bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:13 amRounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 9:27 am [sɑːʋtəm ʋœt goːʋqɑtɛ nɑːɾhɑt | sɑktəm hɛːg.ge nəppəʋuːx | nɑːx goːʋqɑtɛ mpənɑːʋqɑtɛ hɑt | ɾeːʋn geːʋn gɛːn sɑːçt mpənɑːʋqæɾœn | mɪkntɪ hɔn]Sautuem wau gougautae naurau. Sautuem haenje nëppëwiy. Nau gougautae mpënauqautae hau. Rein gein gaein sauʼ mpënauqauroen. Minchi haun?
- ʋ → ∅ / Vː _
- h → ∅ / C _
- At the end of a syllable: voiceless obstruent → ʔ → ː, voiced fricative → nasal; but [çt] → [çʔ] → [jˀ]
- Vowel breaking: æː ɑː ɛː œː ɔː eː øː əː oː ɪː ʏː iː ʉː uː → ɐj ɐw ɛj ɛw ɔw ej ew əj ow ɪj ɪw iw ʉw uj (and then [wjˀ] → [wˀ])
- Semivowels become coarticulated with following consonants; nʲ ŋʲ tʲ dʲ → ɲ ɲ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ
- Vowel affectation: i~ʉ~u ɪ~ʏ~ʊ e~ø~o ə ɛ~œ~ɔ æ~ɐ~ɑ → u ʊ o ɵ ɔ ɒ / next to labiovelars, → i ɪ e ɛ æ / next to palatals
- The resulting system of 18 monophthongs is extremely unstable and collapses: ɪ ʏ ʊ → i ʉ u, ɵ → ø, ɛ ɔ → æ ɒ, ɑ → ɐ, with /ij/ → [ɪj] allophonically
[sɒ.tʷøm ʋɒw go.qʷɒ.tæ nɒ.ɾʷɒ | sɒ.tʷøm hæɲ.d͡ʑe nə.ppə.ʋɪj | nɒw go.qʷɒ.tæ mpə.nɒ.qʷɒ.tæ hɒw | ɾeɲ geɲ gæɲ sɒwˀ mpə.nɒ.qʷɒ.ɾœn | mi.ɲt͡ɕi hɒn]
1.) Diphthong-smoothing: [ɒw] > [ɒː] > [aː], or [ow] > [oː] after labials; [ɪj] > [ɛj] > [ɛː].
2) Vowels in the last open syllable in a word lengthen.
2.1) [ɒː] > [oː] in labial environments, as above.
2.2) Elsewhere [ɒː] [æː] > [aː]; [eː] > [iː]; [ɛː] > [eː]
(3) Loss of initial [ʋ], and labialisation; loss of [ˀ] with compensatory lengthening.
(4.) Nasal-Consonant sequences become prenasalised, then plain voiced.
(4.1) [q] glottalises, then is lost; excrescent [j w] may appear after a long vowel.
(5.) Short vowel shifts, [ø œ] > [ɛ], [ɒ] > [ɔ], schwa coloured by preceding vowel
(5.1) [ɔwɔ owɔ] > [ɔːː > [oːː]
(6) [ɲ] > [j]
(6.1) [æj] > [eː], [ej] > [iː]
(6.2) Long vowels in open monosyllables become overlong.
[saː.tɛm oːː goːː.taː nɔ.ɾoː | saː.tɛm heː.d͡ʑiː nɛ.ppɔ.ʋeː | naːː goːː.taː bɔ.noːː.taː haːː | ɾiːː geːː geːː saːː bɔ.nɔ.qoː.ɾɛn | mi.ɟ͡ʑiː hɔn]
Sátem ô gâtá noró. Sátem héjí neppowé. Nâ gôtá bonôtá hâ. Rî gê gê sâ bonogó ren. Miji hon?
Have fun with the new vowel system!