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Phonology for my language



   Hello to all the members!
  As you can see, i keep my promises! Here's the phonology for my 
language (Eamon helped me doing it). As i already said, it's pretty 
much based on Spanish phonology. I might be done with the grammar 
some time next week.
  Enjoy!
  Sabrina

Vowels:
[a] a
[e] e
[i] i
[o] o
[u] u

Diphthongs:
[ei] ei, ey
[ai] ai, ay
[oi] oi, oy
[@U] au
[eU] eu

Plosives:
[p] p
[b] b
[t] t
[d] d
[k] k
    c/_o, a, u 
    qu/_e, i
[g] g/_o, a, u
    gu/_i, e

Nasals:
[m] m
[n] n
[J] ni/_V

Trill:
[r] r

Fricatives:
[f] f
[v] v
[s] s
    c/_i, e
[z] z
[S] sc/_i, e
    sci/_o, a, u

Affricates:
[dZ] g/_i, e
[tS] ch

Approximants:
[j] y, i
[w] w, u/_V

Lateral approximants:
[l] l

In addition, there is also [kw] qu/_a, o and [gw] gu/_a, o.
The orthography also includes a mute h.  Loanwords may have x 
carrying
the value it would have in its language of origin.

Accentuation:
1- If the ending is a vowel, n or s the penultimate syllable is 
accented.
2- If the ending is any consonant other than n or s the ultimate 
syllable is accented.
3- In any other case, the accent would be indicated with an accute 
accent mark.