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Re: Weekly Vocab 31

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 9:10
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:59:45 +0200, Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> wrote:
> Suraq nda takatunu: >> In case someone actually reads this, now I write [u] as /o/ because >> with /u/ the script of my conlang had too any "legs" and needed more >> round shape. > > 1. Rejoice, some ppl do read and care, and I'm one of them. > 2. |o| for /u/ is wise enough. Did you invent it yourself, or just > borrowed from Malagasy? Anyway, it's nice.
Kirumb uses |o| for /u/ in Romanization. I cant remember offhand the rationalization for this but I think it had something to do with taking the "unusual" set of orthographic vowels |a e i u y| and making the more orthodox |a e i o u|. *Muke! -- http://frath.net/ E jer savne zarjé mas ne http://kohath.livejournal.com/ Se imné koone'f metha http://kohath.deviantart.com/ Brissve mé kolé adâ.