En réponse à J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:
> Inspired by recent phonological discussions and an article (with
> beautiful photos) on Egypt's new Bibliotheca Alexandrina [in the April
> 2002
> issue of _Smithsonian_ magazine], my ever-mutating _linga-lego-lila_
> ("language-word-play") project is now Alexiteca, _ Aalexsit'exaa _
> /a.leksi.th_heka/ - "a/the--word(s)--bag/case/container" ;) serious
> and
> playful at the same time >:}
:))) How many times are you gonna change its name more? :)))
I like this pun though.
> Aalexsit'exaa is to be created from modified roots and words mainly
> from
> Greek & Latin, with some modified items from Sanskrit, Romanized
> Arabic,
> Japanese, and other languages. Basically, Aalexsit'exaa is an
> Indo-European
> polyglot * with its own distinctive phonology and orthography ( * sort
> of
> like English is a Germanic polyglot, but unlike English, Aalexsit'exaa
> is
> _possibly_ more phonetic -and- aesthetically intriguing };)
And more fun? :)
> My basic wordroot-list is going to be based on an expanded &
> "hypermodernized," neo-Futurist(ic) version of the Dublex word-list
> (www.langmaker.com).
>
> PHONOLOGY (¡X-SAMPA!) ORTHOGRAPHY:
>
> CONSONANTS, etc.:
>
I personally find the 'x' for /k/ nice. Some influence from the Greek alphabet
creeping in?
>
> VOWELS, other LIQUIDS, RHOTICS, etc.:
>
>
> >> NOTE:
> schwa /@/ is _ ' _ initially;
> _ a _ medially (&, in some cases, final);
> _ ~r _ if stressed, it is rhoticized /"@`/ or pronounced /"@3`/or
> /"@r\`/
> In all cases - if necessary, the schwa sound can be substituted by
> "simpler"/a/ or even aspiration of the letter immediately before it :)
>
Aspiration?! Now that's a strange idea! A subtle connection between /@/ and /h/?
Christophe.
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