp & kk > ...
  • > t̪ & t̪ɰ > ð & ʁ > j & ʁ
• lone voiced C
  • >>voiceless
  • >>approximant
  • >>different approximant

Set three

• pl, bl > ʋ
• tl>ɬ, dl>l
• kl, gl > j
• l>j
  • different symbols (ligatures)

• pʷi>ʋe, pʷɛ>ʋæ (these vowel changes after all labialized, others unchanged)
  • in some common minimal pʷ-kʷ pairs pʷ>f: upui /ufe/ (dead) vs. ukui /uʋe/ (there)
• tʷ>ʃ
• kʷ>ʋ
  • modern native orthography uses different symbol for kʷ and pʷ (ku-pu ligatures)

Tones

Chanting to convey meaning (example text in Finnish "human's cat's and dog's foods):

• íhmístèn, kíssójèn jà kóírièn rùòā̀t
• íhmī̀stén kíssójèn jā́ kóírièn rúóàt
• íhmístḕn kìssòjén jà kòìrién rúóàt

Ideas

Script

• Abugida with onset and coda in same grapheme which is different from the one without coda.
  • A for ts-, and B for ts-r (not Á); codas only with "strong" onsets
  • ts-r, t-r, p-r, k-r (/r/=[r~l])
  • ts-N, t-N, p-N, k-N (/m/ as base)
  • also different distortions for vowels and diphthongs (after "weak" onsets)
  • tsekkaa glagolitsamainen, lindisfarneehkolähtöinen merkistö funktioteorian prujusta (s.22) ja jatka siltä pohjalta!