Re: Poll: What looks best?

Quoting taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>:

> The quest to replace H continueth! Here's a test-sentence:
>
> maHavvel H kanra Hāen oHamigh Hu khaHa Hetuaþ Heìes
> "The tyrant turned to the right and made the crows noisily
> attack the backwards-and-forwards-moving tiger in the
> kitchen"
>
> 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
>
> The letter in question marks a sound that starts off as a velar
> trill (or one of its many raspy replacements) and turns into an
> alveolar trill. It is always long/cannot be geminated and is the
> raspiest, spittiest sound in the entire language. (Incidentally,
> the test-sentence contains every single word using the letter H
> that I could find in the seconds I spent searching, that
> sentence is almost a tongue-twister...) Replace mentally with
> [kr] if the backs of your tongues do twist!
>
> So: Which. Will. Win!!?!!
Since it's a trill, my vote's for r-hacek.

                                   Andreas

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