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Vowels: /a A e E i I o O u U y Y { a: A: e: E: i: I: o: O: u: U: y: Y: {: a_~ A_~ e_~ E_~ i_~ I_~ o_~ O_~ u_~ U_~ y_~ Y_~ {_~ a:_~ A:_~ e:_~ E:_~ i:_~ I:_~ o:_~ O:_~ u:_~ U:_~ y:_~ Y:_~ {:_~/

Nasal: /m n N J/
Plosive: /p t k b d g p_w t_w k_w b_w d_w g_w/
Fricative: /f v s z x S Z T D C X/
Approximant: /w j/
Trill: /r r: 4/
Lateral Approximant: /l L/

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I know there are too much vowels... sweatdrop

But, hey, that would be good if the alphabet had diacritics for consonants! mrgreen

Edit: I think Kolagui should have at least one of these distinctions: or long vowels, or nasalized vowels.

Edit²: Wouldn't be better for us do a subforum where we can post the language ideas in parts, and do polls about them, etc?

To pronounce /L/ it's just to imagine how to speak Castellano.

Sorry about missed phonology, I'm not paying much attention today. sweatdrop

And I don't know how to pronounce /K/
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I almost mimic a bird's sound doing that sweatdrop
Also, wouldn't be better for us do a subforum where we can post the language ideas in parts, and do polls about them, etc?

Hum, okay. So we proposed until now, a system with some vowels, long/nasal distinction, labialised plosives, and palatalised plosives. What about frictives, etc, etc? And now I'm a bit tired, so who will do the final X-SAMPA phonology when we finish? mrgreen

Sounds interesting. I dislike /r/ in well...any language, but that's because I'm unable to make that sound. Otherwise, the phonology looks pretty good.

If we have no syllable stress, it'd be cool if we could do like Russian... where you can never guess where stress is gonna fall next... only this time it won't change the pronunciation.

But you know, I've got an idea. How about we... well, don't make the vowels of this alphabet entirely phonetic in regards to diphthongs?

It seems like every single time there's a collaborative conlang, everyone must have 100% phonetics. I'm not saying we need a pronunciation key as senseless as French's, but it'd be a little nice to deviate from what everyone else always does, you know?

I mean, German's "ei='ai'"/"eu='oi'" phonetics-deviation is easy enough to rember and gives the language a striking sense of - I dunno, 'individuality' I guess you'd call it. Let's give this lang some flavor.

I still think that we could get some of those: /A E I O U/ for the vowels and a little mor nasals and /T D/ for fricatives and maybe /4/. I really think we should get a poll for decide...

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If we have no syllable stress, it'd be cool if we could do like Russian... where you can never guess where stress is gonna fall next... only this time it won't change the pronunciation.

But you know, I've got an idea. How about we... well, don't make the vowels of this alphabet entirely phonetic in regards to diphthongs?

It seems like every single time there's a collaborative conlang, everyone must have 100% phonetics. I'm not saying we need a pronunciation key as senseless as French's, but it'd be a little nice to deviate from what everyone else always does, you know?

I mean, German's "ei='ai'"/"eu='oi'" phonetics-deviation is easy enough to rember and gives the language a striking sense of - I dunno, 'individuality' I guess you'd call it. Let's give this lang some flavor.

I don't agree too much with that. First, flavour can be decided with sounds. Second, phonetical representations are very easier than non-phonetical ones. Third, if others collaborative conlangs do that, so it's because it is better than another things. A little brazilian proverb say: Two heads think better than one. If very very much people decide do a phonetical conlang, it's better than a non-phonetical one. (I know my last answer wasn't a very much understandable one, but... sweatdrop )