Rule 0 (zero): KISS (keep it simple, stupid!).
Rule 1: Logical.
Rule 2: Consistent.
Rule 3: No diacritics.
Rule 4: Digraphs, if necessery, the most recognisable ones.
Rule 5: Avoid letters with multiple associated sounds, enviroment dependent or that rarely comes alone.
Alphabet:
- a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w, y, z.
Sounds:
- a, b, d, e, f, g, h, k, l, m, o, p, r, s, t, v, w, z: IPA sound.
- i: /i, j/ (j before or after vowel).
- u: /u, w/ (w before or after vowel).
- iu: /ju/.
- ui: /wi/.
- n: /n, ŋ/ (ŋ before consonant or ending a word).
- y: /j/.
- ch: /ʧ/.
- j: /ʤ/.
- sh: /ʃ/.
- zh: /ʒ/.
Autrement dit:
- plosives: p, t, k, b, d, g.
- affricates: ʧ, ʤ.
- fricatives: f, s, h, ʃ, v, z, ʒ.
- nasals: m, n, ŋ.
- liquids: r, l.
- semivowels: w, j
Name of the letters:
- vowels: its sound.
- consonants:
- b, d, f, g, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, z: /IPA value+a/
- c: /ʧa/
- j: /ʤa/.
- y: /ja/.
Orthography:
- w and y only in beginning of words and between vowels.
- h (phonetic) always comes between same vowels, never begins a word, nor ends it.
- no yi, or wu, beginning word, between consonants and ending a word before consonant.
- m before p and b. Before any other consonant, n.
- no b, d, g, h, j, v, z in the beginning of a word.
- no final b, c, d, g, h, j, m (Vm#/Vn#/_), v, w, y, z.
- c only in the ch digraph (not phonemic).
- no x, no q.
Strong syllable:
- if ending in vowel: penultimate vowel (not i or u semivowel).
- if ending in consonant or in i or u semivowel: last vowel.
Because of rule 5, there is no x, no isolate c and no q.
I hope these instructions are claire and concise.
Please, leave a coment of your impressions.
The creator of this conlang,
Yulian, or Shulian, or Chulian. Yet to be decided.