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A Méich Bhaonnáiqh non-human language by Aoife Ní Fhlaithbheartaigh spoken by uplifted crows

Phonology

"how close to Tiberian Hebrew can I get with an avian vocal tract anatomy and still sounding bird-like" (Assume similar constraints as C'aar)

  • No rounded vowels; i e ɛ a ʌ ɤ ɯ (assuming backness is possible), with short, long and overlong
  • Rostral: /p b pˁ f v ʙ/
  • Apico-palatal: /t d tˁ θ ð θˁ l r/
  • Lamino-palatal: /c ɟ cˁ ç j/
  • Pharyngeal: /ħ ʕ/
  • Syringeal: /h ʔ/ (one syrinx), /h² ʔ²/ (both syrinxes)