Welcome to [PLACEHOLDER NAME], a head-initial language (noun-adjective, prepositions, possessee-possessor, etc.) with VOS word order. Its phonology is heavily inspired by Armenian, and it uses the Armenian alphabet.
As said above, and as you can probably see if you know a bit about Armenian phonology or you look up the Wikipedia page on Armenian, the phonology is heavily inspired by Armenian.
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m <մ> | n <ն> | |||||
| Stop | Unaspirated | p <պ> | t <տ> | k <կ> | |||
| Aspirated | pʰ <փ> | tʰ <թ> | kʰ <ք> | ||||
| Affricate | Voiceless | ts <ծ> | tʃ <ճ> | ||||
| Voiced | dz <ձ> | dʒ <ջ> | |||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | f <ֆ> | s <ս> | ʃ <շ> | x <խ> | h <հ> | |
| Voiced | v <վ> | z <զ> | ʒ <ժ> | ɣ <ղ> | |||
| Approximant | l <լ> | j <յ> | |||||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ <ր> | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i <ի> | u <ւ> | |
| Mid | ɛ <ե> | ə <ը> | ɔ <ո> |
| Low | ɑ <ա> |
While all consonants are allowed as an onset, only sonorants, which are /m n l ɾ j/, are allowed to serve as the coda of a syllable. For the nucleus, all vowels can serve, of course. All syllable must have a vowel in them.
| Word (IPA) | Valid? |
|---|---|
| məl | Valid |
| ɾɑs | Invalid |
| ɔn | Valid |
| nɛ | Valid |
| i | Valid |
| f | Invalid |