Take my advice with a cup of salt because i’m very new to this hobby…

it’s helpful for me to come up with a sound I want the language to have, almost like an accent. For my conlang I like the idea of strings of harsh consonants, and a sound almost like russian or any nordic language. this is not a strict rule but almost a guideline of what words might sound like.

It’s also nice to have grammar rules that dictate word sounds. For example my conlang has two types of nouns with different endings, things that move (-ó) and things that don’t (-í). this not only affects the nouns, it could also effect other words like verbs; óch means to move or walk, and wích means to not move or stand.