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My first Conlang - Baqan

This is my first conlang, I started it in 2023 and I will document it here

✨ Phonemics

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Manner ⬇️ / Place ➡️	Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Labial-velar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p b	t d				k g	q	ʔ
Affricate			͡tʃ ͡dʒ
Fricative	ɸ	s	ʃ					h
Lateral Approximant		l
Fricative Approximant					w
Approximant				j
Trill			r

	Front	Central	Back
Closed	i i:		u u:
Close-Mid			o o:
Mid	e̞ e̞:
Open		ä ä:

✨ Romanization

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IPA	Romanization
m	m
n	n
p	p
b	b
t	t
d	d
k	k
g	g
ʔ	`
͡tʃ	c
͡dʒ	y
ɸ	f
s	s
ʃ	z
h	h
l	l
j	j
w	w
r	r
q	q

Long vowels are doubled (/a:/ -> “aa” )

✨ Phonotactics

This is very much a work in progress, phonotactics will be defined at the same time as morphology and script, in order to make them as compatible as possible. But for the moment;

Syllable Structure:

(C1(C2/S))V(V2)(C3)

C1: Any consonant
C2: If C1 is a non-glottal plosive, then C2 can be /s/,/l/,/ʂ/
S: A semivowel, either /j/ or /w/
V: Vowel of the syllable, can be long or short. If there is an S, V can’t be long
V2: If V is short and there isnt an S, V2 can be any other short vowel
C3: Can be /n/, /m/, /s/, /ɸ/, /ʂ/, /l/

Moraic Structure:

Idk if I’ll leave this in, but for the moment:

(C1(C2/S))V is one mora
(V2) and (C3) are one mora each

My first Conlang - Baqan

✨ Phonemics

✨ Romanization

✨ Phonotactics

Syllable Structure:

Moraic Structure:

✨ Phonotactics

✨ Script