Caållghia (/kˠɔɫɣʲə/)

Caållghià was inspired by the Irish phonology, ish. The spelling is somewhat broken right now.

Consonants

• /n/ is /ɲ/ before front unrounded vowels.
• Broad consonants are often followed by a velar offglide when in front of front vowels
• Broad consonants are often followed by a short aspirated [ə] at the end of words.
• Thin consonants are often followed by a palatal offglide when in front of back vowels.
• Thin consonants are often followed by an unreleased /j/ at the end of words.
• Consonant clusters almost always agree in series.

Vowels

• When adjacent to nasal consonants, vowels become nasalized, the degree depending on how far back the consonant is, with /m/ causing almost no nasalization and /ɴ/ causing a great deal. Vowels are also slightly nasalized after /ɣ/.
• Vowels always agree in series with the consonant coming before them.
• Vowel clusters almost always agree in series.
• /ɐ o ɘ/ become /ə/ word-finally.

Series

True	Broad	Thin
p	pˠ	pʲ
b	bˠ	bʲ
t	tˠ	tʲ
d	dˠ	dʲ
k	kˠ	kʲ
g	gˠ	gʲ
fʰ	f	fʲ
ʋ	v	vʲ
sʰ	s	ʃ
ð	z	ʒ
x		xʲ
ɣ		ɣʲ
	ɫ	l
ɹ	rˠ	ʁʲ
	m	n/ɲ
ɴ	ŋ
e͡i	i	i
ɪ͡i	ɪ	ɪ
e͡i	e	ɛ
ɛ	ɛ	ɛ
æ	æ	ɛ
ʌ	ä	ä
ɑ	ɑ	ʌ
u	ɯ	y
ɘ	ɘ	ɘ
ɔ	o	o
ɔ	ɔ	ɔ
æj	ej	ɛj
oː	oː	oː
uː	ɯː	yː
ɑː	ɑː	ɑː

Orthography.

No idea what I'm doing here. I know the base glyphs more or less line up with the IPA, except <c> for /k/. Lenited consonants are indicated with <h>. Broad consonants are denoted by <a> or <o>, and slender consonants are denoted by <i> or <e>, depending on various aesthetic rules I don't quite know.

Syntax and Stuff

I'd like to go with SOV, head-final with suffixing locational cases, with the core cases being indicated by a vowel change stemming from ablaut. Unergative verbs will be common.

Examples

From Sentences for Testing Conlang Syntax.

1. The sun shines.
   Da ni cien saghaien.

   da	ni	cie-n	saghaie-n
   da	ŋi	kʲɛn	sɐɣɛn
   def.nom	sun	do-3s	prs\shine-3s

2. The sun is shining.
   Da ni saghaien.

   dɐ	ni	saghaie-n
   dɐ	ŋi	sɐɣɛn
   def.nom	sun	prs\shine-3s

3. The sun shone.
   Da ni soghaient.

   da	ni	soghaie-n-t
   dɐ	ŋi	soɣɛnt
   def.nom	sun	pst\shine-3s-pst

4. The sun will shine.
   Da ni muen saghaien.

   da	ni	mue-n	saghaie-n
   dɐ	ŋi	mən	səɣɛn
   def.nom	sun	go-3s	fut\shine-3s

5. The sun has been shining.
   Da ni tant soghaien.

   da	ni	ta-n-t	soghaie-n
   dɐ	ŋi	tɐnt	soɣɛn
   def.nom	sun	has.be-3s-pst	pst\shine-3s

6. The sun is shining again.
   Da ni mar shaghaien.

   da	ni	mar	shaghaie-n
   dɐ	ŋi	mɐɹ	ʃɐɣɛn
   def.nom	sun	again	prs\shine-3s

7. The sun will shine tomorrow.
   Da ni muen a mōch saghaien.

   da	ni	mue-n	a mōch	saghaie-n
   dɐ	ŋi	mən	ɐ moːx	səɣɛn
   def.nom	sun	go-3s	tomorrow	fut\shine-3s

8. The sun shines brightly.
   Da ni ghlår shaghaien.

   da	ni	ghlå-r	shaghaie-n
   dɐ	ŋi	ɣlɔɹ	ʃɐɣɛn
   def.nom	sun	bright-advz	prs\shine-3s

9. The bright sun shines.
   Da glå ni saghaien.

   da	glå	ni	saghaie-n
   dɐ	gɫɔ	ŋi	sɐɣɛn
   def.nom	bright	sun	prs\shine-3s

10. I am sure that we can go.
    Mé o sal tà få vhei o mued ceanne.

    mé	o	sal	tà	få	vei	o	mue-d	cea-nne
    me	o	sɐl	tˠɐ	fɔ	ʋe͡i	o	mɜd	cɐnːɘ
    1s.nom	acc	sure	be.1s.prs	rel	1pl.nom	acc	go-inf	prs\be.able-pl