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'''Wīäkkarung''' (Thackish: ''Wỵạckẹríng wụttle'') is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan, Polynesian, Danish, Arabic, and German. | |||
== Phonology == | |||
=== Consonants === | |||
m /m/ nq /n̪ˤ/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/ ngq /ɴ/ | |||
p /p˭~b/ tq /t̪˭ˤ/ t /t˭~ɾ/ k /k˭~x/ kq /q/ | |||
w /ʋ/ d /ð̞ˤ/ r /ʁ~ɐ̯/ rr /ʀː/ l /l/ lq /dental emph. L)/ h /h/ | |||
(d is lowered Arabic Zaa') | |||
=== Vowels === | |||
i /i/ ī /iː/ e /e/ ē /eː/ a /a/ ā /aː/ o /o/ ō /oː/ u /u/ ū /uː/ ei /aj/ au /aw/ | |||
By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr). | |||
=== Phonotactics === | |||
Initial emphatics are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is. | |||
Revision as of 23:55, 3 December 2024
Wīäkkarung (Thackish: Wỵạckẹríng wụttle) is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan, Polynesian, Danish, Arabic, and German.
Phonology
Consonants
m /m/ nq /n̪ˤ/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/ ngq /ɴ/ p /p˭~b/ tq /t̪˭ˤ/ t /t˭~ɾ/ k /k˭~x/ kq /q/ w /ʋ/ d /ð̞ˤ/ r /ʁ~ɐ̯/ rr /ʀː/ l /l/ lq /dental emph. L)/ h /h/ (d is lowered Arabic Zaa')
Vowels
i /i/ ī /iː/ e /e/ ē /eː/ a /a/ ā /aː/ o /o/ ō /oː/ u /u/ ū /uː/ ei /aj/ au /aw/ By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr).
Phonotactics
Initial emphatics are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is.