Re: Poll: What looks best?

In the last episode, (On Thursday 05 July 2007 16:30:55), Paul Bennett wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:01:29 -0400, taliesin the storyteller
>
> <taliesin-conlang@...> wrote:
> > And here are the candidates:
> >
> > maHavvel H kanra Hāen oHamigh Hu khaHa Hetuaþ Heìes
> > mařavvel ř kanra řāen ořamigh řu khařa řetuaþ řeìes
> > maяavvel я kanra яāen oяamigh яu khaяa яetuaþ яeìes
> > maħavvel ħ kanra ħāen oħamigh ħu khaħa ħetuaþ ħeìes
> > maгavvel г kanra гāen oгamigh гu khaгa гetuaþ гeìes
>
> Of those options, I'd go for r-caron, absent any significant understanding
> of the conhistory of the romanisation.
>
> If you're going to accept Cyrillic and other outlanders, how about these:
>
> maƣavvel ƣ kanra ƣāen oƣamigh ƣu khaƣa ƣetuaþ ƣeìes
> maнavvel н kanra нāen oнamigh нu khaнa нetuaþ нeìes
>
> In the latter case, I'm implying casing pairs like H/н and Һ/h for /ʀ͡r/ ~
> /ɧʳ/ (or whatever is) and /h/.
>
> CXS? Hmm... I think /R_r/ and /x\^r/ are the equivalents of my guesses
> above.
>
> Do you have an existing {q} in the orthography? That's a pretty common and
> generic symbol for "other".
>
> maqavvel q kanra qāen oqamigh qu khaqa qetuaþ qeìes
>
>
>
> Paul
Personally I would prefer r-hacek, or "r" at a pinch. To me "q" and ' are
overused in fictional languages, and I prefer to restrict them (if I use them
at all), to the sound of Inuktitut [q] and the glottal stop. (Whoever gave
Teal'c his US passport obviously didn't mistranscribed his name from the
correct(er) "Te'alc" ;-.)

But, taliesin, since IIRC the sound you're looking (for a transcription) for
is always long, have you considered "rr"? There's precedent - in Spanish the
rhotic flap is written "r", and the rhotic trill "rr" (except at the
beginning of words, where "r" is used because the flap never occurs there).

HTH

Jeff
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