Title:           Anon's Autistic Horse Phonology
Author:          Anonymous
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First Edit:      Saturday 2nd of August 2014 09:31:16 PM CDT
Last Edit:       Saturday 2nd of August 2014 09:31:16 PM CDT

Horse Constructed Language Noises                                                                      
 
 
Consonants:                                                                    
                Bilabial        Dental  Alveolar        Palatal Velar   Glottal        
Stop            p b                     t d             k g                            
Nasal           m                       n               ng
Fricative       f v             ?      s                       x       h              
Trill                                   r (plain)                      
Approximants                            l (lateral)     j       hw w
                                                                       
Comments:
m, n, and ng are common-ish, horses may need more "nose noises' than this because they have a muzzle
p, t, k are almost universal, d and g are natural extensions and almost as common
just s to sound even less "harsh', r is trill because it's close to a whinny
l, w and j are good for soft noises, hw vaguely reminds me of a whinny and of the "Houyhnhnm" horse race name
x is germanic like ch in "loch", h is breathy and germanic
 
/f/ is v when final or before /n/                                                                      
/h/ is pronounced between like vowels (pahang) but light or silent otherwise                                                                   
 
 
 
                                                                       
Vowels                                                                 
                Front           Back                                           
Close           i y                             i = free, u = la chute                 
CloseMid        e               o               une bête, British "naht" (not)                
Open            a                               a as in hat
                                                               
Dipthings: ai, ei, oi, au (I, 'ey, oy! ow)
 
Comments:
Vowels are based off Sindarin
 
 
 
The goal is for it to sound soft yet still somewhat horse-like and with a fantasy flare.
 
No current goal in mind for syllable structure, grammar is to be extremely simple (no gender, no root changes)