Sounds

I’ve finished making the sounds of Rishlao, but there is still a small problem.  I’d like to use some sort of diacritic for a few of the sounds (like “th”) but I don’t know where to get a keyboard that will type them (the keyboard I use now, the International English keyboard, only has a few diacritics outside of vowels).  It would be a lot easier if I could put an umlaut over the t or something.

Anyway, the available sounds are:

A as in padre

C as in chat

D as in dog

E as in hay

F as in front

H as in who

I as in eat

J as in jungle

K as in cat

L is as in Luke

M as in man

N as in not

Ñ as in ring

O as in boat

P as in putt

R as in round

S as in sat

SH as in ship

T as tank

TH as in thing

U as in poop

V as in van

Y as in it when after a consonant (py, dy), but y as in year, yap, or y’all when at front of syllable or sandwiched between two vowels (iya)

This alphabet can be found as a sound recording here.

Since I’m an American, the sounds are how they would be said by an American (unless otherwise noted).  I also made a couple of charts that show the sounds of the language.  Interestingly enough, though I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from Japanese for the sounds (like using Japanese vowels generally), I’ve been told that the words sound a bit Slavic.  Very interesting indeed.  I’ve also been told that the language also sounds very soft and melodic when I practiced saying some words out loud.

This was mostly intentional.  I didn’t want a very harsh or guttural language so I deliberately aimed for a language heavy on the vowels and softer consonants.  To do this, I made the structure of the language something like C(r,l)V(CV)(CV).  It is pretty much impossible to have two consonants in a row, though it is possible to have a glottal stop (indicated by an apostrophe).  Because of this my new language sounds a lot lighter and fluid.

Also, on another note, vowels may come be next to each other, in which case they are pronounced separately and may blend to make a diphthong.

Charts of all possible sounds:

A

Ra

I

Ri

E

Re

U

Ru

O

Ro

Y

Ry

C

CA

CRA

CI

CRI

CE

CRE

CU

CRU

CO

CRO

CY

CRY

D

DA

DRA

DI

DRI

DE

DRE

DU

DRU

DO

DRO

DY

DRY

F

FA

FRA

FI

FRI

FE

FRE

FU

FRU

FO

FRO

FY

FRY

H

HA

HRA

HI

HRI

HE

HRE

HU

HRU

HO

HRO

HY

HRY

J

JA

JRA

JI

JRI

JE

JRE

JU

JRU

JO

JRO

JY

JRY

K

KA

KRA

KI

KRI

KE

KRE

KU

KRU

KO

KRO

KY

KRY

L

LA

LRA

LI

LRI

LE

LRE

LU

LRU

LO

LRO

LY

LRY

M

MA

MRA

MI

MRI

ME

MRE

MU

MRU

MO

MRO

MY

MRY

N

NA

NRA

NI

NRI

NE

NRE

NU

NRU

NO

NRO

NY

NRY

Ñ

ÑA

ÑRA

ÑI

ÑRI

ÑE

ÑRE

ÑU

ÑRU

ÑO

ÑRO

ÑY

ÑRY

P

PA

PRA

PI

PRI

PE

PRE

PU

PRU

PO

PRO

PY

PRY

R

RA

‘RA

RI

RE

RU

RO

RY

S

SA

SRA

SI

SRI

SE

SRE

SU

SRU

SO

SRO

SY

SRY

SH

SHA

SHRA

SHI

SHRI

SHE

SHRE

SHU

SHRU

SHO

SHRO

SHY

SHRY

T

TA

TRA

TI

TRI

TE

TRE

TU

TRU

TO

TRO

TY

TRY

Th

THA

THRA

THI

THRI

THE

THRE

THU

THRU

THO

THRO

THY

THRY

V

VA

VRA

VI

VRI

VE

VRE

VU

VRU

VO

VRO

VY

VRY

La	Li	Le	Lu	Lo	Ly
CLA	CLI	CLE	CLU	CLO	CLY
DLA	DLI	DLE	DLU	DLO	DLY
FLA	FLI	FLE	FLU	FLO	FLY
HLA	HLI	HLE	HLU	HLO	HLY
JLA	JLI	JLE	JLU	JLO	JLY
KLA	KLI	KLE	KLU	KLO	KLY
MLA	MLI	MLE	MLU	MLO	MLY
NLA	NLI	NLE	NLU	NLO	NLY
ÑLA	ÑLI	ÑLE	ÑLU	ÑLO	ÑLY
PLA	PLI	PLE	PLU	PLO	PLY
SLA	SLI	SLE	SLU	SLO	SLY
SHLA	SHLI	SHLE	SHLU	SHLO	SHLY
TLA	TLI	TLE	TLU	TLO	TLY
THLA	THLI	THLE	THLU	THLO	THLY
VLA	VLI	VLE	VLU	VLO	VLY