Re: New/revised language: Phonology

Andrew Chaney wrote:

>In order to avoid digraphs, I've ventured out of basic ascii. I hope
nothing
>horrible happens in the sending.
>
>stops:       p /p/   t /t/   c /k/
>fricatives:  f /f/   s (1)   x /T/
>liquids,etc: w /w/   j /j/   r (2)
>nasals:      m /m/   n (3)
On first reading I missed the "x", and agree with Vasiliy about using thorn
þ. (BTW all the symbols came thru to me unscathed)

>a /a/
>æ /& (i think)/......yes
>i /i/
>î /I/
>å /e/
this is counter-intuitive.  a-ring can represent [O], your "aw as in awful",


>e /E/
perhaps depending on which is more frequent, you could use ê for /e/, e for
/E/ or e for /e/, ê for /E/ a la française

>¦ /?/ english "aw" as in "awful"
Personally I disapprove of using a non-alphabetic symbol.  See suggestion re
å a-ring above.

>o /?/ english "oh" as in "Ho Ho Ho"
>u /u (i think)/ english "oo" as in "oops"
Better perhaps "oo as in loop, boot".  Oops, at least for me, can also have
the same vowel as "could".  Here again, you could use û for /u/, u for /U/
or viceversa. For consistency, since you have tense vs. lax i/I, e/E, u/U,
o/O, you should use the cirumflex either for the tense or lax phonemes.

>ø /?/ english "ou" as in "could" not "ouch"
o-slash implies a front rounded vowel, usually......

>diphthongs: ai, æu, ¦i
ai, æu, åi
>
Well, just my opinion.

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