Re: Here we go loup-garou

In the last episode, (On Tuesday 10 July 2007 11:23:07), taliesin the
storyteller wrote:
> * John Vertical said on 2007-07-10 09:21:13 +0200
>
> > As far as the *sound* itself goes, I think the vowel and stop
> > inventory issues are just sidetracks; but IMHO a simple
> > improovment might be a chain shift of z
> >
> > > r, r > w:
> >
> > / urä ri dinkmaukuud ou
> > limrau don nudiu
> > maukiau don maid
> > mriau don ed
> > mairim wäm dinkmaukuud
> > lokänd mlou rön ryukom ri wouk (or maybe /ryykom/?)
> > ur lymkiaud ri dolk
> > wäm rö lymkaud ri dolkwar
> > ur kondriauk rim lolr rik
> > lwo mkun rim lolr
> > riin dän ömkwar maukiaud
> > ur kndaud
> > ur kökald
> > wuruud /
>
> Ooh, you could sing the blues to this... could just chainshift the
> consonants that do not start or end a word...
>
> Ura zi dinkmaukuud or
> Limrar don nudir
> Maukiar don maid
> M'riar don ed
> Mairim ram dinkmaukuud
> Lokand m'lor zøn zyukom zi rouk
> Uz lymkiaud zi dolk
> Ram zø lymkaud zi dolkuaz.
> Uz kondriauk zim lolz zik
> L'uo m'kun zim lolz
> Ziin dan ømkuaz maukiaud
> Uz k'ndaud
> Uz køkald
> Ruruud
>
> Then if we run a "cherman"-filter on the codas... (wouldn't
> change the orthogrpahy, only the phonetics...)
>
> Ura zi dinkmaukuut or
> Limrar don nudir
> Maukiar don mait
> M'riar don et
> Mairim ram dinkmaukuut
> Lokant m'lor zøn zyukom zi rouk
> Us lymkiaut zi dolk
> Ram zø lymkaut zi dolkuas.
> Us kondriauk zim lols zik
> L'uo m'kun zim lols
> Ziin dan ømkuas maukiaut
> Us k'ndaut
> Us køkalt
> Ruruut
>
> Hmm, now it looks like a cross between Basque, Inuktitut and
> Some Romance Lang Or Other(tm).
>
> Harmonization (voiced to voiced, voiceless to voiceless) of
> clusters would then give:
>
> Ura zi dingmaukuut or
> Limrar don nudir
> Maukiar don mait
> M'riar don et
> Mairim ram dingmaukuut
> Lokant m'lor zøn zyukom zi rouk
> Us lymgiaut zi dolk
> Ram zø lymgaut zi dolguas.
> Us kondriauk zim lols zik
> L'uo m'kun zim lols
> Ziin dan ømguas maukiaut
> Us k'ndaut
> Us køkalt
> Ruruut
>
Actually to the untrained eye that looks like a weird Uralic language,
possibly even Estonian or Votic.

Jeff
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