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Re: Alexiteca, _Aalexsit'exaa_ /a.leksi.th_heka/, version 1.0

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, March 22, 2002, 22:42
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. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.