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Re: Optimum number of symbols

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 25, 2002, 16:30
And Rosta wrote:
>A similar argument could be made for languages with very >large consonant inventories that arrange themselves into >orderly grids of phonation/initiation + place + manner + >secondary articulation (e.g. palatalization). That is, a >writing scheme that to some extent decomposes individual >segments might be both more manageable and more faithful to >the phonological of the language.
You needn't have a large consonant inventory for that. Surely any language where, say, palatalization places a large part in phonology would be well served by a writing system that takes a featural approach to that phenomenon? Andreas _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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