Phonetic Inventory

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Consonants

	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	n[n]			gn/ng[ŋ]
Plosive	t[t] d[d]			k[k] g[g]
Fricative	s[s] z[z]	sh[ʃ] zh[ʒ]		h[x] gh[ɣ]	h[h]
Affricate	ts[ts] dz[dz]
Aproximate	r[r]		y[j]	gh[ɰ]
Lateral Fricative	ll[ɬ~ɮ]
Lateral Aproximate	l[l]			l[ʟ]

There are several allophonic rules for Gnollish consonants.

• /t/ is [ts] when followed by /í/ or /i/ and [t] elsewhere.
• /d/ is [dz] when followed by /í/ or /i/ and [d] elsewhere.
• /s/ is [sh] when followed by /í/ or /i/ and [s] elsewhere.
• /z/ is [zh] when followed by /í/ or /i/ and [z] elsewhere.
• /k/ is [kw] when followed by /ú/ or /o/ and [k] elsewhere.
• /g/ is [gw] when followed by /ú/ or /o/ and [g] elsewhere.
• /h/ is [h] when between two vowels but [x] elsewhere.
• /ll/ is [ɮ] when between two vowels but [ɬ] elsewhere.
• /l/ is [l] when in the onset of a syllable and [ʟ] when in the coda.
• /gh/ may be pronounce as either [ɣ] or [ɰ]. Both are considered correct and used interchangably.

Vowels

	Front	Near Front	Central	Near Back	Back
Close	í[i]				ú[u]
Near Close		i[ɪ]
Mid	e[ɛ]		u[ə]		o[o]
Near Open	a[æ]
Open			á[ä]

Common diphthongs are ay[aj], ey[ej], oy[oj], aw[aw], and iw[iw].

Phonotactics

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Gnollish tends to have fairly free phonotactics. Gnollish syllables can take the form (C)(C)V(C)(C). C stands for consonant and V stands for Vowel.

The following consonent clusters are allowed to begin a word: st, zd, sk, zg, ts, dz, ks, gz, tr, dr, ty, dy, kr, gr, kl, gl, ky, gy, sn, zn, sr, sl, sy, zr, zl, zy, hr, hy, ghr, ghy, ny, gny.

The following consonent clusters are allowed to end a word: kt, gd, ts, dz, ks, gz, st, zd, sk, zg, ht, ghd, sn, zn,sng, zng,nt, nd, ngk, ngg, rt, rd, lt, ld, lk, lg, rs, ls, lz, rz, rn, rng, ln, lng.

The following consonent clusters are allowed medially: Haven't decided yet.