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'''Wīäkkarung''' is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan, Polynesian, Danish, Arabic, and German. | |||
== Phonology == | |||
=== Consonants === | |||
m /m/ nh /n̪/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/ | |||
p /p˭~b/ th /t̪˭~ð/ t /t˭~ɾ/ k /k˭~x/ | |||
w /ʋ/ d /ð̞ˤ/ r /ʁ~ɐ̯/ rr /ʀː/ l /l/ h /h/ | |||
(d is lowered Arabic Zaa') | |||
rm [mːˤ] rp [pːˤ] | |||
rn [nːˤ] rt [tːˤ] rl [lːˤ] | |||
rng [ɴː] rk [qː] | |||
=== Vowels === | |||
i /i/ ī /iː/ e /e/ ē /eː/ a /a/ ā /aː/ o /o/ ō /oː/ u /u/ ū /uː/ | |||
By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr). | |||
=== Phonotactics === | |||
Initial dentals (<nh, th, d>) are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is. | |||
Revision as of 03:09, 29 November 2024
Wīäkkarung is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan, Polynesian, Danish, Arabic, and German.
Phonology
Consonants
m /m/ nh /n̪/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/ p /p˭~b/ th /t̪˭~ð/ t /t˭~ɾ/ k /k˭~x/ w /ʋ/ d /ð̞ˤ/ r /ʁ~ɐ̯/ rr /ʀː/ l /l/ h /h/ (d is lowered Arabic Zaa') rm [mːˤ] rp [pːˤ] rn [nːˤ] rt [tːˤ] rl [lːˤ] rng [ɴː] rk [qː]
Vowels
i /i/ ī /iː/ e /e/ ē /eː/ a /a/ ā /aː/ o /o/ ō /oː/ u /u/ ū /uː/ By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr).
Phonotactics
Initial dentals (<nh, th, d>) are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is.