I'm struggling on where to start building my conlang
I've been developing and worldbuilding a universe for a graphic novel that I hope to create one day. Currently I have the major beats of the story, main characters, and a lot of worldbuilding aspects (like religion, agriculture, transportation, etc.) finished, but almost everything is unnamed at the moment. I've been really hesitant to start this portion on the project as I know next to nothing about linguistics, but would really like to have a fantasy language to make the world feel more unique and lived in.
I have been following a series of videos on Youtube in order to learn how to build an artlang, and they specified the first step is to pick out what sounds you do and do not want to use. I understand this is a bit of a backward way to do things, but I do have the names of the characters picked out, so I was trying to use the sounds already there. I did my best to transcribe them phonetically, but again I'm an extreme beginner to all this. They are as follows:
Mylah- mˈa͡ɪlə
Kestrel- kˈɛstɹə͡l
Lark- lˈɑː͡ɹk
Iris- ˈa͡ɪɹɪs
Dammon- dˈæmən
Could anyone let me know if I did this right and also help me identify how many unique sounds there are here? I would appreciate it so much! ❤️