Re: Phonological Relay Proposal

Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> > Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:
> > >
> > > > The basic premise is that the first person in the relay provides a
> > > > written example of their language of decent length. The Babel text could
> > > > be a good one, but others would work. They will also provide an IPA
> > >
> > > If this happens I'd probably post some partial of the conculture's
> > > creation myth.  :-p
> >
> > Here's an idea: Any proposals for an opening text should be sent to me,
> > in the latinized form of the native alphabet and an IPA transcription.
> > I'll hand choose one for length, and phonetic & syllabic complexity.
>
> Ooh.  In that case, I'm probably not.  The creation myth is somewhat
> culture-specific...it'd be easier for *my* conlang than the Babel text,
> but almost certainly not for others' conlangs.  :-/  I'm still interested
> in participating, though, if I ever have time to generate morphemes.  My
> math homework's killing me....
Send it in to me. Also, attach a translation, I'm interested in the
content, but it doesn't matter to much. The worst that could happen is
that I won't use it.

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Robert