Re: Phonological Relay Proposal
From: | Robert Hailman <robert@...> |
Date: | Monday, September 11, 2000, 21:22 |
taliesin the storyteller wrote:
>
> * Espero9@aol.com <Espero9@...> [000911 00:59]:
> > Robert Hailman wrote:
> > > Back in late June I had a brief conversation with Barry Garcia about
> > > the idea of a Phonological Relay.
> >
> > In Druni transcription this would be:
> >
> > Bék én léyt djún áy héd é brif kanvaséyshen uít béri garsía ebáut tí aydíe áf
> > é fanaládjikel ríley.
> >
> > It should be noted that all Druni words contain one accented vowel to
> > indicate stress even if the word is monosyllabic. This a residual effect of
> > an archaic Druni spelling convention. still in use although redundant.
>
> This underlines another aspect of why such a relay is a great idea, I
> had only the vaguest idea how Druni "felt like" before! Cool, I gotta
> take a closer look :) Is there a webpage anywhere (too lazy to search)?
No, I haven't done anything official yet. I'm taking proposals for
opening texts, if anyone one wants to send them in. Send it in your
conlangs latinized orthography, an IPA transcription, and a translation.
I'll consider anything I get.
--
Robert