Re: Nine (was: Re: Back)

rob nírz (Rob Nierse) gov ra:

> > I love this 'Nine' project, so I'd like to comment...
>  >
>  > >Then I got an idea I really liked: the vowels preceding the /n/ get
>  > >nasalised. So I got:
>  > >p t k
>  > >e a o (liked those better than i a o)
>  > >e~ a~ o~
>  > >
>  > >with a rule saying: a~p > am  etc..
>  >
>  > Why don't you keep the /n/ phoneme and state that the sequences /en an
on/
>  > are realized as [e~ a~ o~]? That way, you can have syllable initial /n/.
>  And
>  > you save yourself two phonemes, since the nasalized vowels would no
longer
>  > be independent phonemes.
incidentally, [n] has allophones /m, N/ in my sketchbook project, at least
the way I pronounce it (pronunciation is left to the individual).  the only
syllable-final consonants allowed are [l, n], so I have situations like "tun
pinta" /tumpinta/ (tall cat) and "tun kil" /tuNkil/ (wide mouth).

Joe Mondello