(need an Icon) #Languary Day One: Rough set of Phonemes

[aldersprig]

The Language of Whispers (Working Name) - Working Phoneme Set

The Language of Whispers has what we can call Liturgical Whispers, a working language used for texts and ceremonies, as well as at least three modern dialects: Heretical, Rebel, and Institutional, which include some phoneme shifts in each.

This may not be a complete list, as it only has 22 11 consonant sounds and 5 vowel sounds. But it's a start.

I based the set off of a gibberish language I've used from time to time.

ssuhssuh nuhbahr nuhchuh nihbah nuh sseedush...

	labial	labiodental	dental	alveolar	alv-pal	velar	glottal
stops	(p)b			t d		(k)
fricatives		f(v)	θ ð	ss	sh		h
affricates	pf				ch j
approximants				l
nasals	m			n

Added a couple when I made it a table; they're in bold. Dialectical differences are in parentheses.

ss
n
m
ch/k
h
rr
sh
t
b/p
d
f/v

uh
oe/oo
ah/ae
eh
ee
ih

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

(Becka here. Can't be bothered to log in)

No you don't need to know, but it helps

I can pop it in a chart for you if you wish.

But what labial, velar etc means is where the sound is articulated.

Make a p sound and see how your lips are involved, then make t and k sounds and see where your tongue is.

For the type of sound it's how much the airflow is obsructed.

[aldersprig]

I get Labial, velar, a bit, but differentiating for me is kind of frustrating. I'd love a chart!

[clare_dragonfly]

I count either 11 or 14 consonant sounds?

[aldersprig]

Typo!

11 consonant sounds.

[clare_dragonfly]

Aha!

That isn't very many, but it's still more than Hawaiian has.