Nasqi: Orthography, Phonotactics
2004-Jun-15, Tuesday 06:30Since the phonology of Nasqi hasn't been finalized, the orthography is preliminary as well. Ordinary English-style roman letters are used, minus <c, j, v, w, y> .
( The specific assignments are here )
And now for some phonotactics.
* Coda consonants are moraic.
* Syllables with long vowels or diphthongs never have codas.
* Geminates and geminate clusters occur only between vowels.
* <h> appears only at the start of a stressable syllable.
* Other fricatives never appear as onsets.
* Likewise, <r> never appears as onset.
* Except for <q> , stops don't occur as codas.
* Voiced stops don't occur either initially or after voiceless codas.
* Nasals don't occur as onsets after <r> .
* <e> and <o> don't occur in unstressable syllables.
( The specific assignments are here )
And now for some phonotactics.
* Coda consonants are moraic.
* Syllables with long vowels or diphthongs never have codas.
* Geminates and geminate clusters occur only between vowels.
* <h> appears only at the start of a stressable syllable.
* Other fricatives never appear as onsets.
* Likewise, <r> never appears as onset.
* Except for <q> , stops don't occur as codas.
* Voiced stops don't occur either initially or after voiceless codas.
* Nasals don't occur as onsets after <r> .
* <e> and <o> don't occur in unstressable syllables.