Re: New Lang: Igassik

>From: Marcus Smith <smithma@...>
>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 17:36:43 -0700
>
>Jeff Jones wrote:
>
>> >10 Vowels:
>> >i y     ue u
>> >e oe    ^ o
>> >  ae    a
Well one thing you could do, fi digraphs don't bother you is the following:

i ui    eu u
e ui    eo o
  ae    a

So that "u" (or alternately "o") is used as a marker for rounding in front
vowels and "e" is used as a marker for unrounding in back vowels.  That way
you could ditch "y" and "^" altogether.  Just a thought.

Adam

>>
>I had that at one point, but I couldn't bring myself to keep it. It isn't
>the <ue> that bothered me, se I'm used to doing that for German, but I
>couldn't stand having <y> be a back vowel. That's pretty petty, so maybe I
>should just grin and bear it.
>
>I also don't like having <^>. I think I'll adopt taliesin the storyteller's
>(real name?) example and use <@>. (My brain is already protesting: THAT'S A
>SCHWA, DUMMY!)
>
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