Kareyku uses a five vowel system similar to Latin. These are the Kareyku consonants:
Stops: p, t, k, b, d, g
Palatal: ch /tʃ/, j /d͡ʒ/
Fricative:s, sh /ʃ/, h /x/
Nasals: n, m
Laterals: l
Liquid: r /ɾ/
Uvular: q /q͡χ/
Semi-consonants: w /w/, y /j/
These are all the sounds in Kareyku. The diphthongs being: ay, ey, oy, au, eu, ou.
An accent is used to mark where a particular word should be stressed when it is not in the second to last syllable.
Interesting phonology.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this is your actual script or if this is just a latinised version, but isn't it odd to use both diacritics and digraphs? E.g. ŝ and th? Not that it bothers me, but you might consider going digraphs only. Even more curious, though, is that you use ĉ for /tʃ/. Why don't you just use c?
It is a little odd, but it's just how I wanted it to look, so... merely taste. I prefer the sh and ch written thus and the 'th' like that. Just a matter of aesthetics to me. I could also always revert ŝ and ĉ to sh and ch. I didn't use c because I don't want to create confusion about c being /ts/ or /ch/ or /k/.
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