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Re: A "minimalist" phonology...

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Saturday, April 21, 2001, 23:15
Hi!

Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> writes:
> Ray wrote: > >Another symmetrical four-vowel system is found in Apachean, Fox, Shawnee & > >some other native languages of north & south America, namely: > > Font Back > > high /i/ /u/ > > low /e/ /o/ > > Nice! This should be told to whomever wrote in my (ancient) copy of > Guinness's Book of Records that ALL languages possess the vowel "a" ...
Hehe! My first inventory for Tyl-Sjok was: Front Center Back high /i/ /1/ /M/ mid-low /E/ /3/ /V/ But after reading your book some weeks ago, I added: low /a/ :-) **Henrik