Edit: It is ‹ae› now, I’m told.

Just a bit of phonology for now. Also note that the entire motivation for this language’s existence is so that Scaermongaer¹ is pronounced as it should be: as scaremonger. :toot:

Vowels

Edit: I did write a diagram generator after all.

/ɑ ɛ e i o u/ are, um, what they say they are when stressed. When unstressed, though, the first three become [ə], /i/ becomes [ɪ], and /o u/ become [ʌ]. The vowel with the group’s primary stress is slightly longer. There are no diphthongs (well, there are, but they use /j v/ as the glide).

The vowels are spelt ‹a ae² e i o u›.

Consonants

/p b t d k ɡ f v s z x j m n l r/, spelt as the IPA, except /x/ is ‹c›.

/r/ is actually [ɾ] but the former is easier to type. :v At the end of a syllable before another consonant, it drops out; if the syllable is stressed it lengthens the vowel more, otherwise it’s just silent.

The plosives are actually realised as, e.g., /p b/ = [pʰ p].

After /s/, /f v x/ become [p w k]: /sk/ = [skʰ], /sx/ = [sk]. /n/ becomes /ŋ/ at the end of a syllable before one of /k ɡ/, or at the end of a word. /v j/ become [ʊ̯ ɪ̯] at the ends of syllables.

/sj xj fj sr/ are [ʃ], /tj kj/ are [tʃ], /dj ɡj/ are [dʒ], and /zj vj/ are [ʒ]. /lj/ is just [l].

Syllable structure

If you like regexes, then assuming $C contains the consonants and $V the vowels it’s /s?$C[jv]?$V([jv][ns]?|vl|[nrls]|v?m$)?/. If not:

• Maybe /s/
• A consonant
• One of /j v/ or neither
• A vowel
• Optionally one of /j v n r l s/, or /jn vn js vs vl/
  • At the end of a word, this also includes /m/ and /vm/

You can’t have a labial followed by /v/, nor can you have any of /vv jv jj lv rv rj/ in the same syllable. (/vj/ is fine though.) /s/ can’t be followed by voiced plosives or /s z/.

More to come, perhaps. But I have more than enough for Scaermongaer: /sxɛrmongɛr/ = [skɛːmʌŋgə]. ^_^