Wharei

Wharei (pronounced [ˈʍɛ̞ɾe̝ː]) is my conlang.

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Phonology

Consonants

*/ɾ/ is voiceless if it falls after a voiceless consonant. (e.g. "akrv" is pronounced [ˈʔɛ̞kɾ̥ɜ])

All fricatives (and /ɬ/) except /h/ are voiced intervocalically unless they fall at the beginning of a stressed syllable or word. (e.g. "vsv" is pronounced [ˈʔɜzɜ])

Plosives are pronounced as affricates if they fall at the beginning of a stressed syllable or word and aren't part of a consonant cluster. (e.g. "terh" is pronounced [t͡sɛ̞ɾ̥ʰ])

If a plosive falls at the end of a syllable and is followed by another plosive, it is unreleased (e.g. "moktor" is pronounced [ˈmɔk̚tɔɾ])

Vowels

Orthography

Consonants

Wharei	IPA	Latin
	[s]	s
	[p]	p
	[w]	w
	[j]	y
	[l]	l
	[ɸ]	f
	[θ]	th
	[ʔ]/[h]*	h**
	[ɾ̥ʰ]	rh
	[m]	m

Wharei	IPA	Latin
	[t͡ɕ]	c
	[x]	ch
	[t]	t
	[n]	n
	[ɕ]	sh
	[ɬ]	lh
	[ɾ]	r
	[ʍ]	wh
	[t͡s]	z
	[k]	k

*This letter is only pronounced as [h] at the beginning of a syllable or when written as a long consonant (⟨⟩ in Wharei or ⟨hh⟩ when romanized)

**When romanizing, it may be necessary to put an apostrophe before ⟨h⟩ to eliminate ambiguity. (e.g. ⟨awha⟩ would be pronounced [ˈʔɛ̞ʍɛ̞], but ⟨aw'ha⟩ would be pronounced [ˈʔɛ̞whɛ̞])

Vowels

Wharei		IPA		Latin
Unstr.	Stressed	Short	Long
		[ɛ̞]	[aː]	a
		[ɛ̞]	[e̞ː]	e
		[ɔ]	[ɤː]	o
		[ɪ]	[iː]	i
		[ɵ]	[uː]	u
		[ɜ]	[ɜː]	v
		[ɨ̞]	[ɨː]	y

Other

Wharei	Latin	Function
	◌̄*	Lengthens the sound of the letter before it, like ⟨ː⟩ in IPA.
N/A	◌́**	Indicates stress, like ⟨ˈ⟩ in IPA.
	,	Separates parts of the sentence, like ⟨,⟩ in English.
	.	Ends the sentence, like ⟨.⟩ or ⟨?⟩ in English.
	...	Indicates a long pause, like ⟨...⟩ in English.
	!	Ends the sentence and indicates an exclamation, like ⟨!⟩ in English.
	"/“	Opens a quote, like ⟨"⟩ or ⟨“⟩ in English.
	"/”	Closes a quote, like ⟨"⟩ or ⟨”⟩ in English.

*If comes after a consonant, the consonant is doubled when romanized. (e.g. is romanized as ⟨lekkv⟩.)

**When romanizing, it isn't necessary to indicate stress if it falls on the second-to-last syllable. (⟨lekkv⟩ is also an example of this.)

Dictionary

The dictionary can be found at this page.