Old Water Mage Syllabic Language [OWMSL]
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Hāngba Kotou [hä:ŋbä ko̞to̞u]
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Hāngba Kotou [hä:ŋbä ko̞to̞u]
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Language type
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Species
Human/humanoid
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸʰ | s | z | ɕ | ʑ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | (l)1 | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Blends | [kɦ]2 |
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /k/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | ɯ̟ᵝ: | u | |||
| Close-mid | e e: | |||||
| Mid | o̞ o̞: | |||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | [o̞u]1 | o̞i | äo̞ | ei | eo̞ | äi | äu | eu |
- allophone of /o̞:/
Syllable StructureA syllable in Hangba Kotou (HK) follows a basic CVC pattern. More specifically, the onset can be empty or a dipthong; the nucleus can be a single short vowel, a single long vowel, or a diphthong; and the coda can be empty or a consonant.
Stress informationThe general rules for stress in HK are as follows:
1: Stress is placed on long vowels (and diphthongs).
2: Within a single word, two stressed syllables cannot be directly next to one another.
3: If a choice presents itself, stress is placed on the later syllable.
1: Stress is placed on long vowels (and diphthongs).
2: Within a single word, two stressed syllables cannot be directly next to one another.
3: If a choice presents itself, stress is placed on the later syllable.
OtherConsonants which can be aspirated are aspirated when directly before or after /h/ or /ɸʰ/.
When the spelling suggests two vowels are directly next to one another (i.e. a short vowel, long vowel, or diphthong ending a syllable with the following syllable starting with a short vowel, long vowel, or diphthong), they are pronounced with a glottal stop separating them.
When the spelling suggests two vowels are directly next to one another (i.e. a short vowel, long vowel, or diphthong ending a syllable with the following syllable starting with a short vowel, long vowel, or diphthong), they are pronounced with a glottal stop separating them.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old Water Mage Syllabic Language. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Old Water Mage Syllabic LanguageOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d/ | DJ dj/d͡ʑ/ | DS ds/d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/ɸʰ/ | Gg/g/ |
| Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/ʑ/ | Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o̞/ | Pp/p/ |
| Rr/ɾ/, [l]1 | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- loan words only
