Demlang Phonology
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An overview of the phonology and phonotactics of Demlang
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 25 Jun 2017, 12:45.
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1. Demlang Phonology
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The Demlang Phonology is one of the most simple phonemic inventories in the world of conlangs. Containing 3 vowels (with variations of distinction) and 12 consonants to a total of 15 phonemes. Demlang, as an auxillary international conlang, allows for many allophones, which were considered from an array of languages around the world. Here are the sounds, allophones and consonant clusters that Demlang allows
There are 3 vowels in Demlang, but each 3 vowels have 4 distinctive variations. The vowel inventory only allows monothongs.
| Back | Front | |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | y /i~ɪ~e~e̞~ɛ~ɛ̝/ i /i:~ɪ:~e:~e̞:~ɛ:~ɛ̝:/1 ý /'i~'ɪ~'e~'e̞~'ɛ~'ɛ̝/2 í /'i:~'ɪ:~'e:~'e̞:~'ɛ:~'ɛ̝:/3 | o /u~ʊ~o~o̞~ɔ~ɔ̝/ u /u:~ʊ:~o:~o̞:~ɔ:~ɔ̝:/4 ó /'u~'ʊ~'o~'o̞~'ɔ~'ɔ̝/5 ú /'u:~'ʊ:~'o:~'o̞:~'ɔ:~'ɔ̝:/6 |
| Open | e /a~ə~æ~ä~ʌ/ a /a:~ə:~ɑ:~ä:~ʌ:/7 é /'a~'ə~'æ~'ä~'ʌ/8 á /'a:~'ə:~'ɑ:~'ä:~'ʌ:/9 |
Notes:
1, 4, 7: Long Vowel
2, 5, 8: Stressed Vowel
3, 6, 9: Long & Stressed Vowel
| front1 | middle2 | back3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | b /b~p/ | d /d~t/ | k /g~k/ |
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nh /ŋ/ |
| Fricative | v /f~ɸ~v~β/ | s /s~z/ | z /ʃ~ɕ~ʒ~ʑ~ɬ~ɮ/ |
| Approximant | w /w~ʋ/ | l /l~ɾ/ | j /j/ |
Notes:
1: bilabial~labio-dental~labio-velar
2: dental~alveolar
3: post-alveolar~alveolo-palatal~palatal~velar
These consonant clusters may appear initially, and any other clusters not in this graph below are considered illegal clusters.
| p | t | k | m | n | nh | s | z | w | l | j | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p | pt | pk | ps | pz | pw | pl | pj | ||||
| t | tp | tk | ts | tz | tw | tl | tj | ||||
| k | kp | kt | ks | kz | kw | kl | kj | ||||
| m | mw | ml | mj | ||||||||
| n | nw | nl | nj | ||||||||
| nh | nhw | nhl | nhj | ||||||||
| s | sp | st | sk | sm | sn | snh | sw | sl | sj | ||
| z | zp | zt | zk | zm | zn | znh | zw | zl | zj |
The syllable structure for Demlang includes short syllables C<C>V{C} and long syllables <C>VV{C} OR C<C>V:{C}
< > = Optional, { } = optional for word final, and V: = long vowel.
Words can have only one Long syllable but several short syllables. (L , S , LS, SL, LSS, SLS, SSL,) etc.
Consonant cluster rules are as following:
1) nasals can only be followed by Approximants
2) stops can only be followed by Sibilants and Approximants and stops
3) Approximants cannot be followed by a consonant and
4) Sibilants can be followed by nasals, stops or Approximants.
And that's it! Thank you for spending your time to read and learn more about our project Demlang! ^___^
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