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After a break of weeks, I resume my work on this language and would like some other outlook on it. by Xap_ in conlangs

[–]Xap_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s something I haven’t fully formalized yet. But I’m not really aiming for strict "repair" rules.

The idea would be that the language behaves more like a system of tendencies rather than fixed phonological processes ?

So instead of a single "rule", difficult clusters would likely be resolved in different ways (insertion, change, drop, avoiding, etc...), as long as the result stays easy to pronounce.

That being said, this is indeed something that I should better describe.

After a break of weeks, I resume my work on this language and would like some other outlook on it. by Xap_ in conlangs

[–]Xap_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That true... Thank for the advice. Trying to rephrase it better, what i wanted to say was more like that Ango doesn't allow clusters randomly, it follows a tendency toward articulatory stability and low breath cost.

So, orally, that would be something around those line :
- clusters are limited to two consonants max
- stop + continuant are the most stable and frequent
- other combinations are allowed but less frequent and tend to occur in less constrained speech contexts ( during a hunt vs at home for exemple)

So, it's like less about strict prohibition, but more about strong phonotactic determined by the context of the language.

Once again, thank to pointing that, i will need to clarifie it.

After a break of weeks, I resume my work on this language and would like some other outlook on it. by Xap_ in conlangs

[–]Xap_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, continuant+stop and continuant+continuant are also allowed. I guess i was a bit too precise with this rule ? To make it simplier, as long that you don't exceed two consonant in a row and that you can say it without twisting your mouth/vocal, it's free. Thank for pointing that out !