From: | Rob Nierse <rnierse@...> |
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Date: | Friday, November 5, 1999, 11:18 |
Hi all, I have a question about a language that's in my mind since this week. This is the consonant inventory: p t k q (?) oral=20 ph th kh h aspirated s l tl I want to include fronting/palatalization. At first I thought of a system like Arawak: t + i =3D tyi th + i =3D ci (c as ch in 'church') Then I thought of k changing too: k + i =3D ci kh + i remains khi or Ci=20 (C as ch in German 'ich') Now /thi/ and /ki/ are merging to [ci] and I don't want that to happen. So I thought of /ti/ -> [tsi] but what do I do with /thi/?=20 Any suggestions? What is more likely? /ti/ =3D> [tsi] ot [ci]? Rob