Doggic

Doggic
Doggic is a language spoken by dogs all around the world. As such, all sounds are pronouncable by dogs (or are the closest human equivalent). The phonology consists of 14 distinct consonantal sounds (with 2 allophonic variants) and 7 vowels. Vowels are distinguished by length, with there being three different types of length (normal, brief, and long). The grammar of Doggic is fairly simple and bare-bones, with dogs not needing to communicate large amounts of complex information. Context fills in many of the gaps left by little grammar, with the surrounding environment doing a lot of the carrying of information.

Classification and Dialects
Doggic is not a human language, and, as such, has sounds that are difficult for humans to recreate perfectly. Below is the best attempt at mapping Doggic's phonology onto a human-pronouncable IPA chart. Doggic varies greatly betweeen continents and even between nearby regions. Common variations include: Human languages that dogs have picked up on (but cannot speak), basic commands that vary throughout human languages, and names of people, other dogs, or themselves that they hear frequently.

Allophone Rules

 * t becomes c before k (eg. atk >> ack)
 * k becomes c before t (eg. akt >> act)
 * k becomes c before ' (eg. ak' >> ac')
 * tc becomes ds after voiced sounds (eg. tcav >> dsav)
 * tc becomes ds before ' (eg. atc' >> ads')
 * ds returns to tc after ' if before voiced sounds (eg. 'dsav >> 'tcav)

Syllable Structure
There are three valid syllable structures in Doggic. These are: C = Any consonant*. V = Any Vowel. = Optional. ʔ = Glottal stop
 * (C)(C)V(C)ʔ
 * ʔ(C)V(C)(C)
 * CVC

* This does not include the glottal stop (ʔ)

Grammar
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