Phonology / Orthography
ᶅſ п́ ſן ɘ ſȷ ʞ ʃ ɀ ŋᷠ c̭
/ⱱ̥/ /p/ /ɸ/ /ɸˠ/ /m̥/
ɭ̀ʃ' ⰱ ɭʃ ƨ ɽ͑ʃ' ƣ̋ ɭ( κ j͑ʃ ɔ˞ j͐ʃ ͷ̗ }ʃ c̗ ſɭ, ƴ
/θ/ /t/ /ɾ̪/ /s̪/ /s/ /ɬ/ /n̥/ /ʂ/*
ɭl̀ и ſɟ ᴜ̭ ı], ᶗ‹ ſ͕ȷ ⱷ̮̀
/j̥/ /c/ /ç/ /ɲ̥/
ſ͔ɭ ɴ ſɭ ƽ ֭ſɭ ᴜ̩ ſ͕ɭ ȝ
/xʲ/ /k/ /x/ /ŋ̥/
ſᶘ ꝛ̗ ſ̀ȷ ŋ ſɭˬ ɯ
/ts/ /tɬ/ /ʈʂ~kʂ/*
ꞁȷ̀ ꞇ ɹ ɔ ᴜ w ɜ э ⅎ
- /i~e/ /ɪ̈/ /ɛ/ /a~ä/ /ə/ /ɤ/ /ɑ~ʌ/ /~/
ɔⅎ ɜⅎ эⅎ
/ɛ̃/ /ə̃~ɤ̃/ /ʌ̃~ɑ̃/
* Use tip of tongue
ſן and ſɭп́ are sometimes pronounced ſɭ̀ (/q/), however ſɭɘ is the same.
No consonants are voiced. No vowels are rounded.
There are no dipthongs. ꞁȷ̀ᴜꞇ is /a.i/ or /a.e/ in an open syllable, ꞁȷ̀ꞇᴜ is /i.a/ or /e.a/ after two syllables.
ꞁȷ̀ꞇ is /e/ after two syllables. Else, it is /i/.
Nasal vowels can be pronounced as creaky.
ꞁȷ̀ɜⅎ sometimes shifts to ꞁȷ̀wⅎ and as a result ꞁȷ̀эⅎ shifts to ꞁȷ̀ɜⅎ.
Clicks
ȏſן ɘȏ ȏſןᴜ̩ ɘȏᴜ̩ ȏŋᷠ c̭ȏ
/ʘ/ /ʘ͡χ/ /ᵑʘ/
ȏɭʃ' ⱷ᷐ȏ ȏ}ʃ' c̏ȏ
/ǀ/ /ǀ͡χ/ /ᵑǀ/
ȏſ̀ȷ ŋȏ ȏoᷨſ̀ȷ ŋoᷨȏ
/ǁ/ /ǁ͡χ/ /ᵑǁ/
ȏɭʃ ƨȏ * ȏ}ʃ ɪȏ
/!/ /!͡χ/ /ᵑ!/
ȏſɟ ᴜ̭ȏ ȏſ͕ȷ ⱷ̮̀ȏ
/ǂ/ /ǂ͡χ/ /ᵑǂ/
If clicks were to be lost, here is what would happen
ȏſן > ſןƽ ｡ ȏſןᴜ̩ > ſןᴜ̩ ｡ ȏŋᷠ > ŋᷠȝ
ȏɭʃ' > j͑ʃ'ƽ ｡ ȏɭʃ'ᴜ̩ > j͑ʃ'ᴜ̩ ｡ ȏ}ʃ' > j͑ʃ'ȝ
ȏſ̀ȷ > ſ̀ȷ ｡ ȏſ̀ȷᴜ̩ > j͐ʃᴜ̩ ｡ ȏoᷨſ̀ȷ > j͐ʃȝ
ȏɭʃ > ɭʃƽ ｡ ȏɭʃᴜ̩ > ɭʃᴜ̩ ｡ ȏ}ʃ > }ʃȝ
ȏſɟ > ſɟƽ ｡ ȏſɟᴜ̩ > ſɟᴜ̩ ｡ ȏſ͕ȷ > ſɟȝ
Nasals are often pronouced with as a click medially so ı],ᴜ ſ͕ɭᴜ is pronounced ı],ᴜ ȏſ͕ɭᴜ. This may be actually a result of Lushootseed or Khmer influence. Lushootseed has no nasals which became voiced consonants and Iikrhian nasals arent voiced so they became prenasalized voiceless plossives and later clicks. In the past, Khmer spoken by me had blocky sounding nasals where the nose would make a plosive like sound like |o̊ɭʃc̗őɜ̥ɿ̥| become |o͗}ʃɜʌ|. Also Khmer has implosives which couldve influenced the development of clicks. Sometimes in Iikrhian a word that ends in a plosive next to on beginning with a nasal becomes a click ſȷɜƽ ŋᷠɜ ɭʃᴜ ſןɹ j͑ʃᴜꞇ ſȷɜ becomes ſȷɜƽ ȏŋᷠɜ ɭʃᴜ ſןɹ j͑ʃᴜꞇ.
Sound Changes
Words were often shortened in the past and still are now. The loanword Akuɾuɳu > ꞁȷ̀ᴜ ſɭˬɜȝ 'Lemon curd' and ꞁȷ̀ɜ ɽ͑ʃ'ᴜ > ꞁȷ̀ɜƴ 'Ground'. This is often random although long words (Three or more syllables) and loanwords are more often shortened. Old sound changes may be renewed into new words like ɽ͑ʃ'ᴜ j͑ʃꞇc̗ ɭʃᴜ > ɽ͑ʃ'ᴜ j͑ʃɔⅎƽ.
Allophonic Variation
ſןw ſȷɹ
ſɭ̀w ³]ɹ
j͑ʃɔ ſȷэⅎ
j͑ʃɔ ³]эн
Some vowels are pronounced with an ɽ͑ʃ' at the end as the sound closes.
Sounds historically pronounced with two consonants are retained in compounds or names.
ſᶘᴜͷ̗ }ʃᴜc̗ ſɭɜ |ſᶘᴜͷ̗ ſ͕ȷᴜc̗ ſɭɜ| ｡ ſɭɔƽ ɭʃᴜ |ſɭɔƽ ſᶘᴜ|
Syllable Structure
For much of the history of Iikrhian, the syllable structure has remained to same.
(C)(C)V(N)
N represents a coda which include f, θ, s, ɬ, ʂ, ç, k, ŋ.