Re: Valdyan alphabet (was: Re: Spanish alphabet)

Irina wrote:

> I used to alphabetize transcribed Valdyan the more or less European
> way:
>
>  a b c ch d dh e f g gh h i j l lh m n o p r rh s sh t th u v y z zh
>
> but now I've worked out the Valdyan order of letters, it is:
>
>  a y i e o u p b f v m t d th dh n l lh c g ch gh h r rh s sh z zh j
>
> that is, first vowels, then consonants approximately from front to
> back, and the sibilants come at the tail. Note that 'j' is pronounced
> /j/ (as in "you") in most dialects, but /dZ/ in the far west (as in
> "Joe").
Wow.  My Thompinian alphabet are also vowels first... but it doesn't foll=
ow
the point of articualation order but a more Roman one:

 a e i o u y =F8 ia ie iu b c ck d dj f ph g h x(j) j k l lj m n =F1 ng p=
 q r s
sj t th tj v w x(ks) z

(less standard diagraphs ommited)
-- Carlos Th