Phonology

Here is a simple phonetic inventory. If you’re unfamiliar with any of the symbols, you can look them up at this interactive IPA chart.

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Aveolar	Alveo-palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p			t		k
Fricative		f, v	θ, ð	s, z	ʃ, ʒ		h
Nasal	m			n
Liquid				l, ɾ

Vowels

	Front		Back
	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i		u
Close-mid	I	Y
Mid	e		ɔ
Open	a

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Phonotactics

Magian syllables consist of a mandatory onset (they must start with a consonant or consonant cluster) and a rhyme where diphthongs are typically not allowed but codas are, with some restrictions. Where c=consonant, v=vowel, and optional sounds are enclosed in parenthesis, the structure of the syllable could be represented as follows:

c (c) v (c)

The first consonant can be any sound from the chart above, the second, if present, can only be a liquid, the vowel is any one vowel sound (again, no diphthongs), and the final optional consonant can be anything other than a stop or /h/.

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Stress System

– In Progress