Western Voþken

Introduction

Western Voþken is a daughter of Voþken that came as a result of the isolation between the western and eastern divide after the Fire Rebellion.

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Post Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/		t /t/				k /k/
	voiced	b /b/		d /d/				g /g/
Nasal		m /m/		n /n/
Fricative	voiceless			þ /θ/	s /s/	c /ʃ/			h /χ/
	voiced			ð /ð/	s [z]*
Approximant	voiceless		f /ʍ/
	voiced		v /ʋ/	r /ɹ/			y /j/	w /ɰ/
Lateral Approximant				l /l/

*allophone

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back	Diphthongs
Close	i /i/		u /u/
Near-Close	i/y /ɪ/ [ɪ]*
Close-Mid			o /o/	ei/ey /ej/
Mid		a /ə/
Open-Mid	e /ɛ/			oi/oy /ɔɪ/
Near-Open
Open	a [a]*		o [ɑ]*	ai/ay /aj/

*allophone

Except for diphthongs, all vowels have a nasal allophone.

Phonotactics

Allowed Syllables

• (C)(C)V(C)(C)

Consonant Clusters Word Initial

• [fricative]+[nasal,liquid,stop]
• [stop]+[nasal,liquid,fricative]

Word Internal

Word Final

• [fricative]+[stop]
• [stop]+[fricative]
• /m/+/b/
• /n/+[stop,excluding /b/]

Phonological Rules

• /ɛ/ > [ə] / _#
• /s/ > [z] / $_[+voiced +consonant]
• /s/ > [z] / [+voiced +consonant]_$
• /o/ > [ɔ] / _/j/
• /j/ > [ɪ] / /ʊ/_
• /j/ > [ɪ] / [+consonant] _ [+consonant]
• /j/ > [i] / [+consonant] _#
• /ə/ > [a] / _/j/$

Western Sound Changes

First Wave

• [+labiodental +fricative] > [-labiodental +labial]
• [+dental +fricative] > ∅ / #_ [velar stop]
• /w/ >/ɰ/
• /ʊ/ > /o/
• /ɹ/ > ∅ / [+vowel] _#
• /x/ > /χ/

Second Wave

• [+labial +fricative] > [-fricative +approximant]
• [+vowel] > [+nasalization] / _[nasal]
• /o/ > [ɑ] / [ɰ]_
• [æ] > [ə]