Original Prompt Provided by Jessie Peterson

Quothalinguist – Exploring language since ’89

Day Fifteen

Goal: Compile IPA charts for your conlang.

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-Dental	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p’			t’	c	k’	ʔ
Affricate				ts’	tɕ’
Fricative		f	θ	s	ɕ		h
Approximant					j	w
Tap or Flap				ɾ
Trill				r
Lateral Fricative				ɬ
Lateral Approximant				l

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-Mid			o
Open-Mid	ɛ
Open		ä

Day Sixteen

Goal: Play around with syllable structures.

Phonotactics

In its current form, this protolanguage will have a syllable structure of (C)V. Consonants can optionally fill in the onset, and codas are always a vowel.

The idea of consonant clusters will be further explored as this protolanguage goes through a series of sound changes in its future.

Day Seventeen

Goal: Create nonce forms of varying lengths.

Prosody

On multisyllabic units, this protolanguage has its primary word-level stress fixed on the second syllable. Stressed vowels may tend to have slightly lengthened duration and more intensity.

A secondary word-level stress, or beyond when applicable, will fall after any [ɾ]voiced dental/alveolar tap, [r]voiced dental/alveolar trill, [ʔ]glottal plosive, or any non-pulmonic ejective consonant sounds.

Nonce Text Example

nusunɛ’o  cap’ik’aθɛ  ho.  ŋu’ɛ’u  hucoɬosu  osɛ  ɕɛ.  ŋu’ijɛ  k’ici.  ɬo.  ɬot͡ɕ’oro’ɛ  t͡ɕ’o’i  hucoɬosu  ɲɛ’ot’ɛk’ɛ.  ŋɛ  mɛ  a’a  sula.  simoɾɛ  t͡sʼiɾo.  lumop’a  p’afak’i.  a  θip’ijɛ  t’ɛt͡ɕ’uŋowɛ  jɛ.  ɕahi’ifa  ɬo  ɬup’i’ojo  maθi.  wumɛ  fofohɛ.  cija  t͡sʼiɾat’u  wafo.

Day Eighteen

Goal: Write a section on syllables and stress.

Phonology, Phonotactics, Prosody

•Consonant Phonemes: Twenty-two

•Vowel Phonemes: Five

•Syllable Structure: (C)V

•Consonant Clusters: None

•Diphthongs: None

•Vowel Clusters: Multisyllabic

•Primary Stress: Second Syllable

•Secondary Stress (and beyond): Follows [ɾ, r, ʔ, p’, t’, k’, ts’, tɕ’]

Nonce Text Example (with Stress)

nu[su]nɛ’o  cap'[i]k’aθɛ  ho.  ŋu'[ɛ]’u  hu[co]ɬosu  o[sɛ]  ɕɛ.  ŋu'[i]jɛ  k’i[ci].  ɬo.  ɬot͡ɕ'[o]ro’ɛ  t͡ɕ'[o]’i  hu[co]ɬosu  ɲɛ'[o]t’ɛk’ɛ.  ŋɛ  mɛ  a'[a]  su[la].  si[mo]ɾɛ  t͡sʼi[ɾo].  lu[mo]p’a  p’a[fa]k’i.  a  θip'[i]jɛ  t’ɛt͡ɕ'[u]ŋowɛ  jɛ.  ɕa[hi]’ifa  ɬo  ɬup’[i]’ojo  ma[θi].  wu[mɛ]  fo[fo]hɛ.  ci[ja]  t͡sʼi[ɾa]t’u  wa[fo].

Day Nineteen

Goal: Create five proto-forms for body terms.

Body Terms

Head – noco
Arm – ci
Leg – ŋu
Hair – ho
Nose – ɾa
Eye – si
Hand – ŋɛ
Mouth – ɕocu
Foot – ɾat͡sʼo
Ear – ŋut͡ɕ’o
Breast – ɬo

Day Twenty

Goal: Create five proto-forms for terrain features.

Terrain Features

River – ra
Large Rock – k’a
Sea – wi
Forest – θɛ
Cliff – lɛ
Plateau – t’ɛɕi
Woodland – t͡ɕ’ɛ
Floodplain – hɛ
Coast – hi
Hill – ilɛ
Valley – rohu
Rainforest – ɲijɛp’ɛ
Lake – ɾɛsɛ
Plain – t’oɲu
Mountain – cu
Sea Stack – p’uninɛ
Inselberg – p’o
Delta – nɛja
Cavern – cɛco
Waterfall – alu
Stream – ɾuk’ɛ’u

Day Twenty-One

Goal: Create five proto-forms for weather.

Weather

Rain – ro’i
Wind – ŋina
Thunder – afamɛ
Lightning – umuhi
Coastal Flood – oθusa
Fluvial Flood – t’oɕu’u
Tornado – k’uno
Cyclone – hit’uɕɛ
Hail – ha
Fog – t’u’i
Frost – ɬa’ɛ
Drought – si’ɛ
Heat – ŋajo
Wildfire – mu
Haboob – fuhɛ

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