Proto-Koromi phonological inventory:

Vowels:

I chose these vowels because I wanted to go for a simple vowel inventory, easily portrayed with the standard vowels in the roman alphabet. This seemed like a pretty standard, easy way to go.

Consonants:

These consonants were chosen, because I felt like they were a good contrast with regards to my other conlangs for the same setting. Including several sounds that my other conlangs don't have, or removing some that they do. These consonants were thus mainly chosen to be a bit different than my usual phonological inventory, which is a nice thing.

The phonotactics:

Proto-Koromi phonotactics are quite simple, with a (C)V(C) pattern. In terms of consonant clusters due to affixing, Proto-Koromi copies the nucleus of the previous syllable, and places it between the conflicting consonants, which creates a new syllable. The coda of the previous syllable becomes the onset for the new one.

Stress:

Allophony:

k~q (Can occur anywhere in a syllable or word, mostly done by male speakers.)

z~s (Occurs in the coda of a syllable, popular in some dialects, unused in most.)

ʋ~w (Occurs in the onset of a syllable, mostly done by female speakers.)

s~ʃ (Occurs in the coda of a syllable, popular in some dialects, unused in most.)

ʋ~β (Occurs in the onset of a syllable, when this syllable is preceded by a sylleble ending in a vowel, mostly done by female speakers.)

e~ə (Occurs when a word final syllable ends in a vowel.)

Do note that this allophony is still a work in progress, more sounds will be added to it in the future.

Ortography:

Left is the phoneme in IPA, on the right is the representation in the latin alphabet. m - m

n - n

ɲ - ng

p - p

b - b

t - t

d - d

k - k

g - g

ʔ - x

t͡s - c

s - s

z - z

x̟ - ç

ɦ - h

r - r

ʋ - w

j - y

l - l

ʎ - ll

Here I wanted to avoid using the cliché apostroph for my glottal stop, and I tried to preserve the 'vibe' I have going for this language, and its daughter languages. I tried preserving phones to one letter, because I felt that to be more aesthetically pleasing.

Pronouns:

The last consonants of the pronouns can also be found as affixes to be attached to the verb to indicate the person of the subject. Like the affix -m for the first person singular, derived from the pronoun 'am'.

Vocabulary:

man

woman

fish

camel

desert

sand

to eat - çe

to kill

to drink

water

food

oasis

place, location

child

hill

mile

tribe

sun

moon

star

knife

to stab

Standard phrases:

Hello!

Welcome!

Thanks.

There is an oasis only a mile from here!

He did not stab your camel!