Re: Phonological Relay Proposal

On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 01:36:25PM -0700, Danny Wier wrote:
> --- Robert Hailman <robert@...> wrote:
> > Back in late June, I had a brief conversation with Barry Garcia about
> > the idea of a Phonological Relay.
>
> Tech: Baik in leït Joun, Aï haid e brêf kamfersheïshen with Beiri
> Gartsija ebaüt de aïntija ef e Fonolojikal Rêleï.
In my conlang: (haven't got a name for it yet tho :-( )

be'K in let jun, ai' hed 3 briif K0'v33sech3n yth bee'ri gaasi'a 3baut
th3 aidi3' 0f 3 fon0l0'jik3l rilee'.

Question: my conlang has a rule of prefixing e- to every proper name.
Should I keep that convention, or just transliterate the sounds?

Also, since there are no diphthongs in my conlang, sometimes some
diphthongs would translate to two vowels (pronounced with a glottal stop
in between) and sometimes just a single approximation (usually a long
vowel). Also, very few consonant clusters are actually allowed; most of
the time, native speakers tend to just drop out the less prominent
consonant and lengthen the previous syllable. Lotsa mutations will happen
here! :-)


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