Vowels

a (a) aː (ā) æ (æ) æː (ǣ) i (i) iː (ī) u (u) uː (ū) e (e) eː (ē) ai (ai) o (o) oː (ō) au (au)

Comsonants

k (k) g (g) ŋ (ṅ) ᵑɡ (n̆g) tʃ (c) dʒ (j) ɲ (ñ) ⁿd͡ʒ (n̆j) ʈ (ṭ) ɖ (ḍ) ɳ (ṇ) ᶯɖ (n̆ḍ) t (t) d (d) n (n) ⁿd (n̆d) p (p) b (b) m (m) ᵐb (m̆b) j (y) ɾ (r) l (l) ɭ̆ (ḷ) ʋ (v) s (s) h (h)

In my phonology, contrast between prenasalized consonants (ⁿC) and their corresponding clusters (NC).

Example: kaᵐba and kamba have different meanings

help

Make a ng that only has one word, but with an extreme amount of affixing.

Vowels

ä (a) äː (ā) i (i) iː (ī) u (u) uː (ū) e (e) eː (ē) äɪ (ai) o (o) oː (ō) äʊ (au)

Consonants

k (k) kʰ (kh) g (g) gʱ (gh) ŋ (ṅ) tɕ (c) tɕʰ (ch) dʑ (j) dʑʱ (jh) ɲ (ñ) ʈ (ṭ) ʈʰ (ṭh) ɖ (ḍ) ɖʱ (ḍh) ɳ (ṇ) t (t) tʰ (th) d (d) dʱ (dh) n (n) p (p) pʰ (ph) b (b) bʱ (bh) m (m) j (y) ɾ (r) r (ṟ) l (l) ɭ (ḷ) ɻ (ḻ) ʋ (v) ɕ (ś) ʂ (ṣ) s (s) ɦ (h)

Syalballe structure

C1 (V) (R) C2

Consonant 1 segment: any consonant

Vowel: any vowel

Additional Rhotic segment: any rhotic except the Retroflex approximant

Consonant 2: any consonant

Notes Vowel segment is mandatory while the rhotic segment is additional

Examples: lard, lad

You can give 1 to 5 stars

​

https://preview.redd.it/u6giv4mwctcd1.png?width=609&format=png&auto=webp&s=4cb2a1bcd1ae7d0fbaf033b4cce9c24d64b5de27

View Poll

Corrected name: Rate my romanization

Vowels

ä (a) äː (ā) i (i) iː (ī) u (u) uː (ū) e (e) eː (ē) äɪ (ai) o (o) oː (ō) äʊ (au)

Consonants

k (k) kʰ (kh) g (g) gʱ (gh) ŋ (ṅ) tɕ (c) tɕʰ (ch) dʑ (j) dʑʱ (jh) ɲ (ñ) ʈ (ṭ) ʈʰ (ṭh) ɖ (ḍ) ɖʱ (ḍh) ɳ (ṇ) t (t) tʰ (th) d (d) dʱ (dh) n (n) p (p) pʰ (ph) b (b) bʱ (bh) m (m) j (y) ɾ (r) r (ṟ) l (l) ɭ (ḷ) ɻ (ḻ) ʋ (v) ɕ (ś) ʂ (ṣ) s (s) ɦ (h) ɽ (ṛ) ɽʱ (ṛh)

Syalballe structure

C1 (V) (R) C2

Consonant 1 segment: any consonant

Vowel: any vowel

Additional Rhotic segment: any rhotic except the Retroflex approximant

Consonant 2: any consonant

Notes Vowel segment is mandatory while the rhotic segment is additional

Examples: lard, lad

Notes: r, ɭ, ɻ, ɽ, ɽʱ does not occur word initialy.

So, you all have probably heard of the ergative alignment, that it's weird and illogical and stupid and all.

In probably all naturalistic ergative languages there are separate ergative and absolutive cases that do the marking.

I ditched them.

The Katabrashian languages are very ergative, but they do not have ergative or absolutive cases. They don't.

You may ask then, how is that ergativity marked.

Good question.

In the Katabrashian languages ergativity is marked by the word's relative position to the verb.

If it comes before the verb, it is considered ergative. If it comes after the verb, it's considered absolutive.

