Cyrnian phonology

Yozhik v tumane

CONSONANTS (ROMANIZATION IN BRACKETS)

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Nasals: m n (m, n)

Stops: p b t d k g (p, b, t, d, k, g)

Sibilant Fricatives: s z ʃ ʒ (s, z, sh, j)

Non Sibilant Fricatives: f v θ ð x ɣ h (f, v, th, dt or th, kh or x, gh, h)

Approximants: j l (y, l)

Lateral Fricatives: ɬ ɮ (c, q)

Taps: ɾ (r)

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Allophones: ɾ=r, w = v in very young or elderly speakers, f = v only in the coda of a syllable (written as v)

An onset ɬ can be pronounced as ɬl

An onset ɮ can be pronounced as ɮl

The voiceless tap and trill occur after another voiceless sound

Notes:

If a syllable begins with a vowel, there is no glottal stop before it

Unvoiced stops are unaspirated everywhere

an alveolar tap is more common in quiet speech while an alveolar trill is more common in loud speech

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VOWELS (ROMANIZATION IN BRACKETS)

Monophthongs:

i, y, ɛ, a, ɪ, ɔ, u, ʊ (ī or iy, ü or w, e, a, i, o, u, ë or eu)

Diphthongs:

ai, eɪ, au (ai, ei, au)

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Allophones: æ = a, e = ɛ

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Phonotactics:

No doubled/tripled sounds
Syllable ending with a vowel can’t be before one starting with a vowel
no consonant after an h in the coda unless it is part of another syllable
Stops don’t cluster with each other in the same word
ü cannot start a word
kh can only cluster with t (kh in front)
Non-sibilant fricatives that are also non-lateral can’t cluster with sibilant fricatives
2 sibilant fricatives of differentiating only in the voicing or place of articulation cannot cluster together
A stop can’t precede a nasal in the same word
c can only cluster with n, m, t
q can only cluster with n, m, d
Words are usually stressed on the final syllable
the stress is usually on a suffix
Does not distinguish between a fricative and an affricate of the same place and manner of articulation
No stop & fricative onset
If and onset is fricative & stop, the fricative must be sibilant
relative clauses come right after the word it describes
A non-sibilant fricative in a syllable onset must not be in front of a nasal
A y is added between a word that ends in a vowel and another word that begins similar vowel (not u or o with e or a), but is not added to seperate the definite article and the possessive preposition “au”

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