Re: Llirine: introduction and phonology

David Starner wrote:
> Linguistically
> important is the fact that they have limited lip movement and a more
> constant airflow than humans - hence they can't make plosives or
> bilabial sounds. (Is that correct? I have a goal of removing those
> sounds, but I don't really know what corresponding physiological changes
> would go along.)
Yes, that would work.  Presumably they'd borrow stops as nasals and
labials as dentals.  So they'd say /Noln/ for "gold", for example, or
/noj/ for "boy".  [hMn@\n] for "human" :-)

>  =\ -   p   - p (I don't know if I chose the right IPA, but it's a click)
Is that a bilabial click?  If they can't make /p/, they shouldn't be
able to make that either.

> Syllables are V, CV or CV{ll,n,n^,p}.
No V{ll,n,n^,p}?

> Consonant clusters - s, z, s^, z^ or t followed by l, r, or n^
Interesting.  So, one trying to speak English might say [sN7] for "snow"
for example?  I like that [sN] cluster.  Sounds nice and exotic.  :-)

> words tend to be medium length (6-8 characters)
So, around two or three syllables?

> http://dvdeug.dhis.org/llirine.html has this information with actual
> IPA, if that helps anyone.
I just see boxes for a lot of the IPA.  :-(

> "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each
> one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less."
> - "Disciple", Stuart Davis
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