User:Bbbourq
I am Brian Bourque (IPA:[bɔɹk]), a native of Nashua, New Hampshire, USA and I currently live in Los Angeles, California. I am a novice conlanger and a seasoned polyglot. I speak, read, and write in 5 languages: Persian (Farsi and Dari), Korean, French, English (native), and basic German. I love languages and I want to continue my education in the field of diachronic linguistics. I am creating a language called, Lortho ['loɾ.tʰo] and it is still a work in progress.
Testing Area
Consonant Inventory
| Pulmonic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharangeal | Glottal | ||||||||||||
| Plosives | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ñ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tap or Flap | rh | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | þ | đ | s | z | ş | x | ğ | h | ||||||||||||
| Lateral Fricative | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | lj | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Affricates | ps bz | tş | dž | |||||||||||||||||||
| Non-Pulmonic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ejectives | p' | t' | ts' | k' | q' | |||||||||||||||||
Pulmonic Consonants
m - labiodental nasal
n - dental nasal
ñ - velar nasal
p - bilabial voiceless plosive
b - bilabial voiced plosive
t - alveolar voiceless plosive
d - alveolar voiced plosive
k- velar voiceless plosive
g - velar voiced plosive
q- uvular voiceless plosive
ps - labio- alveolar voiceless affricate
bz - voiced labio- alveolar affricate
tş - voiceless post alveolar affricate
dž - voiced post alveolar affricate
f - voiceless labiodental fricative
v- voiced labiodental fricative
þ - voiceless dental fricative
đ - voiced dental fricative
s - voiceless alveolar fricative
z - voiced alveolar fricative
ş - voiceless post alveolar fricative
x - voiceless velar fricative
ğ - voiced velar fricative
h - glottal fricative
l - dental liquid
lj - palato - dental liquid
r - alveolar trill
rh - post alveolar tap
w - bilabial approximant
j - palatal approximant
Ejectives
p'
t'
k'
q'
ts'
Vowel Inventory
| Font | Near-Front | Central | Near-Back | Back | |
| Close | i | y | u | ||
| Near-Close | o | ||||
| Close-Mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-Mid | ɛ | ||||
| Near-Open | æ | ||||
| Open | ɑ |
a - as in father [ɑ]
ä - as in cat [æ]
e - as in bed [ɛ]
i - as in feet [i]
o - as in boat [o]
u - as in boot [u]
y - as in über [y]
Diphthongs
ai [aɪ]
ao [aʊ]
ei [eɪ]
oi [ɔɪ]
ue
uo
