I'm creating a proto-langauge for what are essentially sentient, anthro rabbits ~295 million years in the future.
I want this language to have an overall softer sound, but I also want the sounds made to be plausibly made by a rabbit, assuming these evolved ones are not nose-breathers. This means following their mouth anatomy, which means no bilabial, labiodental, uvualar, or glottal noises.
So here's the charts I have so far:
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| | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal |
|---------------------|--------|----------|-----------|---------|-------|------------|
| Plosive | | d | | | k g | |
| Nasal | | | | ɲ | | |
| Frictative | θ | s | | | | ħ |
| Lateral Frictative | | ɬ | | | | |
| Approximant | | | ɻ | j | | |
| Lateral Approximant | | l | ɭ | | | |
| Affricate | | ts | | | | |
Their vowels will be a standard /a e i o u/ with an ə and ɑ thrown in.
Are there any suggestions on how to tweak this to make it better and to achieve the two goals listed above?
EDIT: Realized I may have posted this in the wrong subtopic. Might move it over to Beginner's Corner.