Consonants

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 Consonant chart 
      Labial     Dental/Alveolar     Post-alveolar     Palatal     Velar     Uvelar/Glottal  
  Nasal     /m/ 
 (М m)  
      /n/ 
 (Н n)  
      /ŋ/ 
 (Њ ng)  
   
  Plosive     /p/ 
 (П p)  
  /b/ 
 (Б b)  
  /t/ 
 (Т t)  
  /d/ 
 (Δ d)  
          /k/ 
 (К k)  
  /g/ 
 (Г g)  
  /q/ 
 (Ь q)  
  /ʔ/  
  Fricative     /f/ 
 (F f)  
  /v/ 
 (В v)  
  /s/ 
 (Ѕ s)  
  /z/ 
 (З/С c/z)  
  /ʃ/ 
 (Ҫ zj)  
  /t͡ʃ/ 
 (ТҪ tzj)  
  /ʂ/ 
 (Z sj)  
  /ç/ 
 (Ҍ qj)  
  /x/ 
 (Р x)  
  /h/ 
 (Ƕ h)  
  Approximate         /l/ 
 (Л l)  
  /ɭ/ 
 (Љ ll)  
  /ɹ/ 
 (L r)  
      /w/ 
 (Ѡ w)  
   


Delang consonants are either considered being soft or hard. The rules is that words ending on a consonant shouldn't end on a soft consonant.

  Soft     б  
  (b)  
  δ  
  (d)  
      к  
  (k)  
  л  
  (l)  
  м/н  
  (m/n)  
  ł  
  (r)  
  з/ѕ  
  (c/s)  
  в  
  (v)  
  ѡ  
  (w)  
  z  
  (sj)  
       
  Hard     п  
  (p)  
  т  
  (t)  
  г  
  (g)  
  ь  
  (q)  
  љ  
  (ll)  
  м/н  
  (m/n)  
  р  
  (x)  
  с  
  (z)  
  ƒ  
  (f)  
  ƕ  
  (h)  
  ҫ  
  (zj)  
  ҍ  
  (qj)  
  њ  
  (ng)  


Consonant rules

  • Words ending on a consonant should end on a hard consonant
  • The consonant c can only be used at the beginning of a word, and only as plural or followed by an e
  • The consonant c becomes z within a word
  • Words starting with s- has to be followed by a, au, eu, u, or another consonant, but never by e, i, o, or y
  • Words starting with z- has to be followed by a, i, j, m, o, u, w, y, or x, but never au, e, eu, or any other consonant
  • In the combination dh and wh, the h is silent (i.e. a heart - anqardh /anqaɹd/, the water - daqwh /daqw/)
  • The letter q should not be followed by a u
  • The digraph qj are only pronounced /ç/ if following i or if the first letters of a word.

Allophones

The most common allophones in Delang are the substitution of the hard sounds ь (q), љ (ll) and р (x) for their softer variants к (k), л (l) and ł (r). In some words, like ліберін (libexin), the substitution are so common that the softer sound has almost replaced the harder sound.

Less common are the substitution of ҫ (zj) for z (sj).

Other less noticed allophones includes aspiration consonants, nasalization and palatalization[1].


  1. Palatalization only occurs when a consonant is followed by a ј (j). In Latin script the digraphs sj and zj are never palatalized, the same goes for initial qj and iqj.