Re: Numbers in my con romance lang

En réponse à Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...>:

> Ok, i thought for some base words, i'd mess with the numbers, since to
> me
> at least, they should be easy to apply the sound rules I have without
> too
> many problems:
>
> uno, dos, tres, quatro, çinque, seix, sèt, oço, nòue, dèç, onç, doç,
> treç,
> catorç, quinç, dèçiseix, dèçisèt, dèçioço, dèçinòue, veint
>
Well, I couldn't resist show the same numbers in "Roumant" (this name is
temporary, I'll send later a post about this language where I'll explain why),
you'll understand why later :) :

um /9~/, doux /du/, très /trE/, catre /katr/, cinque /sE~k/, seix /sE/, sette
/sEt/, utte /yt/, nouve /nuv/, deice /dEs/, ondice /O~'dis/, doudice /du'dis/,
trêdice /trE'dis/, catordice /katOr'dis/, quindice /kE~'dis/, seidice /sE'dis/,
deice-sette /dE'sEt/, deice-utte /dE'syt/, deice-nouve /dEs'nuv/, veint /vE~/

9~ is the nasal marked in IPA by the o-e ligature with tilde,
E~ is the nasal marked in IPA by the epsilon with tilde,
O~ is the nasal marked in IPA by the turned c with tilde.

If you cannot read accented letters, è is e-grave accent and ê is e-circonflex
accent.

What strikes me is the orthographic resemblance between some of the numbers
(even if their actual pronunciation is a little different):
- çinque and cinque,
- seix and seix,
- veint and veint.

Moreover, even if in "Roumant" a consonnant as last letter of a word is normally
not pronounced, it is pronounced when the following word begins with a vowel
(same phenomenon of liaison as in French), and then 'x' is pronounced /S/, as in
your language!

I really have to send post to present "Roumant". I'll do it as soon as I have a
little time.

Christophe.