Mahjong Conlang (WIP)
"Hmmm, what if I made a conlang that distinguished
trill phonemes based on the number of flaps?"
"Oh hey, there's a mahjong unicode block!"
Intense thinking later
"I'm a genius!" (I'm not)
Consonants
| Flaps: |
2 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
13 |
17 |
19 |
23 |
| /ʙ/ |
🀐 |
🀑 |
🀒 |
🀓 |
🀔 |
🀕 |
🀖 |
🀗 |
🀘 |
| /ʙ̥/ |
🀙 |
🀚 |
🀛 |
🀜 |
🀝 |
🀞 |
🀟 |
🀠 |
🀡 |
| /r/ |
🀇 |
🀈 |
🀉 |
🀊 |
🀋 |
🀌 |
🀍 |
🀎 |
🀏 |
Vowels
Phonotactics
C(C)V syllable structure. All single consonant with vowel combinations are allowed.
The only double consonant cluster allowed is a bam or a pin followed by a man.
(Bilabial trill followed by alveolar trill). Alveolar trill may be voiced or unvoiced
depending on dialect.
Great now I have to come up with vocabulary and grammar.
I did not think this through very well. Good luck future me!
Idea: pronunciations worth yaku are treated as obscenities.
Intensity depends on how much the hand scores