Re: Word Construction for a New Conlang
From: | Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> |
Date: | Thursday, July 8, 1999, 11:36 |
Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>A lot of modern, descriptive grammars have a good and full chapter on
>the phonotactics of the language they describe - you could do worse
>than trying to find Solnit's _Eastern Kaya Li_, Rutgers' _Yamphu_ or
>Ikroro's _The Kana Language_. These really differ from the old-style
>grammars for classical languages.
I might try and get these grammars for myself so that I sorta have a=20
guide of how to describe the phonology of Boreanesian. Question: What=20
language families do these languages belong to? Since its Boudewijn=20
suggesting this, I'm guessing they are Tibeto-Burman or something?
-kristian- 8)