User:MIGUELbM/Muna v2.8

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial		Alveolar		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive		p		t			k
Nasal		m		n			ŋ
Fricative	Spirant	β	ɸ	ð	θ		ɣ	h
	Silibant			s
Liquid	Flap			ɾ
	Approx.			l
Glide	Approx.					j	w

Vowels

	Front	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a	ɒ

Diphthongs

	i	u
a	ai
e	ei
ɒ		ɒu
o		ou

Phonotactics

Syllable (σ)
Onset (ω)		Rime (ρ)
Initial (ι)	Medial (μ)	Nucleus (ν)	Coda (κ)
Consonant	Semivowel Liquid Plosive /s/	Vowel Diphthong	Nasal Liquid Fricative Liquid + fricative Liquid + nasal

Initial (ι)

• Initials are optional word-initially and mandatory elsewhere
• Can’t have the same manner of articulation as a preceding coda

Medial (μ)

• Medials re optional
• Liquids are only allowed after stops or fricatives
• /s/ Is only allowed after nasals or liquids
• /s/ is forbidden on a first syllable or after a syllable with coda

Nucleus (ν)

• Nuclei are mandatory
• Diphthongs are not allowed after a semivowel

Coda (κ)

• Codas are optional
• Nasals must have the same place of articulation as the following obstruent
• Liquid + fricative are only allowed word-finally

Stress

Stress is often placed on the first syllable, sometimes on the second.

Allophony

• Voiced fricatives [β ð ɣ] undergo fortition [b d g] when adjacent to a stop or nasal
• Adjacent unvoiced stops and their voiced counterparts [pb bp td dt kg gk] become voiced and geminated [b: d: g:]
• The voiced alveolar fricative [ð] undergoes fortition [d] before [l]
• The lateral approximant [l] becomes a lateral release [◌ˡ] after alveolar stops [t d]
• Alveolar and velar nasals [n ŋ] become palatal nasals [ɲ] before [j]

Word Classes

Nouns

Dependency Structure

Determiner	Quantifier	Noun		Case	Adjective	Genitive
		Root	Number

Muna Versions

Current version is v2.7, other versions hosted on Linguifex are below

• Muna v21