Re: i-Mutation

Yann Kiraly wrote:

 > Does anybody have an Idea into what sound an i could mutate (a->ä,
 > o->ö, u->ü, e([e]very->ë(German [E]nde))? I am constructing a language
 > that uses these mutations for grammatical infelction.

[i] cannot be fronted further.

However, in Calénnawn I solved this as follows: plurals are formed by
substituting the final vowel with |i|:

bórmo, bórmi
fish-SG, fish-PL

But |i| gets substituted with |ii| (pronounced as [y]):

réfni [REfni], réfnii [REfny]
woman, women

This is the only situation in which [y] occurs. (It is a funny
coincidence that handwritten |ii| resembles |ü| ).

A solution for your problem might be to let [u] mutate into [}] (or even
[1]) and let [i] mutate into [y].

Éylo,

René

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