Becka's Notes

Phonology:

Consonants:

Notes: Yes, I dropped the aspirated stops. They were a complication I didn't need. The orthography for the velar approximant is subject to change if I can think of a better one since r and ŗ aren't very distinct visually..

Vowels

Dipthongs:
Dipthongs in Ketsai are best analysed as vowel-semivowel combinations but are orthographised here using vowels that don't exist as separate sounds in the language. In this context i is ɪ and u is ʊ:
ai au ei eu oi ou

Phonotactics:
(C)(A)V(S,N) (C=any consonant, A=Approximant, V-Any Vowel, S-Stop, N=Nasal)
CAV(S,N) can only occur when the initial C is not an Approximant.

Type:
Agglutinative (though I suspect the descendant languages will be fusional or even isolating)

Stress:
The first syllable of a word is stressed. Monosyllabic words are not stressed unless they are the final word in a question.

Pitch:
A rising pitch generally occurs on all the penultimate syllable of polysyllabic words but not on monosyllabic words. The exception is the last word of a question where the rising pitch is on the final syllable and monosyllabic words are also have pitch.

Phonology:
Consonants:

Notes: pp, tt, kk and qq are ejectives (pronounced with simultaneous closure of the glottis). Ll is a voiceless lateral fricative identical to the one orthographised that way in Welsh.

Vowels:

Notes: Alisi has only pure vowels.

Phonotactics:
(C)V – Only the first syllable of a word can be V.

Type:
Agglutinating

Stress:
Stress in polysyllabic words is on the first syllable. Monosyllabic words are unstressed except for the question indicator particle (more on this later).