Re: Consonant allophones in Minza

Scripse:runt::
>> > Maybe it would be an option for you?  This way, you have the diaeresis
>> > as a 'swap front-back' diacritic and still retain the standard values
>> > for the unmarked vowels.
Back in the days of typewriters, US linguists used the trema (if they had a
European machine) or backspace/double-quote for just that purpose: ï = high
unround _back_ , ë = mid unround back, just as ü was high round _front_ etc.
It still makes sense to me :-)))

Paul Bennett:
> Using trema for /& 2 y/ is more than cromulent, and using dotless-i
> for /M/ vs i for /i/ would also seem sane. Using e-trema for /V/ is
> both loosely analogous to /& 2 y/ and somewhat precedented in
> Albanian's use of e-trema for /@/. Another option for /@/ might be
> a-breve, a-caron, or something along those lines.
>
> The full grid according to the above might be:
>
> i ü   ı u
> e ö   ë o
>  ä   a
My choice; and ä is fully acceptable for low front [&]. Plus, using the
dieresis is easier than hunting up a special character........