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Re: The beautifulest phonology

From:Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 13:49
Okay, you remind me that ? is a nice sound to have,
too, esp if you want to be very vocalic about things.
(Kayasanoda almost had that sound but it was changed
to h.)

Clint


--- jesse stephen bangs <jaspax@...>
wrote:
> Muke Tever sikayal: > > > From: "Frank George Valoczy" <valoczy@...> > > > ...in my opinion, regardless of whether it's > likely or not, would be this: > > > > > > Vowels: > > > > > > i y 2 E a > > > > > > Consonants > > > > > > t_j d_j n_j F T D S Z h x K K\ l L w j > > Gosh, no unpalatalized stops! What an odd bunch. > > I noticed that a great many of you are including [S] > and/or [Z]. Fooey. > I haven't never included those in a "beautiful" > phonology and never will. > My most beautiful phonology is: > > Vowels: > i y e a o u > > Consonants: > p m P w > t n s l r > k x j > ? h > > > Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu > > "If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine > times, you are > perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth > time, you are in > frightful danger of seeing it for the first time." > --G.K. Chesterton
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