Bircena: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Irrhythmic (talk | contribs) (Created page with " <!-- This is a short reminder of the language format policy. I. Write a short piece stating your intents and purposes when creating the language (Design goal, inspiration...") |
Irrhythmic (talk | contribs) (→Vowels) |
||
| Line 112: | Line 112: | ||
| é [e] | | é [e] | ||
| | | | ||
| ö [ | | ö [əʷ] | ||
| | | | ||
| o [o] | | o [o] | ||
| Line 124: | Line 124: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Near-open | ! style="" |Near-open | ||
| | |||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| ä [ä] | | ä [ä] | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Line 135: | Line 135: | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| à [ | | à [ɑʷ] | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
<!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | <!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | ||
Revision as of 05:37, 7 May 2013
Background
Bircena is a language spoken on the planet Halonia, in the north of the country Viržura, by both humans and the dominant sentient machines on the planet, the aureli.
It is an a priori language with some loose inspiration from Russian phonology.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ń | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | p b | t d | č ǰ | c j | k g | q ğ | |
| Fricative | v | s z | š ž | ś ź | x | x̌ | h |
| Approximant | l | r | y | ɫ | w |
/č/ and /ǰ/ represent postalveolar affricates, not plosives, but they behave phonologically as plosives, whereas forms with accute accents represent palatalized consonants, rather than true palatals.
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i [i] | ÿ [y] | u [u] | ||
| Near-close | ï [ɪ] | ü [ʊ] | |||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | é [e] | ö [əʷ] | o [o] | ||
| Open-mid | e [ɛ] | ||||
| Near-open | ä [ä] | ||||
| Open | a [æ] | à [ɑʷ] |