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Re: The beautifulest phonology

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Thursday, March 21, 2002, 4:36
From: "Christian Thalmann" <cinga@...>

| > My Ideal phonology:
| >
| > /X/, /q/, /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /S/, /s/, /T/,  /D/, /l/, /j/, /w/, /r/
| >
| > Vowels:
| > e, i, 2, y,{ ,
|
| Uvulars and /2/, /{/?  *retch*  You must be an Orc!

It made me think of Klingon a bit. But probably because of Okrand's standard
transliteration, since Klg. doesn't have interdental fricatives. But it does
have a uvular affricate (ejective), which happens to be found in at least one
natlang: the Ethiopic language Tigrinya.

~Danny~

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