Re: Phonological Relay Proposal

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....

YHL