Laetia

Consonants
• The plosive geminates /tː kː/ become [tʰ kʰ] at the end of a word

• The nasal /n/ becomes [n͡m] and [n͡ŋ] when preceding a labial or velar phoneme

• The sound /h/ can occur only at the beginning of a word. When a word gets prefixed or preceded by a compound, it disappears

Vowels
• The vowels /æ ø ɪ y/ are called labiaśanaiagattaivénaé, (secondary vowels, lit. "word-ending soul songs"), namely so because they can only occur at the end of a word

• When /æ ø ɪ y/ get followed by a suffix or a compound, they change to [ae̯ oe̯ ie̯ ue̯], respectively

• When /i u/ precede or follow another vowel, they become [i̯ u̯], respectively

• When /e/ follows another vowel, it becomes [e̯]

Phonotactics
The structure of a single syllable is (C)(r)(S)V(S)(C)(G), in which:

• C is any consonant

• S is a semivowel

• V is a vowel

• G is a geminate of the previous consonant

Stress generally falls on the penultimate syllable, be it a standalone or a compound word; however, exceptions are:

• A Cr cluster somewhere in the word, whether preceding or following the penultimate syllable, in which the stress falls on it instead

• A geminate somewhere in the word, whether preceding or following the penultimate syllable, in which the stress falls on it instead

• If, in a word, both a Cr cluster and a geminate exist, in which the stress falls on whichever comes first

Writing System
Laetia utilizes an abugida, simply called atria (writing) by its speakers. Each letters are named after the sounds they write, except for the diacritics, which takes the diminutive suffix -ride after the sound they write. In total, there are 21 consonant glyphs (including ligatures), 5 vowel glyphs, 12 diacritics, 6 numeral glyphs, and 1 punctuation mark, making a total of 45 characters.

Consonants
Below are the labiaśintaé, (consonants, lit. "body songs"), listed in Laetia's alphabetical order:

Vowels
Below are the labiaśanaiaé (vowels, lit. "soul songs"), listed in Laetia's alphabetical order: