Re: SKETCH: Left-handed language :)
| From: | Amanda Babcock <langs@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 21, 2002, 2:27 |
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On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 09:46:24PM +0100, Tim May wrote:
> > (Interesting that the only stops missing are p and k, which happen
> > to be the only stops *available* in the Dvorak version of
> > left-handed-language...)
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> Well, in this orthography, yes, but q could be a stop. And ' is a
> glottal stop sometimes, I think. (of course, theoretically anything
> could represent a stop if you're prepared to countenance a
> sufficiently perverse orthography).
Good point. However, I'd be rather alarmed by a language where 75% of
the stops were velar or even further back :)
> If you really wanted a challenge, you could try making a right-hand
> Dvorak conlang.
The consonant inventory is very similar to left-hand Qwerty, but we also
get l, m, and n, as well as h.
> Perhaps you could base it around syllabic liquids and nasals...
Yep, that would be how I'd do it :)
Amanda