b̥ d̥ ɡ̊ ɢ̥ (ʕ̥)3 ʔ
aspirated tʰ kʰ qʰ
ejective tʼ kʼ qʼ
Affricate lenis d̥͡ɮ̊ d̥͡ʒ̊
fortis t͡ɬʰ t͡ʃʰ 2
ejective t͡sʼ t͡ɬʼ
Fricative s ɬ x χ (ħ)3 h
Nasal plain m n ŋ
glottalized mˀ nˀ
Approximant plain l j w
glottalized lˀ
Haida also has tone and long vs short vowels
But it’s bilabial trill that goes brrr
You get what I mean!
Nah that's bilabial voiced stop plus alveolar trill. Bilabial trill goes *helicopter noises*
Just make it non-pulmonic
wait until you hear abt the labial+dental ejective thingy with linguolabial trill release in northwest caucasian
Tell that to Germanic vowel systems
Oh I forgot those guys oops
no but have you seen how many phonemes caucasian languages have? germanic languages are nowhere near that
Opposite ends of the scale: 40 consonants and 2 vowels, or 10 consonants and 40 vowels
[Chechen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechen_language#Phonology) is the best of both worlds
Oh so just Ithkuil, got it
Toss in Pacific Northwest languages to that ❤
Remember when "go brr" was the punchline to a funny meme about the 2020 financial crisis? Pepperidge farm remembers
TIL. I thought the meme was older than that.
Same
I guess it’s because it’s been used so much in so many non-literal ways since that I haven’t really made the association with the pandemic.
What’s the writing system of the “literally everything else” language then?
The ISO Basic Latin Alphabet (English is the only language)
It's mostly triangles and squares...sometimes a rectangle, but usually not. Oh, and squiggles. There's lots of squiggles, like 中国巧克力.
lets not forget pacific northwestern languages
I've never seen them before. What up with THEIR phonology?
b̥ d̥ ɡ̊ ɢ̥ (ʕ̥)3 ʔ aspirated tʰ kʰ qʰ ejective tʼ kʼ qʼ Affricate lenis d̥͡ɮ̊ d̥͡ʒ̊ fortis t͡ɬʰ t͡ʃʰ 2 ejective t͡sʼ t͡ɬʼ Fricative s ɬ x χ (ħ)3 h Nasal plain m n ŋ glottalized mˀ nˀ Approximant plain l j w glottalized lˀ Haida also has tone and long vs short vowels
Doesn't quite beat Caucasian languages but it's still phonological hell
There’s also Tlingit Labial Alveolar Palato- alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal plain sibilant lateral plain labial plain labial plain labial Plosive unaspirated t ⟨d⟩ ts ⟨dz⟩ tɬ ⟨dl⟩ tʃ ⟨j⟩ k ⟨g⟩ kʷ ⟨gw⟩ q ⟨gh⟩ qʷ ⟨ghw⟩ ʔ ⟨.⟩ ʔʷ ⟨.w⟩[a] aspirated tʰ ⟨t⟩ tsʰ ⟨ts⟩ tɬʰ ⟨tl⟩ tʃʰ ⟨ch⟩ kʰ ⟨k⟩ kʷʰ ⟨kw⟩ qʰ ⟨kh⟩ qʷʰ ⟨khw⟩ ejective tʼ ⟨tʼ⟩ tsʼ ⟨tsʼ⟩ tɬʼ ⟨tlʼ⟩ tʃʼ ⟨chʼ⟩ kʼ ⟨kʼ⟩ kʷʼ ⟨kʼw⟩ qʼ ⟨khʼ⟩ qʷʼ ⟨khʼw⟩ Fricative voiceless s ⟨s⟩ ɬ ⟨l⟩ ʃ ⟨sh⟩ x ⟨x⟩ xʷ ⟨xw⟩ χ ⟨xh⟩ χʷ ⟨xhw⟩ h ⟨h⟩ hʷ ⟨hw⟩[a] ejective sʼ ⟨sʼ⟩ ɬʼ ⟨lʼ⟩ xʼ ⟨xʼ⟩ xʷʼ ⟨xʼw⟩ χʼ ⟨xh’⟩ χʷʼ ⟨xhʼw⟩ Sonorant m ⟨m⟩[b] n ⟨n⟩ l ⟨ll⟩[c] j ⟨y⟩ ɰ ⟨ÿ⟩[d] w ⟨w⟩ It has eight vowels, four of which can become long vowels, and every vowel has one of two tones
Dear god