I made this thread just to keep up with all the changes I'll be making. Everyone is welcome to comment on and give me question regarding whatever I write here. It'll help me fix any possible gaps I make.
So anyway, phonology and orthography first.
Vowels come in stressed and unstressed or short and long pairs. The table below shows sound changes (the New change column) and possible orthographic changes.
Sound | Default letter | Other letter | New change | Notes |
i | i | ü (orig. /ɯ/) | ī (orig. /ɪ/) | possibly replacing both ü and ī with i |
i: | í | ű (orig. /ɯ:/) | î (orig. /ɪ:/) | possibly replacing both ű and î with í; maybe changing /ɪ:/ into a diphthong in certain positions |
u | u | ū (orig. /ʊ/) | possibly replacing ū with u | |
u: | ú | û (orig. /ʊ:/) | possibly replacing û with ú; maybe changing /ʊ:/ into a diphthong in certain positions | |
ø | ø | ö (orig. /œ/) | possibly replacing ö with ø | |
ø: | ǿ | ő (orig. /œ:/) | possibly replacing ő with ǿ | |
a | a | ā (orig. /ʌ/) | possibly replacing ā with a | |
a: | á | â (orig. /ʌ:/) | possibly replacing â with á; maybe changing /ʌ:/ into a diphthong in certain positions |
So the new vowel system would be:
/i/ <i ü ī> | /i:/ <í ű î> | /y/ <y> | /y:/ <ý> | /u/ <u ū> | /u:/ <u û> | ||
/e/ <e> | /e:/ <é> | /ø/ <ø ö> | /ø:/ <ǿ ő> | /o/ <o> | /o:/ <ó> | ||
/ə/ <ë> | /ə:/ <ä> | ||||||
/ɛ/ <ē> | /ɛ:/ <ê> | /ɔ/ <ō> | /ɔ:/ <ô> | ||||
/a/ <a ā> | /a:/ <á â> |
And now consonants:
Sound | Default letter | Other letter | New change | Notes |
p | p | pħ (orig. /pʰ/) | possibly replacing pħ with p or pp /p:/ in certain positions | |
t | t | tħ (orig. /tʰ/) | possibly replacing tħ with t or tt /t:/ in certain positions | |
k | k | kħ (orig. /kʰ/) | possibly replacing kħ with k or kk /k:/ in certain positions | |
ʃ | š | ś (orig. /ɕ/) | possibly replacing ś with š | |
ʒ | ž | ź (orig. /ʑ/) | possibly replacing ź with ž | |
ʦ | c | cħ (orig. /ʦʰ/) | possibly replacing cħ with c | |
ʧ | č | ć (orig. /ʨ/) | čħ (orig. /ʧʰ/); ćħ (orig. /ʧʰ/ from /ʨʰ/) | possibly replacing ć, ćħ and čħ with č |
ʥ | ȝ | ǯ (orig. /ʤ/) | possibly replacing ȝ with ǯ (still pronounced /ʥ/) | |
j | j | ŗ (orig. /ɹ/) | possibly replacing ŗ with j |
The new consonant system would be (can't be arsed to make another friggin' table):
/m m: n n: ɲ ŋ/
<m mm n nn nj ŋ>
/p p: b b: t t: d d: k k: g g:/
<p/pħ pp b bb t/tħ tt d dd k/kħ kk g gg/
/f f: v v: θ θ: ð ð: s s: z z: ʃ ʒ x ɣ/
<f ff v vv þ þþ ð ðð s ss z zz š/ś ž/ź h x>
/ʦ ʣ ʧ ʥ/
<c/cħ ʒ č/ć/čħ/ćħ ȝ/ǯ>
/j w r ɾ l l: ʎ/
<j/ŗ w rr r l ll lj>
This is what I have for now. I think most of the changes are pretty straightforward. Oh, I didn't include any diphthongs in the vowel syste since I've never actually counted how many I have (but technically every combination is possible - aka /iV/, /uV/, /Vi/ /Vu/; I've never written down the legal/illegal combinations). Also, Laefêvëši has a tonal vowel, ă (falling-rising tone) but in Ascended Laefêvëši it'd also be replaced by non-tonal a /a/ or á /a:/.
Need to think this through ...