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uh, let's try this again.

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Thursday, August 26, 1999, 4:52
Well, if anybody bothered to read my post on Segeul, I decided to put out=
 a=20
*simpler* version.  So here it comes (and please view with a monospaced=20
font, not a proportional one):

Consonants

-----  |      -----  -----  -----  |   |
    |  |      |          |  |   |  |   |
    |  |      |      -----  |   |  |---|
    |  |      |      |      |   |  |   |
    |  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----
  g      n      d      l      m      b

  --    ---   -----   ---   -----  -----
   /   /   \     /   -----      |  |
  /    |   |    /      /    ----|  |----
/ \   \   /   / \    / \       |  |
/   \   ---   /   \  /   \      |  -----
  s      ng     j      c      k      t

-----   ---    |      |        |      |
| |   -----   |      |--      |    --|
| |    ---    |--    |      --|      |
| |   |   |   |      |--      |    --|
-----   ---    |      |        |      |
  p      h      a      ya      e      ye

                                     |
  |     | |   -----  -----           |
  |     | |     |     | |   -----    |
-----  -----    |     | |            |
                                     |
  o      yo     u      yu     r      i

*Notes:
s can =3D /z/
ng =3D /N/
j =3D /dZ/
c =3D /tS/
e can =3D /shwa/
o/u can =3D /w/ (o with a, e; u with i; oi can =3D /o-slash/)
r can =3D /i-bar/
i after certain vowels: ai can =3D /ash/; ei always =3D /e/;
  ri =3D /i-bar_i/ (diphthong, as in Russian -bI=FA)

That's 20 symbols in all for 14 consonants and 5 vowels.  Big Six phonolo=
gy=20
is pretty much limited to these 19 phonemes, so this would work well.  (O=
f=20
course, Latin script would be more used practically, but Segeul would be=20
more descriptive, simple and neutral.)

Note that unlike Hangeul, Segeul is written left to right by character, n=
ot=20
in a square syllabric arrangement.  The circle always represents the phon=
eme=20
/N/ ("ng").

Danny


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