Re: Idaly -- my latest conlang attempt

Hi Aaron,

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Aaron Morse wrote:
>
> Phonology (X-Sampa is between //, orthography < >)
>
> /p, t, k, b, d, g/ <p, t, c, b, d, g>
> /m, n, J/ <m, n, nj>
> /l, r, r\, w, L, j/ <l, rr, r, w, lj, j>
> /f, v, S, Z, T, h/ <f, v, s, z, th, h>
Interesting that there is no /D/.

Would such a phoneme inventory arise naturally
without including /s/ and /z/?


> /a, e, E, i, I, o, u/ <a, e, e, i, i, o, y>
Any particular reason for favouring <y> over  <u>?


> Phonotactics
>
> Words can start with a vowel, a liquid, a fricative, or a nasal.
Anything but a stop!


[snip]
> A LONGER EXAMPLE
>
> The North Sun and the Moon
>
> Sad marwen wengos-ja, zyrna tha sad rygra-lje, thyshvanla-nja.
> PAST wind sun-and, about who PAST strong-COMP, argue-IMP.INDICATIVE
Would be nice to see the English translation with
this example too.


[snip]
> A recording is available: http://anm.myfxh.com/northwindandsun-idaly.mp3
>
> COMMENTS? CRITIQUE?
Seems very workable.

Regards,
Yahya

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