Azurian (was Re: [CONLANG] French)

Lars Finsen wrote:
>
> Azurian:
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> Adle sæm tælar ængliska er fávítingar.
I must say that I like the old way of
writing Azurian *vowels* better.  While
the new way makes an extremely easy reading
for someone who knows Icelandic and/or Faroese
a combination of the new consonant orthography
and the old vowel orthography would be a
realistic combination if the orthography were
developed under primarily Danish influence.

BTW what does _í_ stand for? If there is merger of
Old Norse _i-y_ and _í-ý_ in Az. you may write the
outcome of the former with _i_ and the latter with
_y_.  I had that mapping in my Vinlandish orthographies,
where /uj/ was mapped to _y_.  I also preferred
ON _á_ > /wa/ _oa_, only I couldn't decide if it
merged with ON _va-_ and _vá_ or if ON _v-_ became
/kw/ _gv_, neither whether ON _hv_ would merge with
ON _kv_ > /k_hw/ or remain /hw/.  I didn't want
ON _hvat_ to merge with ON _há_, but the other plan
gave some unpleasant mergers as well.

BTW 2 Also your idea of voiced stops as the outcome
of sharpening was attractive.  They might plausibly
be written _bb dd gg_, since they wouldn't occur
initially anyway.  If old _bb dd gg_ remain distinct
they can be written _pp tt kk_ since old _pp tt kk_
are written _hp ht hk_.

BTW 3 While it's true that _Bláland_ is taken, although
it is short for _Blámannaland_, what if the native name
for Azuria is _Bláfold_ or whatever that would become?
I imagine the language would then become _Bláfolska_
or _Bloafolska_?

/BP 8^)>
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Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se
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  "C'est en vain que nos Josués littéraires crient
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  c'est qu'elles meurent."           (Victor Hugo)

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