Re: Schwa vowel, which letter?

Raimundus A. Brown scripsit:

> The Welsh have been happily writing it with Y for a few centuries now.
> Guess that's where lojban got the idea  ;)
Possible but not likely.  When schwa was added to Loglan (before
the Loglan/Lojban split) the letter "y" was not then in use
(Loglan uses "i" in diphthongs for the IPA [j] sound).  Since "y"
is used full-time or part-time as a vowel in many languages, it was
surely the natural choice rather than "h", "q", or "w", the other
available letters.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)