Kallestiyes Phonology

Phonemes

Consonants

	Lab.	Dental	Alv.	Postalv.	Palat.	Velar	Glottal
Plosives	p b		t d			k g
Nasals	m		n			[ŋ] ng
Fricatives		[θ] f [ð] v	s z	[ʃ] hs [ʒ] r		[ʍ] rw	h
Liquids			l		[j] y	w

Vowels

	Short	Long
High	i
Mid	e
Low	a	[aː] aa

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

• ll [l] - tt [t] - gg [g] - nn [n] - mm [m]

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].