Re: Language "laws"?
| From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 11, 2004, 13:24 |
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Hi!
Yann Kiraly <yann_kiraly@...> writes:
> Is it possible for a conlang to have k,t,d,g,b but no p? And can it lack
> s,z,f,v,w and have th?
It is all possible, because you invent it, anyway. :-) The question is
whether it is realistic, and I'd say strictly no to the former and
weakly no to the latter.
But if you like it, why not?
> Also, I wanted to ask about the IPA signs for the following vowels:
> ö,ü,
Depends strongly on language. In German, [y:] and [Y] would
correspond to |ü| and [2:] and [9] to |ö|. In many languages, dots
indicate something completely different, however.
> schwa
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> ,a in saw
Depends highly on dialect. I don't dare to give answers in order not
to start YAEPT.
> and for the consonant j as in jump.
Usually [dZ], again without the intend to start YAEPT.
**Henrik
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