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Syllable structure is (C)V(Q), where Q is a nasal, fricative, or rhotic.
 
Syllable structure is (C)V(Q), where Q is a nasal, fricative, or rhotic.
  
([[13 onsets * 5 nuclei] + 12 affricates+/i/,/aɪ/,/aʊ/)] * 6 codas {[[ + 5 voiced onsets * 5 nuclei] + 12 voiced affricates+/i/,/aɪ/,/aʊ/] * 6 codas} = 462 monosyllables, 222 word-medial syllables.
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([[13 onsets * 5 nuclei] + 12 affricates+/a/,/aɪ/,/aʊ/)] * 6 codas {[[ + 5 voiced onsets * 5 nuclei] + 12 voiced affricates+/a/,/aɪ/,/aʊ/] * 6 codas} = 462 monosyllables, 222 word-medial syllables.

Revision as of 15:07, 15 June 2015

Ash is my attempt at a "universal language". While I do not believe a universal language is either possible or recommendable, this is a project devoted to that specific task. It is not based on any language or language group, but rather strictly upon linguistic regularities.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar (Alveo-)Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive (Voiceless) p t k ʔ ‹'›
Plosive (Voiced)1 b d
Nasal m n
Fricative (Voiceless) f s ɕ h
Fricative (Voiced) v z ʑ
Affricate (Voiceless)2 ts tɕ ‹ch›
Affricate (Voiced) dz dʑ ‹j›
Approximant r3 j ‹y› w
  1. Voiced consonants only occur word-medially and may instead be articulated as making the preceding vowel long.
  2. Affricates are allophones of their corresponding plosives before certain high vowels ([t~ts~tɕ] _[HIGH]) but are phonemic elsewhere.
  3. Any rhotic.

Vowels

Back Front
High i u
Low a

Diphthongs

/aɪ/, /aʊ/

Phonotactics

Syllable structure is (C)V(Q), where Q is a nasal, fricative, or rhotic.

([[13 onsets * 5 nuclei] + 12 affricates+/a/,/aɪ/,/aʊ/)] * 6 codas {[[ + 5 voiced onsets * 5 nuclei] + 12 voiced affricates+/a/,/aɪ/,/aʊ/] * 6 codas} = 462 monosyllables, 222 word-medial syllables.