Re: Slaying the monster
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Friday, August 2, 2002, 6:43 |
|---|
En réponse à Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>:
> |gdhmabgis| 9 letters
> [dvE:Iz] 6 phonemes
>
> My guess:
> gd = d (with the g acting like the h in Hindi |dh|)
>
> hm = v (I think h beginning a digraph has a funky
> function-- I just think of /m/ and /v/ both being at
> the front of the mouth, so maybe the |h| opens the
> lips while keeping the teeth in place...?)
>
> a = E
>
> bg = : (not sure what : means, and the bg come the
> closest in the word to being "garbage" letters)
>
> i = I
>
> s = Z
>
> Am I close?
Well, not really, though you have two out of the six propositions right :)) .
And indeed, preposed |h| has a funky function. Actually, its function is rather
impossible to predict, contrary to postposed |h| which simply palatalises
previous consonants and adds a [I]-glide to a previous vowel. To give you
examples, |hn| is [z], |hg| is [M\] (velar approximant), |hl| is [L\] (velar
lateral approximant), |ht| is [C] and [hd] (like |hj|) is [G]!!!
Christophe.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.