Ahakqau

INTRODUCTION

Trying to create a phonologically and morphologically less complex conlang.

PHONOLOGY

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants

Ahakqau has a total of thirteen 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.

	Labial	Central Alveolar	Lateral Alveolar	Palato-Alveolar	Velar
Voiceless Stop	/p/	/t/	/tɬ/	/tʃ/	/k/
Voiced Fricative	/v/	/ɹ/	/l/	/ʒ/	/ɣ/
Nasal	/m/	/n/			/ŋ/

NOTE: While /ɹ, l/ are not phonetically fricatives, they pattern phonologically with the rest of the voiced fricatives.

Vowels

Ahakqau has a total of three monophthongs and six diphthongs making a total of ninebowels. According to WALS, which only considers monophthongs, this is a small vowel quality inventory.

	Front	Central	Back
High Monophthong	/i/		/u/
Low Monophthong		/ä/

Diphthongs: /ɛʊ/, /iə/, /ɔɪ/, /uə/, /aɪ/, /ɑʊ/