Syllable Structure

English

(C)3V(C)5

or (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)

or (s)(C)(r,l,w,y)(V)V(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)

Icelandic

Icelandic allows for three different syllable structures

V, VC, (CC)CV(C)

Swedish

(C)3V(C)3

or (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)

Toki Pona

(C)V(N)

where (N) is an optional final nasal

Portuguese

(C)2V(C)

or (C)(C)V(C)

Tolkien Elvish

(C)2V(C)2

or (C)(C)V(C)(C)

Thesis Language

(C)3V(C)2

(N)(C)a(C)V(C)(C)

• where (N) is an optional Nasal, [m,n]

• If an (N) is in the initial position, the following Consonant must be a Voiced Plosive, [b,d,g]

• V may be either a monophthong or a diphthong
• The Onset can include all consonants except for [ʔ]

• [p, b, t, d, k, g, m, n, ɾ, f, θ, s, ʃ, x, h, w, j, l]

• The Nucleus can include all vowels & diphthongs

• [i, u, e, ə, o, a] & /iə, iu, io, eə, ue, uə, oə/

• The Coda can include all consonants except [h, w, j]

• [p, b, t, d, k, g, ʔ, m, n, ɾ, f, θ, s, ʃ, x, l]

• The [ʔ] can only be used between a vowel and a consonant or intervocalically

• V[ʔ]C
• V[ʔ]V

• The [ʔ] and the [h] never cluster respectively
• Acceptable consonant clusters here