Andreas Johansson
> 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?
Yes. That was my point.
--And.