Re: New H/G lang?

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> Van: Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...>
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
> Onderwerp: Re: New H/G lang?
> Datum: maandag 11 oktober 1999 13:34
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>         I think that with a structure of the word like yours, so many
> consonnants don't pose any problem. But if the schwa was to be elided
> for example, there would be a problem of consonnant clusters and
> reduction of them, as I think there would be no PoA left for that
> without loss of information. About the vowels, I'm not sure that i-bar
> and lowered-schwa are a good idea. They are much too schwa-like both (in
> fact, the schwa can often be a i-bar in some languages). If you want to
> have only two vowels, I would vote for two very different vowels, like
> /a/ and /@/. To stick with your idea, I think /a/ and i-bar would be
> just fine, with a lot of allophonic variation (maybe triggered by the
> consonnants) of course.
I think it is not such a problem. Since the only important thing is the
difference in height, the vowel will get colored by the surrounding
consonants. So I can imagine something like /ti-/ becomes [ti], /p@/
becomes [pa] etc. You only need to have symbols to differentiate the
height. /e/ and /a/ could do.

BTW, you mentioned clicks? Clicks only occur in Southern Africa and you say
you are influenced by America. Do you mean ejectives and/or glottalics
and/or clicks?

Rob