Lycentian

Lycentian, natively Lykenti, is the official and national language of the self-proclaimed Lycentian Federation

Consonants
The Lycentian language has a total of 26 consonant sounds. The labial and alveolar sounds may be palatalised, represented by adding a 'j' after it in a word. When n and l are labialised, they may be assimilated to ɲ or ʎ. All Lycentian consonants may be geminated, represented by a double letter in a word. If a digraph is geminated, only the first component is doubled. The following table shows the Lycentian consonants:

Vowels
Lycentian has 6 vowel sounds which may all be elongated by doubling the letter in a word.

Diphthongs
An opening diphthong may be formed by adding an i after the vowels a, e or o. However, the i would be pronounced as a [j] sound. A closing diphthong may be formed by adding a u after the vowels a, e or o. The u would be pronounced as a [w] sound.

Phonotactics
The nucleus of a syllable is compulsory and can only be a vowel sound. The onset may be constructed with two sounds, and only the second component may be palatalised. The coda may only be formed from one sound. Below is a table of possible consonant clusters: