Re: Question about vowel harmono

On Wed, 2 May 2001, Patrick Dunn wrote:

> On Wed, 2 May 2001, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
>
> > generally vowel-harmonic languages consider /i/ and /e/ to be neutral
> > sounds, excet Turkish which has a counterart to /i/. Also most of them
> > have counterarts for each vowel, if you have [a] [o] [u] you will have [&]
> > [2] [y] as well...
>
> /&/ is like the OE aesc, right?
> What's /2/?
>
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>
> >
> > On Wed, 2 May 2001, Patrick Dunn wrote:
> >
> > > Is this a reasonable vowel system for a language with vowel harmony?
> > >
> > > Front vowels
> > > /i/
> > > /e/
> > > /y/ (rounded /i/)
> > >
> > > Back vowels
> > > /a/
> > > /o/
> > > /u/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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