User:IlL/Spare pages 1/77

From Linguifex
< User:IlL‎ | Spare pages 1
Revision as of 14:43, 29 January 2022 by IlL (talk | contribs) (→‎Phonology)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

A Méich Bhaonnáiqh ceremonial language by Aoife Ní Fhlaithbheartaigh spoken by uplifted birds

Phonology

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

  • No rounded vowels; i e ɛ a ʌ ɤ ɯ (assuming backness is possible), with short /a3/, long /a453/ (similar to short caw)
  • Rostral: /p b pʼ φ β ʙ m/
  • Apico-palatal: /t d tʼ θ ð θʼ l n/
  • Lamino-palatal: /c ɟ cʼ ç j/
  • Choanal: /ħ ʕ/
  • Syringeal: /h ʔ/ (one syrinx), /h² ʔ²/ (both syrinxes)

single and double ejectives?

Abjadi order: ʔ ʔ² b ɟ d h h² β ħ t' j c l m n ʕ p p' θ' c' B t