Re: "gy" (was: more English orthography)

On Thu, 18 May 2000 10:44:53 -0300, FFlores <fflores@...> wrote:

>Cool! I've decided to use <gy> and <cy> for [dZ] and [tS] in Biyuron
>(long abandoned lang, now being resurrected) in some cases (<dy> and
><ty> for others, on rather obvious etymological reasons). In some
>dialects, <cy gy hy> will be palatal instead (<hy> = [C]) and
>contrast with the postalveolars <ty dy sy> (or <sh>, with written
>form again based on etymological reasons) [tS dZ S]. I'm not sure
>if palatals and postalveolars contrast enough (hint: natlang
>examples?), especially since the language doesn't have a terribly
>rich phonology.
Hmmm.... How about Hungarian <ty> [c] vs. <cs> [tS], or German <ch> [C] vs.
<sch> [S]? Japanese <hy> is also [C] IIRC, but I think the <sh> (or <sy>,
depending on which Romanization you prefer) is more alveolo-palatal rather
than postalveolar.

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