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