Re: CHAT: Another NatLang i like

FFlores wrote:
>
> Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
> > Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > > Ob conlangs: I've once tried to make a conlang with vowel harmony,
> > > but it failed quite quickly because I couldn't prevent wrong
> > > words from entering the lexicon...
> >
snip...

Pablo wrote:
> I have a fossil conlang (Knarwaz) with vowel harmony. The main reason
> why I don't get well with VH is that (like Boudewijn) I can't help
> wrong words getting into the lexicon.
What do either of you mean, exactly, about wrong words getting into
the lexicon?  I'm curious.  I know that vowel harmony in Turkish
requires
that vowels in a previous syllable match the following syllable, or
something like that, but how would that situation (more than any other
morphology) affect your problem with "wrong words"?

Sally