> From: D Tse <exponent@...>
> Subject: Re: backwards conlanging
>
> >(Langmaker.com has a neat table of
> >common consonant changes, but doesn't say a darn thing about likely vowel
> >changes. I'm still reading up on phonetics/phonology and historical
> >linguistics so I can get a handle on the processes involved.)
[snip]
> But the real point of this message is to ask whether anyone knows the
> address of this "neat table of common consonant changes" mentioned above
> which I have a bit of trouble finding --
http://www.langmaker.com/ml0102.htm
> From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
> Subject: Re: Lateralization
>
> Steg Belsky wrote:
> > But is there a difference between "glottalized" and "ejective"?
>
> Ejective is a type of glottalized consonant. Implosives are the other
> type.
Glottalized can also refer to creaky voice, IIRC.
> From: Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
> Subject: Re: backwards conlanging
>
> I have a stupid boring /i/ /e/ /a/ /o/ /u/ vowel system, with two
> diphthongs. I guess I'll have to figure out something more complicated
> that could've simplified down to the 5-vowel system.
Or something simpler that complexified to it, of course. Like PIE's *e/o,
*i/y, and *u/w.
> From: "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>
> Subject: Re: another silly phonology question
>
> I'll let better-clued list members answer that, but I'd like to say that
> symmetry in languages is not 100%. For example, English has [h] but no
> other glottals (at least not that I'm aware of).
Well, there's [?], but I don't think it's phonemic yet but an allophone of
/t/, usually.
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