Re: Question about vowel harmono

Hi!

Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> writes:
> Is this a reasonable vowel system for a language with vowel harmony?
>
> Front vowels
> /i/
> /e/
> /y/ (rounded /i/)
>
> Back vowels
> /a/
> /o/
> /u/
Do you have clues about what harmony rules you'll have?  If you put
your vowels into the normal chart, the /y/ seems to be non-matching,
and the /a/ seems to be likely to not influence the harmony rules, but
without any rules, it's really hard to tell.

             FRONT  CENTER BACK
  CLOSE      i/y              u
  MID-CLOSE  e                o
  OPEN                a?

Looking at Finnish:
   i/y        u
   e/

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