Hííenununóóoþa Phonology 3.0
Although I wouldn't say the phonology has changed drastically, I just wanted to make a proper post on how things stand at the moment.
Phoneme Inventory
Consonants
The main change to the consonant inventory is that I've gotten rid of not only the voiced fricatives but the approximants as well. There are no /j w/ phonemes anymore, let alone /ɰ/. I got rid of the glottal stop as well. Furthermore, I've gone back to having a single nasal /n/.
That leaves us with this:
/n/ n
/b t t͡s t͡ɬ t͡ʃ k/ b t ts tł ch k
/ɸ θ s ɬ ʃ x h/ f þ s ł sh x h
Arranging the consonant segments according to MoA gives us the following table:
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nasal n
stop b t k
spirant ɸ θ x h
affricate t͡s t͡ɬ t͡ʃ
strident s ɬ ʃ
Vowels
The vowel system has been reduced somewhat. Back unrounded vowels are out, and so is /ɑ/.
Short monophthongs
/i y u/ ı ų u
/ɛ œ ɔ/ e ǫ o
Long monophthongs
/iː yː uː/ ıı ųų uu
/ɛː œː ɔː/ ee ǫǫ oo
Short diphthongs
/eɪ̯ øʏ̯ oʊ̯/ eı ǫų ou
Long diphthongs
/ɛɪ̯ː œʏ̯ː ɔʊ̯ː/ eeı ǫǫų oou
As will be explained in the section on phonotactics soon to follow, long vowel sequences are now possible without intervening consonants or glides. Therefore, there is no longer any need to posit phonemic triphthongs.