Re: A "minimalist" phonology...

Danny Wier wrote:
>Concerning Unilang:
>
>An idea I myself had for a conlang or auxlang with a small phonology. This
>is
>probably going to end up being used in my Orcish.
>
>Here is the phonology for Japanese, with "voiced", etc. characters
>included.
>
>Vowels: a i u e o
>Consonants: k~g s~z t~d n h~b~p m y r w -n
>
>A "double quote" mark to the upper right of the hiragana/katakana symbol
>indicates voicing and the h>b shift, a "ring" is used for h>p. The final
>nasal
>is a syllabic that coalesces with the following consonant (m before p, ng
>before
>k, etc.). I didn't include consonant shifts with high vowels, such as
>si>shi,
>ti>chi, tu>tsu, hu>fu, zi>ji...
>
>For a "small-phonology" language, the consonants could include the
>voiceless
>stops and others found in Japanese, to wit:
>
>k s t n p m y r w n
Two "n"s? Going to to copy the Japanese syllable structure?
>
>Notice the lack of l, h, f.
>
>A five vowel system can also be reduced to four or three, either a-e-i-o
>(or
>a-e-i-u), or a-i-u (or a-i-o or a-e-o).
a-i-u is pretty much the "standard" three vowel inventory. For four vowels
I'd suggest a-i-u-@ (schwa). Nice and symetrical.

                                                   Andreas
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