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Re: Representing Boreanesian (was: Re: quantity triggered vs.

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, December 10, 1998, 21:58
Kristian Jensen wrote:

> I have intended the script to be a modified syllabary like Indic > scripts, not a pure syllabary like Japanese or Ethiopian. Each > grapheme would therefore represent consonant with an inherent > vowel - a CV sound. For Boreanesia, it makes sense that the inherent > vowel would be /@/ since the only CV syllables that occur in > Boreanesia is phonemically C@.
Hey, wonderful: a conscript that is Brahmic-style! A nice change from boring alphabets and syllabaries. It would be particularly nice to see some reordrant or surroundant vowel marks like Devanagari "i" or Bengali "o".
> Since all the other vowels > (/a//i//u/) only occur in major syllables, it would make sense that > a grapheme representing the coda should have the honor of being the > symbol that can alter this inherent /@/ vowel. I have yet to work > out the exact details.
Can the C in CVX be empty? If so, you also need explicit vowel letters as well as signs. Also, don't forget to allow for an explicit virama (inherent-vowel killer) as well as lots of excellently incomprehensible ligatures. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)