Conlang Maker
  • English

      • Phonology

      Manage your language's sound system across 4 sub-pages: Inventory, Romanization, Phonotactics, and Allophony.

      Inventory

      Step-by-step: Build a balanced starter inventory

      1. Load one preset close to your target style.
      2. Add/remove consonants to keep voicing symmetry.
      3. Keep 5-7 core vowels first.
      4. Use warning panel to fix obvious imbalance.
      5. Save and continue to romanization.

      Interactive IPA Charts

      • Consonant table: 13 places of articulation × 13 manners — click to select/deselect
      • Vowel trapezoid: Standard IPA vowel chart with tongue position visualization
      • Non-pulmonic consonants: Implosives, ejectives, and clicks in a dedicated area
      • Audio playback: Click any phoneme to play its standard pronunciation (329 built-in audio clips, fully offline)

      Preset System

      12 real language-style presets — click to load a complete phoneme set + syllable structure:

      PresetCharacteristics
      Japanese(C)V syllables, no codas
      ArabicRich pharyngeal/uvular consonants
      SlavicComplex consonant clusters
      FinnishVowel harmony
      HawaiianVery few consonants, CV-dominant
      NahuatlRich in affricates
      MandarinAspiration contrast + tones
      HindiRetroflex + aspiration contrast
      SwahiliPre-nasalized consonants
      LatinClassic Indo-European
      GeorgianEjectives
      ElvishRich in liquids, soft

      Inventory Warnings

      Auto-detects imbalances: missing voicing contrasts, too few vowels/consonants, uneven place distribution.

      Romanization

      • Multiple mapping tables: Create several tables (e.g., "Standard Spelling", "Academic Transcription"), set a default
      • Rule definition: Each rule maps input → output phoneme, with optional context
      • Longest match: Auto-sorts by input length for greedy matching
      • Phoneme table integration: Click phonemes to insert into the editing field

      Step-by-step: Build a stable mapping table

      1. Create table Standard and set it as default.
      2. Add multi-letter rules first (sh, ch, ng).
      3. Add single-letter rules (a, e, i, ...).
      4. Confirm longest-match behavior with sample spellings.

      Phonotactics

      FeatureDescription
      Syllable templatese.g., (C)V(C)(C), uppercase = macro, parentheses = optional
      Phoneme class macrosCustom macros like C = [p, t, k, s], V = [a, e, i, o, u]
      BlacklistRegex patterns to reject illegal combinations
      Vowel harmonySplit vowels into two groups, no mixing within a word
      Tone systemDefine tone categories (name + diacritic)
      1. Define macros (C, V, optional N).
      2. Set syllable template (for example (C)V(C)).
      3. Add blacklist regex for forbidden clusters.
      4. (Optional) enable vowel harmony and define groups.

      Allophony

      • Rules: Target phoneme → replacement phoneme, with pre/post context
      • Priority: Applied by priority descending, first match stops
      • Macro references: Context can reference phoneme class macros

      Context Syntax

      SymbolMeaningExample
      #Word boundaryBefore # = word-initial, After # = word-final
      V, C, etc.Macro symbolExpands to all phonemes in the class
      Plain charactersLiteral matchl matches literal l
      Multi-char sequencesConcatenatedlV = l followed by any vowel
      _ or emptyAny characterNo context restriction

      Examples

      BeforeTarget→ReplacementAfterMeaning
      #e→ilVWord-initial e before l+vowel → i
      Vt→dVIntervocalic t → d
      Vk→x#Word-final k after vowel → x
      n→ŋkn before k → ŋ

      Step-by-step: Add one allophony rule safely

      1. Add rule with clear description.
      2. Set target and replacement phoneme.
      3. Add context with macros/boundary if needed.
      4. Check IPA outputs in lexicon entries.
      5. Reorder priority when multiple rules overlap.