Re: Some conlang questions

I read that Northwest Caucasian languages have the phonemes /a/ and /@/, but
next to palatized consonants, the allophones /e/ and /i/ appear; the
allophones /o/ and /u/ go with labiovelarized consonants. ~Danny~

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Clark" <peter-clark@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: Some conlang questions


> On Friday 27 December 2002 02:54 pm, Pavel Iosad wrote:
> > They do have two, and that's a fact. The vowels are /a/ and /@/, and the
> > rules for the schwa's appearance are *not* automatic. Another supposed
> > language with one vowel is Aranta, a language of Australia, bt I can't
> > check that one. Abkhaz and Adygh *definitely* have two.
>
>         Ok--do you have a source for this? I ask because it seems to be
quite an
> argument as to whether they are allophones or not. More info would be
> appreciated and educational.
>         :Peter
>

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