Ahakqau

INTRODUCTION

Trying to create a phonologically and morphologically less complex conlang.

PHONOLOGY

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants

Ahakqau has a total of fourteen consonants which according to WALS (the World Atlas of Language Structures) is a small inventory. The consonant inventory is notable for the presence of a lateral obstruent and an initial velar nasal.

	Bilabial	Central Alveolar	Lateral Alveolar	Palato-Alveolar	Plain Velar	Labialised Velar
Voiceless Obstruent	/p/	/t/	/ɬ/	/ʃ/	/k/
Voiced Obstruent	/b/	/d/	/l/	/ʒ/	/ɡ/	/w/
Nasal	/m/	/n/			/ŋ/

NOTE: While /l, w/ are not phonetically obstruents, phonologically they pattern as voiced obstruents.

Vowels

Ahakqau has a total of three monophthongs and two diphthongs making a total of five vowels. According to WALS this is a small vowel quality inventory.

	Front	Central	Back
High Monophthong	/i/		/u/
Low Monophthong		/ä/
Diphthong	/aɪ/		/ɑʊ/