Re: New Conlang
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 2, 2003, 3:25 |
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Christian Thalmann scripsit:
> This seems to happen in other conlangs too, e.g. in Verdurian,
> where /I/ is the only phonemically lax vowel. That strikes me
> as odd, as these sounds are very similar in my ear. But I
> guess English ears are different in that respect...
The six main Gua\spi vowels are /a/, /e/, /i/, /I/, /o/, /u/ (there is
also /@/ with very low functional load). I believe this is because
the creator is named /djIm/.
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