Re: another new conlang

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:33:25 -0500 Rachel Klippenstein
<estel_telcontar@...> writes:
> Hi Robert
> I went through your list... I can manage most of the
> sounds in simple syllables I think, just not <pp>,
> <cc>, <?>, <??>, <aa>, <a>, and maybe <qq>.
>
> But since you throw at least one of those into almost
> all your words, that leaves only <mrYcxool> for me to
> try to pronounce... I think I managed, after many
> attempts.
:)))

> <mrYcxooll> and <hr??jyaqxltxm> look like they're
> misspelt - I don't see <Y> and <y> anywhere in your
> orthography, just in your phonetic representation.
> Were they supposed to be spelt
> <mruucxooll> and <hr??jiiaqxltxm> ?
<mrucxooll> and <hr??jiaqxltxm>

> Your language is really heavy on laterals... if you
> wanted to be even more lateral-heavy, I think you
> could even throw bilabial laterals.  I know the IPA
> chart says they're impossible, but I've always
> wondered why, because I can make them way easier than
> lots of the sounds actually in the IPA.
>
> It drives me crazy that the IPA doesn't have symbols
> for labiodental stops/plosives, because I use them all
> the time, by accident.  I've often caught myself
> saying things like "maybe" with labiodentals instead
> of bilabials.
>
> > sounds that can be voiced or voiceless are voiced
> > before voiceless vowels
> > and voiceless before voiced vowels.
>
> And what are they word-finally, as <q> in <wamq> ?
> What about before other consonants?
oh, i forgot about that.  they're voiceless.

> Fun tongue-twisting.
>
> Rachel Klippenstein
Robert Wilson
han_solo55@juno.com
fanai kabl dala ninl.