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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 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/ | * Pharyngeal: /ħ ʕ/ | ||
* Syringeal: /h ʔ/ (one syrinx), /h² ʔ²/ (both syrinxes) | * Syringeal: /h ʔ/ (one syrinx), /h² ʔ²/ (both syrinxes) |
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