Let's Make A Conlang Poll #9!
Right, so, while the vowel selection tournaments are happening, we're going to do some other polls related to pulmonic consonants. For an explanation of what pulmonic consonants are and how we'll be selecting them, click here.
Today we'll be selecting an approximate number of affricates for our conlang! Affricates are consonants that start like a plosive and end like a fricative. They can be further subdivided into sibilant and non-sibilant affricates, but for the purposes of this poll, we're including both. Examples include t̪s̪, d̪z̪, ts, dz, t̠ʃ, d̠ʒ, tʂ, dʐ, tɕ, dʑ, pɸ, bβ, p̪f, b̪v, t̪θ, d̪ð, tɹ̝, dɹ̝, t̠ɹ̠̊˔, d̠ɹ̠˔, cç, ɟʝ, kx, ɡɣ, qχ, ɢʁ, ʡʜ, ʡʢ, and ʔh. Normally there's supposed to be a tie over both characters in an affricate to show that they're said as one sound, but tumblr doesn't like that, I guess.
About how many affricates should our conlang have?
None (0)
A few (1-3)
Some (4-7)
A lot (8+)
This poll is to create a phonemic inventory for a constructed language made (as much as possible) entirely with tumblr polls! More information on this project can be found here!
Please reblog for better sample size! Next poll should be up in 48 hours, and the next round of the vowel selection tournament will be up whenever I have time!
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