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Re: 9-phoneme IAL (was Re: Chinese-based IAL?)

From:Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg.rhiemeier@...>
Date:Saturday, February 24, 2001, 22:12
daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...> writes:

> Jörg Rhiemeier wrote: > > I'm a bit confused that you sometimes use r instead > of l.
Oops! I got them messed up. Anyway, they are the same phoneme, so just pretend they are all l's. Only shows how unimportant this little project is in my mind.
> > Piritiniki (or Pirisiniki) : Anatulu Sinisi > > Brithenig by Andrew Smith
Of course!
> > Paraanaka : Supu Iti > > You got me here. It's probably supersimple. Iti? > I really should get this.
Hint: The language is related to Brithenig. [guesses snipped]
> How'd I do? :)
All correct! It seems that even this 9-phoneme Procrustean bed does not distort most words too far beyond recognizability, so there is still a point in not using an entirely a priori vocabulary. Jörg.

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