Re: Phonological Relay Proposal

* Robert Hailman <robert@...> [000910 21:29]:
> Back in late June, I had a brief conversation with Barry Garcia about
> the idea of a Phonological Relay.
>
> The idea was to see how speakers of one language would percieve the
> words of another (in fact, it stemmed directly from a conversation about
> exactly that.)
/snip explanation of great idea/

> Note that no translation would be done, each word would be adapted on
> its own. The meaning of the words is not important, we're just
> explaining the sounds.
>
> Also, Ajuk has a relatively simple phonology and syllable structure, so
> it wouldn't be the best to start off with.
>
> What say you all about this idea? Don't send any requests to join yet, I
> haven't made anything official yet. I'm just looking for opinions.
Go for it! Might get a lot of langs in on it too, for all those of us
who find it easier to whip up a phonology than a well thought-out vocab
:) I can see one problem though. As soon as a lang with a very strict
and simple phonology/syll-structure has adapted the words, it's unlikely
that complexity can increase again, hmm...


t.