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Revision as of 02:02, 27 March 2017
Hmøøh/Drug names is a member of the Quihum language family and a close relative of the Pfeunic languages. It is the major influence on the Kammalic language Trây.
It's inspired by my older draft of Ancient Wiebian, titled "Classical Wiobian", and User:Praimhín's old conlang Windermere.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ń /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | z /c/ | k /k/ | q /ʔ/ |
| prenasalized | mp /ᵐp/ | nt /ⁿt/ | ńz /ᶮc/ | nk /ᵑk/ | ||
| implosive | b /ɓ/ | d /ɗ/ | ||||
| Fricative | v /f~v/ | ß /s~z/ | s /ç~ʝ/ | g /x~ɣ/ | h /h/ | |
| Liquid | r /r/; l /l/ | ŕ /ɹ/ | ||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | j /j/ | ||||
- Notes
- Voiceless plosives and affricates are lightly aspirated.
- The fricatives <v þ ß s g> are voiced intervocalically.
- Gemination is phonemic.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | ü /y/ | u /u/ |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | ö /ø/ | o /o/ |
| Mid | e /ə/ | ||
| Open-mid | ä /ɛ/ | å /ɔ/ | |
| Open | a /a/ | ⱶ /ɑ/ |
Diphthongs: ei öü ou ia ie io iu üö uo
Prosody
Stress
Most of the time, the stress falls on the first syllable. Exceptions are sesquisyllables that result from epenthesis of initial consonant clusters.
Intonation
Phonotactics
The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)(C), where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.