Stephen Escher

Worldbuilding, Conlanging and Other Stuff

consonant clusters

An In-Depth Guide to Creating a Phonology – Part 5: Phonotactics

So far in this series, I’ve been explaining the various kinds of sounds that you can include in your conlang. But in addition to having a limited inventory of sounds, languages also have restrictions on how those sounds can be arranged in a syllable. These restrictions are called phonotactics. The…

Mar 31, 2020

Conlanging

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