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Introduction
M-Clofabylin is a tonal language inspired by generic drug names and IlL's Clofabylin. The phonology is a little like Hmong.
Phonology
There are 10 tones in M-Clofabylin. Five of these are used in monosyllables and the other five in disyllables.
| Tone | Symbol | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | a | /a33/ | tha 'three' |
| a-na | /a22ˈna33/ | ra-phi 'house' | |
| High | á | /a45/ | cý 'leaf' |
| a-ná | /a33ˈna45/ | me-tá 'some' | |
| Rising | â | /a25/ or /a215/ | cî 'I' |
| a-nâ | /a11ˈna15/ | vi-dô 'to freeze' | |
| Falling | à | /a42/ | tè 'to read' |
| a-nà | /a33ˈna42/ | i-nìb (present tense marker) | |
| Glottalized | ä | /a22ʔ/ | mÿ 'to reach' |
| a-nä | /a44ˈna22ʔ/ | rhy-thö 'light' |
The phonemes are as follows:
| Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaspirated plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | r /ʈ/ | c /k/ | k /q/ | |
| Aspirated plosive | ph /pʰ/ | th /tʰ/ | rh /ʈʰ/ | ch /kʰ/ | ||
| Voiced plosive | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||
| Lateral | l /l/ | |||||
| Lateral fricative | ll /ɬ ~ ɬ̢/ | |||||
| Fricative | f /f/ | x /s/ | s /ʂ/ | h /h/ | ||
| Voiced fricative | v /v/ | z /z/ |
| Front | Front rounded | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i /i/ | u /y/ | |
| Mid | e /e/ | y /ø/ | o /o/ |
| Low | a /ɶ/ |
Phonotactics
M-Clofabylin phonotactics are really simple: monosyllables may be CV or (if not glottalized) CVC. Disyllables are CVCV or, again if not glottalized, CVCVC.
So for example "zu-mâb" and "zu-mä" are allowed but "zu-mäb" isn't.
Syllables may also begin with consonant clusters though only some clusters are allowed [list].