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*/j/ > [i] / [+consonant] _#
*/j/ > [i] / [+consonant] _#
*/ə/ > [a] / _/j/$
*/ə/ > [a] / _/j/$
*[dental fricative] > ∅ / #_ [velar stop]
*/ɹ/ > ∅ / [vowel] _#
*[vowel] > [nasalization] / _[nasal]
*/o/ > [ɑ] / /ɰ/_


===Stress===
===Stress===

Revision as of 00:12, 2 November 2017

Introduction

Western Voþken is a daughter of Voþken that came as a result of the isolation between the western and eastern divide after the Fire Rebellion.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Post Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Fricative voiceless þ /θ/ s /s/ c /ʃ/ h /χ/
voiced ð /ð/ s [z]*
Approximant voiceless f /ʍ/
voiced v /ʋ/ r /ɹ/ y /j/ w /ɰ/
Lateral Approximant l /l/

*allophone

Vowels

Front Central Back Diphthongs
Close i /i/ u /u/
Near-Close i/y /ɪ/ [ɪ]*
Close-Mid o /o/ ei/ey /ej/
Mid a /ə/
Open-Mid e /ɛ/ oi/oy /ɔɪ/
Near-Open
Open a [a]* o [ɑ]* ai/ay /aj/

*allophone

Except for diphthongs, all vowels have a nasal allophone.

Phonotactics

Allowed Syllables

  • (C)(C)V(C)(C)

Consonant Clusters Word Initial

  • [fricative]+[nasal,liquid,stop]
  • [stop]+[nasal,liquid,fricative]

Word Internal

Word Final

  • [fricative]+[stop]
  • [stop]+[fricative]
  • /m/+/b/
  • /n/+[stop,excluding /b/]

Phonological Rules

  • /ɛ/ > [ə] / _#
  • /s/ > [z] / $_[+voiced +consonant]
  • /s/ > [z] / [+voiced +consonant]_$
  • /o/ > [ɔ] / _/j/
  • /j/ > [ɪ] / /ʊ/_
  • /j/ > [ɪ] / [+consonant] _ [+consonant]
  • /j/ > [i] / [+consonant] _#
  • /ə/ > [a] / _/j/$
  • [dental fricative] > ∅ / #_ [velar stop]
  • /ɹ/ > ∅ / [vowel] _#
  • [vowel] > [nasalization] / _[nasal]
  • /o/ > [ɑ] / /ɰ/_

Stress

Western Sound Changes

First Wave

  • [+labiodental +fricative] > [-labiodental +labial]
  • [+dental +fricative] > ∅ / #_ [velar stop]
  • /w/ >/ɰ/
  • /ʊ/ > /o/
  • /ɹ/ > ∅ / [+vowel] _#
  • /x/ > /χ/

Second Wave

  • [+labial +fricative] > [-fricative +approximant]
  • [+vowel] > [+nasalization] / _[nasal]
  • /o/ > [ɑ] / [ɰ]_
  • [æ] > [ə]