Re: Optimum number of symbols

I wrote:
>      Dlaitarte   madii      hautha phigla     Teechthe.
>
>      dX-lai_ta_rX-te.ma_dii.hau_tha.phi-gX_la.tee_chX-the
Oops...that's awful.  Better:

       da-lai ta ra-ta-e.ma da-ii.ha-au tha.pha-i gX la.ta-ee cha-tha-e

And since there is no <ai> (but there is an <au>)  better to put it:

       da-la-?i ta ra-ta-e
       ma da-ii
       ha-au tha
       pha-i gX la
       ta-ee cha-tha-e

AND, since a picture is worth a thousand words, I wrote it out.
(I don't know where the red notebook where the original notes are is... luckily
I had a copy of the abugida on the computer already.)

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On the right is the IPA value for the signs on the left.
Yes the quality (of the whole production) is awful.  I will do better Another
Time.

    *Muke!
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