Asakai
From Conlangs
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 | ||
| Lateral | l |
- Voiced consonants only occur word-medially and may instead be articulated as making the preceding vowel long.
- Affricates are allophones of their corresponding plosives before certain high vowels ([t~ts~tɕ] _[HIGH]) but are phonemic elsewhere.
- Any rhotic.
Vowels
| Back | Front | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Low | a | |
Diphthongs
/aɪ/, /aʊ/
Phonotactics
Syllable structure is strictly CV.
