Re: Romanization of Reduced Vowels

Kristian Jensen wrote:

> [....]
> >
> >Boreanesian, like its conlang predecessor Lumanesian, still has only
> >four vowels: /a/ /i/ /u/ /@/. From what Raymond has posted, the
> >vowel in Boreanesian's minor syllables would naturally have to be
> >/@/, and that this vowel has several conditioned variants: voiced
> >and voiceless [@],[I],[U], and zero. Raymond has also suggested that
> >if this were the case, I should represent the vowel in the Roman
> >orthography.
> >
> >But how should this be represented?
>
I would suggest *o* when major is *u*, *e* when major is *i*, *a* when major is
*a*, and nothing when mute because I believe you will end up pronouncing them
like that.
Mathias

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