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

Kristian Jensen wrote:
> C is never empty. Words in Boreanesian that sound like they start
> with a vowel in European ears, actually start with the glottal stop
> /?/. (Actually, I do believe that many Germanic langs do this -
> perhaps also English to a limited extent). The script thus reflects
> this. There is no need for an explicit vowel letter. Incidentally,
> this also is the way the Buginese/Makassarese script works.
To me it seems that all words in English that supposedly start with
vowels really start with [?], and I'm a native speaker. I can't even
pronounce a vowel at the beginning of a word with a stop.