Re: Introducing Mashish

--- In conlang@y..., Heather Rice <florarroz@Y...> wrote:

 > Phonetics:  p,b,m,d,t,th,n,r,z,s,sh,zh,ch,
 > cc,c,l,y,w,k,g,',h,n~

Phonetics?  Do you mean consonants?  Also, how are they
pronounced?



 > Vowel Harmony:  there is vowel harmony between
 > different vowels.  Some vowels (a,e,i) cannot occur in
 > a sequence, so they are alternated thus:  a-i, e-u,
 > i-a.  So "banana" could not be pronounced this way,
 > rather it should be "banina".

Nice concept.  Would you still write /banina/ as "banana",
or does the writing reflect the changes in pronunciation?



-- Christian Thalmann