Difference between revisions of "Riftspace Languages"

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The primary language encountered in Riftspace is for names of the main civilization I'm working with (which itself needs a name).

glyph	phoneme	examples
a₁	/æɛ/ or /æ/	bhazaf, nanere, kasuru, canaf, saserhi, dhavur
a₂	/ä/ or /ə/	zana, maru, haruset, a'tevh, kotanuf, aves
e	/ɛ/ or /ə/	nanere, tatemi, haruset, rhezeri, aves, avezesi
i	/i/ or /ɛ/	ijeve, rhezeri, tatemi, saserhi, canavesi
o	/ɔ/	kotanuf, nohe, cor, benok
u	/u/	kotanuf, kasuru, maru

a₁ does not occur word-initially or word-finally in open syllables.
/æɛ/ occurs only on stressed syllables, even in the dialects that prefer it. /æ/ occurs in all other conditions.
/ä/ occurs only on stressed syllables. /ə/ occurs in all other positions.
/ɛ/ and /i/ occur in all positions, except unstressed word-final open syllables, where their allophones /ə/ and /ɛ/ occur instead, respectively.

Phonemic Consonants
		Labial	Coronal	Post-alveolar	Velar	Glottal
nasal		m	n
obstruent	aspirated		t /tʰ/		k /kʰ/
	voiceless		t /t/		c /k/	' /ʔ/
	voiced	b /b/	d	j /dʒ/
	murmured	bh /bʱ/	dh /dʱ/
fricative	voiceless	f /f/	s /s/			h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/
	murmured	vh /vʱ/	hz /zʱ/
approximant	voiced		r /ɾ-ɹ/
approximant	murmured		rh /ɹʱ/

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 == Phonology ==
-'''Consonants'''
-* Labial: b, bh, m, f
-* Alveolar: n, j, z, s
-* Post-Alveolar: r / rh
-* Velar: k, c
-* Other: h, ʔ
-Balancing this ought to be fun.
 === Vowels ===
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 === Consonants ===
-STOPS
-* voiceless/voiced ?
-* aspirated / murmured ?
-Hindustani does break out all four, can do that
-FRICATIVES
-* voiceless
-* voiced
-==== Labials ====
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
-! glyph
-! phoneme
-! examples
-|-
-| m
-| /m/
-| maru
-|-
-| bh
-| /bʱ/ or /ʰp/
-| bhazaf
-|-
-| b
-| /b/
-| benok
-|-
-| vh
-| /vʱ/ or /ʰf/
-| a'tevh
-|-
-| v
-| /v/
-| ijeve, canavesi, vana
-|-
-| f
-| /f/
-| bhazaf, kotanuf, canaf
-|}
-Missing /p/
-==== Coronals ====
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
-! glyph
-! phoneme
-! examples
-|-
-| n
-| /n/
-| nanere, benok, nohe, canaf
-|-
-| dh
-| /dʱ/
-| dhavur
-|-
-| t
-| /tʰ/ or /ʰt/
-| tatemi, haruset, a'tevh
-|-
-| z
-| /z/
-| zana, avezesi
-|-
-| s
-| /s/
-| saserhi, haruset, kasuru, aves
-|-
-| rh
-| /ɹʲ/
-| rhezeri, saserhi
-|-
-| r
-| /ɾ/ or /ɹ/
-| rhezeri, maru, kasuru, cor, dhavur
-|}
-==== Velars ====
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
-! glyph
-! phoneme
-! examples
-|-
-| c
-| /k/
-| cor, canaf
-|-
-| k
-| /kʰ/
-| kotanuf, benok, kasuru
-|}
-Missing /g/
-==== Glottals ====
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
-! glyph
-! phoneme
-! examples
-|-
-| '
-| /ʔ/
-| a'tevh
-|-
-| h
-| /h/
-| hasu, haruset, nohe
-|}
 == Phonological Rules ==