Tasratal: revised phonology romanization
From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
Date: | Thursday, October 25, 2001, 22:50 |
Consonants:
[p] [t] [k]
[P] [f] [s] [S] [x]
[pf] [ts] [tS]
[r]
[l]
[m] [n] [N]
Thanks for all the suggestions! I don't have time to reply individually
right now; I just got my computer back from repairs. :-p
New romanization scheme that uses the Roman alphabet more efficiently:
p t k
b v s x q
f z c
r
l
m n g
I decided to go with BP Jonsson's <v> for [f] and <f> for [pf], then threw
in <z> for [ts] as well. Yay Deutch. :-) (Previously they were <f>, <pf>
and <ts> respectively.)
(Funny how German influences slip into my conlangs...)
I switched to <b> for [P], <q> for [x], <c> for [tS]. (Previously <ff>,
<xx> and <tx> respectively.) Thanks to Jeff for this one.
I've rethought the phonotactics: [pf], [ts] and [tS] might as well appear
anywhere a consonant can in the (C)V(C) syllable-scheme.
(And yes, to answer someone's question, the <g> for [N] was inspired by
Japanese, specifically "ichigo"--I love strawberries.)
Yoon Ha Lee
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