Re: Weekly Vocab 31
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 9:10 |
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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!
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