Let's make an example, with the verb õ "to start fire, to lit".

"The man starts fire" would be:

Ovṍ mã jírya.

3p.FIRE DEF MAN

On the other hand, "The man lits up the campfire" would be:

Mã jírya ovṍ mã ogúr.

DEF MAN 3p.FIRE DEF CAMPFIRE

As you can see, both mã jírya and mã ogúr are still in the nominative case, and the only thing that differenciates them is their relative position to the verb.

Hope it's a nice feature.

õ < [kʰo:m]

mã < [ma:mʷe]

jírya < [ɢʱore:ʡe:]

Аа /a/

Бб /b/

Вв /β~w/

Гг /ɣ~ɰ~ɦ/

Ґґ /g/

Дд /d/

Ее /je/

Ёё /jo/

Жж /ʒ/

Ѕѕ /dz/

Зз /z/

Ии /i/

Кк /k/

Лл /l/

Мм /m/

Нн /n/

Оо /o/

Пп /p/

Рр /ɾ~ɺ/

Сс /s/

Тт /t/

Уу /u~ɯ/

Фф /ɸ/

Хх /x/

Һһ /h/

Цц /ts/

Чч /tʃ/

Џџ /dʒ/

Шш /ʃ/

Ъъ /ʔ/

Ыы /ɨ/

Ьь /j/

Ээ /e/

Юю /ju/

Яя /ja/

• <a> /ə/ → /ɪ/ → /i/
• <i> /i/ → /e/ → /ɛ/ → /æ/
• <e> /ɛ/ → /ə/ → /ɔ/ → /ɑ/ → /a/
• <o> /ɔ/ → /o/ → /u/
  • /u̯/ → /w/ → /ɫ/
• <ia> /ia/ → /ja/ → /ɟɑ/ → /çɑ/ → /hɑ/
• <ie> /iɛ/ → /je/ → /ɲẽ/ → /ẽ̝ː~ɪ̞̘̃ː/
• <ei> /ɛi/ → /ɛɪ̯/ → /ɛe̯/ → /ɛə̯/ → /ɜː/
• <io> /iɔ/ → /iːjɔ/ → /iːʔɔ/ → /ʄɔ/

I'm thinking of starting a youtube channel to talk about conlangs and linguistics, but I'm having trouble picking a channel name.

The following are mostly suggestions from friends and family who know scarcely anything about conlanging.

Which of these do you think sounds the catchiest, funniest or most interesting?

The Crackpot Conlanger

Genghis Khanlang

Cup of Conlang

Laryngeal 3 (h₃)

Carnivorous Conlanger

Coniferous Conlanger

Conlang Cabana

Fricative Fantasies

Fistful of Fricatives

Conlang Cosmos

Cosmopolitan Conlanger

Any other suggestions are welcome of course!

Vote

View Poll

Vowel phonemes (a, i, u, e̞, o̞, y) There are phonemic nasalized versions of all phonemic vowels

Notes "a" is actually a open front unrounded vowel

Consonant phonemes (p, pʰ, b, bʱ, m, ɸ, β, β̞, ⱱ̟, p̪, p̪ʰ, b̪, b̪ʱ, ɱ, t̼, t̼ʰ, d̼, d̼ʱ, n̼, ɾ̼, l̼, t, tʰ, d, dʱ, n, ts, dz, s, z, ɾ, l, c, cʰ, ɟ, ɟʱ, ɲ, cç, ɟʝ, ç, ʝ, j, k, kʰ, g, gʱ, ŋ, x, ɣ, q, qʰ, ɢ, ɢʱ, ɴ, χ, ʁ, ɢ̆, ʟ̠, h)

Questions What will be the english accentb based on this phonology sound like?

What are these consonants?

Rate my phonology?

Slayballe structure

C C V C

Consonants do not occur in the same syalballe after the vowel is nasalized

Lojban and Russian (Or alternatively, a scandinavian lnguage)

Solresol and Korean

Ygyde and English

Breadspeak and Spanish (and some others)

Zese and a lot of languages

Pegakibo and Filipino

Toaq and Spanish

Esperanto and Spanish

aUI and Thai (And maybe Hebrew)

Ithkuil and German

Toki Pona and EVERY LANGUAGE