Phonology of Linguano

Phonology table of Linguano is below.

Vowels

Monopthongs
a /a/
i /i/
u /u/
e /e/
o /o/
y  /y/

French:
å /ɑ/
æ /ɛ/
' /ə/
œ /œ/
ø /ø/
ö /ɔ/

Long vowels
aa /a:/
oo /i:/

French:
åå
ææ
ii
uu
ee
oo
œœ
øø
öö

Dipthongs
au
ai
ae
ei
eu
oi
oe

Semi-Vowels
-i- /j, ij/
-u- /u, uw/

French:
-y-


Consonants:

b /b/
c + a u o (hard c) /k/
c + i e (soft c) /tʃ/
ch  /k, x/
d /d/ dental
f /f/
g + a u o /g/
g + i e /dʒ/
gh /g/
h /h/
j /j/
l /l/
m /m/
n /n/
n before g /ŋ/
p /p/
ph /f/
q /k/
r /r/
s /s/
t + a u e o /t/ dental
t + i  /ts/
ts /ts/
th /t/
v /w/
x /ks/
z /z/

French:
lj /ʎ/
ng' or -ng /ã, ŋ /
sh /ʃ/
vh /v/
zh /ʒ/

Spanish:
nh /ɲ/
Ts /θ/


Stress
Stresses are written with á. But, normally Linguano does not write the stress.

Note:
A certain set of Linguano vocabulary contains all French specific vocabulary. So, writing the vowels and consonants is a must.

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