Re: Intro to Mujai -- phonology

On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 02:39:26 -0600, Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
wrote:

>Mujai has three vowels, /a/, /i/, and /u/.  The following diphthongs exist
>in Mujai:
>
>/au/, sounding the /ow/ in "cow."
>/ai/, as the /ai/ in "aisle."
>/iu/, as in "you."
Did you mean [ju] or [iw]? (I'm asking since the latter seems to fit
in the inventory kinda more symmetrically)

>/ia/, much like the /ea/ in "ear" in some dialects.
>/ua/
Not unlike the vowel in _poor_, in some dialects? ;)

>/ui/, as in "gooey."
>
>Mujai has the following consonants:
[...]
>Sibilants    "Fas" -- "Hiss"
>s
>z
>f
>v
>
[...]
>Liquids    "Fatuxic" -- "Orphan (from Fatu-xic "behind throw")
>l
>r
>y
>w
>h
>
>j    As in English.
>c    As the /ch/ in "church."
>x    As the /sh/ in "ship."
>zz    As the /z/ in azure.
Hey, do you mean {j, c, x, zz} are in the same category as liquids? I'm
curious what's the phonotactics like, then.


Basilius
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