Re: tlhn'ks't, ngghlyam'ft, and other scary words

Slâm w h`vîv!

D: "Joseph Fatula" <fatula3@...>

| p'   t'   k'
| p   t   k
| b   d   g
| mb   nd   ng
| mb'   nd'   ng'
| w   l   r   y   g-breve   `
| f   thorn   l-cedilla   s   s-acute   s-hachek
| c   x   q
| v   edh   l-slash   z   z-acute   z-hachek   r-hachek
| v'   edh'   l-slash'   z'   z-acute'   z-hachek'   r-hachek'
| m   n   m'   n'
|
| This may not even be the best representation in Roman characters, but it's
| what I've got so far.  I'm particularly not satisfied with the lateral
| fricatives, but I don't know what else to do.  Consonant clustering makes it
| difficult to come up with digraphs that don't conflict with actual clusters.

It's really hard to express a language with a large phonology with Latin script.
Either you use numerous diacritics, or invent new letters (like Abkhaz did, but
it's Cyrillic). Or just create your own alphabet/script, like Armenian and
Georgian did.

For Tech, I use a tentative mixed Latin-Greek alphabet: lambda = /K/, delta =
/D/, theta = /T/, gamma = /G/ etc. Two Arabic letters are borrowed for /?/ and
/?\/ (hamzah and ayin).

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