Cuinaom

Setting
Coinaom (IPA: Koi̯nao̯m) is the language of a clan of 200 gnomes who live in the forests of Siberia.

Phonology
Coinaom has 12 consonant phonemes, five vowels and seven diphthongs. Its consonant inventory includes an extremely unusual sound, the voiceless bidental non-sibilant fricative.

Consonants
Coinaom has the following 12 consonant phonemes:

Vowels
Coinaom has the following four oral vowels and one nasal vowel:

Diphthongs
Coinaom has the following seven diphthongs: /e̯a eo̯ ai̯ ao̯ oi̯ o̯e o̯a/

Allophony
Voiceless /s ʂ/ are voiced to [z ʐ] respectively between vowels. /ɾ/ is realized as [l] in the syllable coda. These cases of allophony are indicated in the spelling. There is little to no allophony in the vowel system.

Phonotactics
Syllable structure is CV(C), where "C" stands for consonant and "V" stands for vowel or diphthong. About 29% of syllables contain a coda. Morphemes do not begin in the consonants /s ʂ ɬ ɾ/. The consonants /p t k h/ are restricted to the syllable onset. The following consonant clusters can occur in root words across syllable boundaries: /h̪͆p h̪͆t h̪͆k h̪͆m h̪͆n sp st sk sm sn ʂp ʂt ʂk ʂm ʂn ʂɾ ɬp ɬt ɬk ɬm mp mh̪͆ ms mh mɬ mɾ nt ns nh nɬ ŋk ŋh̪͆ ŋs ŋh ŋɬ ŋɾ lp lt lk ls lʂ lh lm/.

Basic grammar
Coming soon.

Orthography
Coinaom is written in the Latin script. Its alphabet is entirely transparent, with one symbol corresponding to one sound. The following tables show the spelling of each consonant sound (including allophones), each vowel and each diphthong.