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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
"how close to Tiberian Hebrew can I get with an avian vocal tract anatomy" (Assume similar constraints as C'aar)
"how close to Tiberian Hebrew can I get with an avian vocal tract anatomy and still sounding bird-like" (Assume similar constraints as C'aar)


* No rounded vowels; i e ɛ a ʌ ɤ ɯ (assuming backness is possible), with short, long and overlong
* No rounded vowels; i e ɛ a ʌ ɤ ɯ (assuming backness is possible), with short, long and overlong
* "Rostral" (beak) instead of "labial"? Should I have these sounds at all? conventionally transcribed as if they were labials
* "Rostral" (beak) instead of "labial"? Should I have these sounds at all? conventionally transcribed as if they were labials
* Glottal won't make sense
* Glottal won't make sense
* Rostral: /p b f v ʙ/  
* Rostral: /p b f v ʙ/  
* Palatal: /c ɟ ç j l r/
* Apico-palatal: /t d tˁ θ ð s z tsˁ l r/
* Lamino-palatal: /c ɟ ç j/
* Pharyngeal: /ħ ʕ/  
* Pharyngeal: /ħ ʕ/  
* Syringeal: /h ʔ/ (one syrinx), /h² ʔ²/ (both syrinxes)
* Syringeal: /h ʔ/ (one syrinx), /h² ʔ²/ (both syrinxes)

Revision as of 06:07, 29 January 2022

A Méich Bhaonnáiqh non-human language by Aoife Ní Fhlaithbheartaigh spoken by uplifted crows

Phonology

"how close to Tiberian Hebrew can I get with an avian vocal tract anatomy and still sounding bird-like" (Assume similar constraints as C'aar)

  • No rounded vowels; i e ɛ a ʌ ɤ ɯ (assuming backness is possible), with short, long and overlong
  • "Rostral" (beak) instead of "labial"? Should I have these sounds at all? conventionally transcribed as if they were labials
  • Glottal won't make sense
  • Rostral: /p b pˁ f v ʙ/
  • Apico-palatal: /t d tˁ θ ð s z tsˁ l r/
  • Lamino-palatal: /c ɟ cˁ ç j/
  • Pharyngeal: /ħ ʕ/
  • Syringeal: /h ʔ/ (one syrinx), /h² ʔ²/ (both syrinxes)