User blog comment:Dairhenien/Developing Vocabulary/@comment-5356828-20120403191309/@comment-8669-20120404151713

Thanks! Phonotactics aren't my specialty. My next language, in the same setting as this one but spoken by the middle class, is going to have a much simpler syllable structure, pretty much only CV. (The writing system will be mostly logographic, but with morphology written phonetically--like the kanji and hiragana in Japanese, but with the hiragana incorporated into the kanji, like Korean hangul.) The third and final language in the setting will be phonologically minimal, with only three vowels and unvoiced consonants, and a limited vocabulary, since it is spoken by the lower classes.

Each one will be less controlled, and therefore more irregular, than the one before it. It's no wonder I'm doing it in this order.

I think the biggest issue my language has in terms of appearing natural is the lack of noun or verb classes. That was what struck me about yours first. In my language, only the copula is irregular. I might wait until I'm done, and then layer on some phonological changes that are not approved by the Academy, but describe less careful speech. We'll have to see.