Kallestiyes Phonology

Kallestiyes phonology is thought to be uncommon and relatively exotic compared to existing human languages.

Phonemes

The tables below show all the phonemes used in the kallestiyes language.

Consonants

The following consonant inventory has a regular size, but this collection of phoneme is really uncommon in existing human languages.

	Dentals	Alveolars	Postalveolars	Palatals	Velars	Uvular	Glottals
Plosives		t d			k g		ʔ
Nasals		n		ɲ	ŋ
Fricatives	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ			χ ʁ	h
Liquids		l		j	w

Vowels

The reduced set of vowels is mostly caused by the primitive nature of the Kastelar civilisation.

	Unrounded	Rounded
High	i (ː)	y (ː)
Mid	ɛ (ː)

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 [h] and [ʔ]

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.

Onset Combinations

	Second
First	t	d	k	n	g	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	χ	ʁ	l	j
t	-	-	-	•	-	•	-	•	-	•	•	-	•
d	-	-	-	•	•	-	•	-	•	-	•	-	•
k	•	-	-	•	-	•	-	•	-	-	•	•	•
g	-	-	-	•	-	-	•	-	•	-	•	•	•
s	•	-	•	•	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	•	•
z	-	•	-	•	•	-	-	-	-	-	•	•	•
ʃ	•	-	•	•	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	-	•
ʒ	-	-	-	•	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	•	•
ʁ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	•
l	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	•

Coda Combinations

	Second
First	t	d	k	n	g	s	z	ʃ	ʒ
t	-	-	-	-	-	•	-	•	-
d	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	-	•
k	•	-	-	-	-	•	-	•	-
n	•	•	~ŋk	-	~ŋg	•	•	•	•
g	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	-	•
s	•	-	•	-	-	-	-	-	-
z	-	•	-	-	•	-	-	-	-
ʃ	•	-	•	-	-	-	-	-	-
ʁ	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
l	•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•	•
j	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•