Albandarian

Albandarian (natively A˩˧ba˥˩hi˥˧ [a˩˧ba˥˩çi˥˧]) is a language isolate spoken natively by the Albandarian people (A˩˧ba˥˩dei˩˥ [a˩˧ba˥˩dei˩˥]) of the planet Alba (A˩˧ba˥˩ [a˩˧ba˥˩]) and their colony worlds.

Consonants

 * All consonants can occur as onsets, except ŋ, which only appears as a syllabic consonant.
 * The consonants m, l, and n can be either onsets or syllabic consonants.
 * There are no codas.

Tones
Albandarian has a complex tonal system consisting of three pitch tones (˥, ˧, ˩), three falling tones (˥˧, ˥˩, ˧˩), three rising tones (˩˧, ˩˥, ˧˥), and four complex contour tones (˥˧˥, ˧˥˧, ˧˩˧, ˩˧˩). The following table provides examples of each in the order they traditionally have on Alba.

Tonal Sandhi
Albandarian has a fairly intuitive sandhi to aid in pronunciation. It goes as follows.

Orthography
When Albandarian is transcribed using the Latin alphabet, most phonemes are written the same as their IPA symbols. The ones that do not are written as listed in the table below. When Albandarian is transcribed using its own writing system, most phonemes have a separate symbol. The ones that do not are written with the equivalent of what is listed in the table below.

Phonotactics
The syllable structure of Albandarian is very simple, only allowing a (C)V structure where the optional onset can be any single consonant besides ŋ and the nucleus can be a vowel, a diphthong, a triphthong, or one of four syllabic consonants (l, m, n, or ŋ). Syllabic consonants cannot pair with an onset.not pair with an onset.