title_body: Is there any general rule for constructing a word? Example: "q" or "w" should not end a word, something like this I am developing 4 conlangs (sparish, old sparish, elvian and barrish (need a new name)) for a story which is used by humans of Spar, Northern Sparian, Elves/Aspian, Barrians of south respectively. I have no knowledge about developing language whatsoever, I have learnt some few things from youtube and google(youtube was much helpful). I have the constants and vowels that I want to use in my language, but I am facing trouble with the letters.
  
  The sound of &quot;q&quot;. I don't understand how to pronounce any words that have &quot;q&quot; in it. According to IPA pulmonic consonant chart (with audio), it sounds like /ka/. So how should I pronounce a word like &quot;qakt&quot;
  Are there any kind of rules for word building? Like a word should never end with certain letters, or shouldn't start with certain letters.
  
  I want these languages to sound and feel as natural as possible. I am asking because some of my created words exist in one language or the other, and I want them to be as distinct as possible.
  Moreover, I want sparish to have a word like &quot;re(letter)&quot;. This letter helps them to in poetry, its intonation depends upon the letter that is placed inside the bracket, but it does not feel write when you pronounce it. Can anyone help me with it too?
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upvoted_answer: Yes, there are but they are language-specific. These are called phonotactics. They are well explained in the book of David Peterson &quot;The Art of Language Invention&quot;(E-book download link). Actually, these rules include:
  
  structure of a syllable. E.g. in Hawaiian language closed syllables are impossible. So words like &quot;heck&quot; are not allowed. ;)
  
  stress. The Finnish language always stresses the first syllable.
  
  What consonants/vowels can be combined. &quot;st&quot; is quite common in English but not in Hungarian. But &quot;ts&quot; is quite common in Russian but not in English. But on the other hand Russian allows &quot;st&quot; too.
  
  there are many other things. I suggest reading this article on Wikipedia.
  
  
  P.S. I'm not good at linguistic terms in English, sorry for possible wrong use of words ;)