Phonology: 1

Alright, so an important aspect of most conlangs is the phonology. Here goes. If you are unfamiliar with IPA, I recommend this website, http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/ because it gives audio clips for each IPA letter.

IPA Letter
a a
ɛ e
i i
o o
u u
ʊ ou
p p
b b
t t
d d
k k
g g
m m
n n
ŋ ng
ɸ f
β v
θ th
ð dh
s s
z z
h h
ɾ r
j y
l l
w w

 

Some other important things to point out are:

  • “qu” is pronounced /kw/
  • double consonants are long and span two syllables
  • double vowels are long and are pronounced longer than their singular counterparts, eg. “aa” is pronounced /a:/
  • accented vowels are pronounced the same as long vowels and short vowels, but these accented vowels mark the stress of the word
  • if a word lacks accented vowels, then the word very likely has no stress which often happens for short grammatical words, eg. ik, bwaza, gaquon, etc.

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