Post-Diaspora Colloquial English

Setting
This English is spoken in the 26th century by a group of humans isolated from the rest of the post-apocalypic world. It reflects the speech of poorer Americans in the 23rd century, and has regained its writing system after books were rediscovered. 11% of humans on the planet speak post-Diaspora colloquial English. Other languages at that time include Mucáfa and a changing form of Chinese, which neither English nor Mucáfa speakers have yet to decode.

Consonants
/ð/ is an allophone of /θ/. /ʒ/ is in complementary distribution with /dʒ/ or /ʃ/. /ŋ/ has merged with /n/ in most cases; in others, it is in complementary distribution with /h/.

The voiceless plosives are aspirated at the beginnings of syllables. The "voiced" plosives are voiceless at the beginnings of syllables; they are voiced only at the ends. examples: "but" [pɐt]; "tub" [tɐb].

The consonants in which the written letter differs from the IPA:

Vowels
The vowel system and orthography is somewhat complicated, but has been standardized by the elders.

Phonotactics
Structure is (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)(C). The only allowable maximal sequence for the first three consonants is fricative-plosive-glide...eg. "strong" /stɹɑŋ/. The only allowable maximal sequence for the last 4 consonants are glide-fricative-fricative-fricative... eg. "twaèlfths" /tweɪlfθs/.