Re: Here we go loup-garou

On 10.7.2007 Mark J. Reed wrote:
 > I should mention that the lack of phonemic voice was
 > something I did to keep the syllabary manageable, and I've
 > never really been happy with the move. I want my /s/ back.
 >

The Kijeb syllabary writes voiceless/voiced stops and
fricatives other than /s/ with a single set of symbols for
each POA. Linear B, Cypriot syllabics and ancient Kana also
didn't note voicing distinctions that existed in the
language. The latter case is interesting since arguably Kana
was invented for the language it was used for, so it can be
seen as a way to keep the syllabary manageable by ignoring
one distinctive feature. NB the Scandinavian Runes did the
same, although they were alphabetic -- they also didn't
distinguish NC from C.

FWIW /s/ has a somewhat different status from /f(;)/ and
/x(;)/ in Kijeb, since it has allophones /z/ and /h/ and
enters into sC clusters. There are (C)V[snt] syllabograms
used for clusters, and #sCV is written VsCV. The fourth
syllable- final consonant /r/ is always written rV with a
supporting vowel, being the most sonorant.
NB Kijeb has [B(;) D(;) G(;)], but these are allophones of
/b(;) d(;) g(;)/.

/BP