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Re: DECAL: Examples #1: Phonetic inventory examples & motivations

From:Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
Date:Thursday, January 13, 2005, 14:48
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From: Sai Emrys <saizai@...>

Thagojian:

> Q1: What is your *phonemic* inventory? I.e., what are all of the > discriminated phonemes in your conlang(s). (IPA / CXS / X-SAMPA)
CXS: A b g d e u ts) E T i 7 k l K m n N ks) o p r s S t M f x ps) O q h
> Q2: What are the allophones? I.e., for each phoneme, what are the > "normal" variants that don't change meaning?
No real notion of allophones yet, but the following vowels change based on harmony. a / A 2 / 7 y / M These values are non-concrete. The language exists as a written form only.
> Q3: How do your choices for the above reflect the goals of your > language?
Had to be plausibly PIE-derived, with some outre but not outlandish features. Once I determined that I was going to use a Greek-plus-extras alphabet, it had to vaguely fit the graphemes available. Lizardman:
> Q1: What is your *phonemic* inventory? I.e., what are all of the > discriminated phonemes in your conlang(s). (IPA / CXS / X-SAMPA)
CXS: d_m z_m z_m: J\ j\ j\: g G G: G\ R R: i i\ M 7 i i\: M: 7: They were chosen for a species with minimal mouth dexterity. My McGuffey Project
> Q1: What is your *phonemic* inventory? I.e., what are all of the > discriminated phonemes in your conlang(s). (IPA / CXS / X-SAMPA)
B\ r R\ w v b p g k c_+C_+ tS) s S d t N n m I i V u @ A e o a O u 2 Something far removed from European languages, but plausible. My other reasons are hard to summarise. It's largely aesthetic, and designed to remind me of vaguely hunter-gatherer-ish origins. Paul