Re: Llirine: introduction and phonology
| From: | Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 2, 2001, 21:14 |
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--- In conlang@y..., David Starner <starner@O...> wrote:
> the Sherall (a species of genetically engineered humans)
> ...
> they have limited lip movement and a more constant airflow than
> humans
Why would anyone genetically downgrade humans? Especially when the
alterations deprive them of the ability to kiss. The Sherall sound like
a race straight out of an Obrenje horror movie. =)
Since you're new on the list (welcome, by the way ;-): Obrenaja, my
conculture, regards romance as an art form and distinguishes at least 8
types of kissing. ;-)
Anyway, what advantageous alterations do they have?
> Vowels
> IPA - ASCII - Unicode orthography
> 1 - i - i
> @\ - e - e
> 7 - a - a
> M - u - u
Cool, a non-standard vowel system. /a e i o u/ does become boring after
a while (see Star Trek languages...), though I have to admit Obrenje has
only those five vowels as well (albeit with 2-3 tense/lax allophonic
variations each).
> Consonants
> ...
> K - ll - belted l <026C>
Why not write that as l^ for the sake of consistency?
> Any comments?
How about some grammar tidbits? =)
-- Christian Thalmann
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