Kallestiyes Phonology

Phonemes

Consonants

	Labials	Dentals	Alveolars	Postalveolars	Palatals	Velars	Glottals
Plosives	p b		t d			k g
Nasals	m		n			ŋ
Fricatives		θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ		ʍ	h
Liquids			l		j	w

Vowels

	Short	Long
High	i
Mid	e
Low	a	aː

Vowel Combinations

A Vowel combination is mix of 2 vowels. In Kallestiyes Phonology, it is considered as only one vowel.

Here are they : [ai]; [ia]; [ei]; [aːi]; [ea]; [ae]; [aːe]

Phonotactics

The Kallestiyes uses the following syllabic structure: (C)(C)V(C)(C) with C for consonants and V for vowels. The onset can be all the consonants previously shown, the nucleus is made with any vowels and the coda must be a consonant as well but not [j], [ʍ] or [w].

As a reminder, in the Kallestiyes sylabic structure, the first (C)(C) is optionnal and is the onset, V is the nucleus and must present and the last (C)(C) is the coda which is also optionnal.

There is a rule for the combination of two consonants in a onset and also in a coda.

• Coda: The allowed clusters coda that are allowed are : [ks], [sk], [gz], [ts], [st], [ŋg], [ŋk], [wn], [wk], [jn].

• Onset: The allowed clusters onset that are allowed are : [kn], [km], [ks], [sk], [gz], [ts], [st], [sn], [sm].

Spelling

Alternate Spelling	Spelling	Phoneme
	f	θ
	v	ð
	hs	ʃ
	r	ʒ
	y	j
	ng	ŋ
	rw	ʍ
	aa	aː
ll	l	l
tt	t	t
gg	g	g
nn	n	n
mm	m	m