#aronese

[not-labio-velars]

(Conlang) Aronese, or Icẹ Aro /ìtʃɛ́ ɡàbó/, is a Aroid language spoken in the kingdom of Gabo in eastern edge of the Teśu continent in the central basin. Aronese has been influenced by and has influenced languages such as Fedu, Atán and Ayan.

Its consonants are:

Stops: p, b, t, d, k, g

Nasals: m, n, ŋ ⟨ṅ⟩

Fricatives: s, ʃ ⟨ś⟩, x~h ⟨h⟩

Affricates: ts\~tʃ ⟨c⟩

Tap/flap: ɾ ⟨r⟩

Approximates: l, j ⟨y⟩, ʋ ⟨v⟩

~ : free variation

r and l are allophones, l occuring before front vowels and r before everything else.

Vowels:

High: i, u

Close-Mid: e, o

Open-Mid: ɛ ⟨ẹ⟩, ɔ ⟨ọ⟩

Low: a

Syllables are (C)V or N, where N is a syllabic nasal.

Aronese has a form of pitch accent (which I'll represent using tone markers in the broad transcription). There are two patterns, H and L.

In H-pattern, the first syllable is high and the rest are lower. In L-pattern, the first syllable is low and the rest are higher.