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Re: Intro to Mujai -- phonology

From:Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 11, 2001, 22:24
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 -