Genovian

=Sounds=

Consonants
Coarticulated Consonants

is represented by the letter W.

Single Consonants

is represented by the letter P.

is represented by the letter Б.

is represented by the letter B.

is represented by the letter T.

is represented by the letter Ŧ.

is represented by the letter D.

is represented by the letter K.

is represeted by the letter Ǩ.

is represented by the letter G.

is represented by the letter M.

is represented by the letter N.

is represented by the letter R.

is represented by the letter Ź.

is represented by the letter Đ.

is represented by the letter Č.

is represented by the letter Ć.

is represented by the letter F.

is represented by the letter V.

is represented by the letter S.

is represented by the letter Z.

is represented by the letter H.

is represented by the letter J.

is represented by the letter L.

Consonant Clusters

is represented by the letters DZ.

is represented by the letters CH.

Vowels
There are nine vowels in Melanian: A, Ä, E, Ę, I, O, Ö, U, and Y.

A :

Ä :

E :

Ę :

I :

O :

Ö :

U :

Y :

Vowel Harmony
Melanian vowels fall into two categories: back vowels and front vowels. Vowel harmony requires that vowels from different groups cannot appear in the same word (with the exception of compound words).

Back vowels: A, Ę, O, U

Front Vowels: Ä, Ö, Y

I and E are neutral vowels, meaning they can appear with vowels from either group.

Phonotactics
1. Plosives 2. Nasals 3. Trills 4. Affricates 5. Fricatives 6. Approximant 7. Lateral Approximant 8. W
 * 1) Before/after a vowel
 * 2) Before a trill
 * 3) Before approximants and lateral approximants
 * 1) Before/after a vowel
 * 2) Before affricates
 * 3) After fricatives
 * 4) Before approximants
 * 1) Before/after a vowel
 * 2) After plosives
 * 3) Before/after fricatives
 * 4) Before an approximant
 * 1) Before/after a vowel
 * 2) After nasals
 * 3) After trills
 * 1) Before/after a vowel
 * 2) Before a trill (except glottal fricatives)
 * 3) Before approximants and lateral approximants (except glottal fricatives)
 * 1) Before/after a vowel
 * 2) After plosives
 * 3) After nasals
 * 4) After a trill
 * 5) After fricatives
 * 1) Before/after a vowel
 * 2) After plosives
 * 3) After fricatives
 * 4) Before an approximant
 * 1) Before/after a vowel
 * 2) After plosives
 * 3) After fricatives