Re: Marking tones in conlangs

On Tue, Feb 7, 2006 at 12:08 PM, Joseph B. wrote:

> I'm curious to know how others here mark tones in any tonal conlangs they
> have created.
>
> Thanks.
I'm slowly putting together a system (partly inspired by the discussion of
pre-Greek, though that's far from relevant right now) that has four versions of
every vowel:

short
long high
long mid
long low

They'll be marked by zero, acute, macron, grave in that order. I'm thinking about
adding a voiceless short, marked by underdot, though that looks strange for i,
so I may have to think of another notation if I decide to go forward with it.

I don't have any other tonal languages, but I am thinking of adding a phonation
distinction in Lizardman, which is similar to tone. I have no idea how to mark
it yet.



Paul