Re: THEORY: Vowel gradation

Danny Wier wrote:

>From: "Trebor Jung" <treborjung@...>
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>>I have a problem. In one of my languages, which is like Mark Rosenfelder's
>>Kebreni in that it uses vowel gradation, I made a rule that says front
>>vowels become back vowels and back vowels become front vowels. The problem
>>is that I don't know what to change /@, a, {/ to. Suggestions? (I have a
>>vowel inventory of /i, y, e, 2, @, a, {, o, u/).
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>Those could be "neutral" vowels that don't change. Or if they do, in cases
>of fronting, @ > I, a > &, and when backed, @ > U, a > O or Q.
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/@/>/I/>/i/, perhaps, and /a/>/&/>/e/, if he wants to retain his
existing vowel inventory.  Sure, it'll be confusing in some cases, but
that's all part of the fun.