Keiphyos

General information
Keiphyos is fusional language, and is spoken on the planet Halonia, and it is also the name of the sentient clockwork robots who speak it - although they are also referred to as Tinkers by the other inhabitants of the planet. There are also non-Keiphyos speakers, including both free and enslaved humans, and members of the other sentient robots.

Some of the phonology and morphology of the language were inspired by Italic and Hellenic languages.

Vowels
Phonemic diphthongs are [ij] and [ai].

Alphabet
The Keiphyos language is written in a unique two-line alphabet, with the vowels sitting atop their preceeding consonant. (Images forthcoming.)

The romanized typing system follows the IPA with a few exceptions.

Consonants
ϼ and ƀ are sometimes written f and v.

Phonotactics
 
 * Syllable nucleus must be a vowel
 * Onsets and codas may be complex, following sonority hierarchy
 * Hiatus is generally avoided

Regular sound changes
 * t, d → ts, dz /_V [-back]
 * k, g → tš, dž /_V [-back], j
 * n → m /_V [+round]
 * V [+round] → ∅ /V [+round]_
 * V [-round] → ∅ /V [-round]_

Non-standard dialect changes

These changes have developed in some human speakers, and there is resistance against them by the Keiphyos. Their language has been frozen with little historical change for generations until now.
 * n → ŋ /_velar
 * n → ɲ /_j, ij, e
 * x → š /_j, ij, e
 * c → š /k_, _#
 * velar → [+round] /_V [+round]