Perelandran Phototactics

The phototactics of Perelandran are straightforward enough.  Simply put, a syllable can be (C)(C)V(C).  The only acceptable onset consonant clusters are [/v/, /z/, /ð/, /ʒ/, or /ɻ/] (a.k.a. "the azure views") + [/ɫ/, /m/, /n/, /r/, or /ŋ/] (a.k.a. "lemon ring").  Be sure to read the previous blogpost for the complete phonology.   The complete list of consonant clusters, with the vowel 'a' is: 'vra', 'vla', 'vma', 'vna', 'vnga', 'zra', 'zla', 'zma', 'zna', 'znga', 'ðra', 'ðla', 'ðma', 'ðna', 'ðnga', 'žra', 'žla', 'žma', 'žna', 'žnga', 'rla', 'rma', 'rna', 'rra', and 'rnga'.  The best way to practice is to start buzzing/growling, say the last two letters and then repeat and try to shorten it.

"The Azure Views" and "Lemon Ring" are the "strong letters" or litteræ fortes.  Any littera fortis may be a syllabic consonant.  Any littera fortis can be the coda.  But there are two major rules:

1. A "lemon ring" (/ɫ/, /m/, /n/, /r/, or /ŋ/) cannot precede "the azure views" (/v/, /z/, /ð/, /ʒ/, or /ɻ/) within a syllable.
2. A syllabic consonant (littera fortis) cannot take a coda.

Morae

• Onset consonant(s) do not count.
• Coda consonants count as one.
• Regular vowels count as one.
• Diphthongs, long vowels and syllabic consonants count as two.

The penultimate mora is always stressed, as in Hawai'ian.  For words longer than four morae, the initial mora is also stressed.

• לַאֻבִיֶאַאֻעָ – /ˈɫau.bi.je.ˈau.ʔo/ - LAU.bee.yeh.OU.'o
• פרַלדֻ – /ˈvɾaɫ.du/ - VRAL.doo, said too slowly as /vɾa.ˈɫ̩.du/
• ולְתְ – /wɫ̩.ˈð̩/ - wll.TH  - even a Perelandran would consider this the beginnings of a tongue twister.  Practically, there is often a glottal stop between the syllables, since "lemon-rings cannot precede the azure views"!

You might notice that I changed how I write diphthongs from last time.  I would like to put two vowels under a letter, but the variability from font to font is two high.  Only on a LaTeX PDF do I have enough control to do it my way.  On the web, I will have to keep using extra א's.