Conlangery #60: Syllable and Word Shapes

So, for various reasons we have now changed the format of the show. Now we will be doing only one topic per show, alternating weeks between discussion topics and featured conlangs. We hope that this addresses the issues some people have had with show length while still allowing us to have thick, meaty discussions. As such, this week’s show is all about phonotactics and how the way you allow sounds to combine into words is often more important to the overall sound of your conlang than your phoneme inventory is.

Top of Show Greeting: Khangaþyagon

Links and Resources:

• WALS on Syllable Structure
• Lakhota syllable structure
• Proto-Algonquian
• Georgian and its plainly ridiculous consonant clusters

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