Re: Introducing Bakoyu
| From: | Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 18, 2002, 15:27 |
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--- In conlang@y..., Christopher B Wright <faceloran@J...> wrote:
> For linguishtic notation, that's z /S/, ch /x/, c /tS/, j /dZ/, ll /h^l/
> or /h_l/, rolled r seems to be a series of alveolar taps, but I'm not
> sure so I won't try, and y /j/. Final k is /?/ (the glottal stop; I'm not
> uncertain about it).
I thought Welsh ll was the voiceless lateral fricative /K/.
> Looks like you have some unexpressed vowels in there. Kpigl wants to turn
> to /k@pig@l/ (@=schwa) in my mouth, and zsemoth from /SsemoT/ to
> /S@semoT/.
I could imagine pronouncing them as /k@_0.pi.gl=/ and /S=.se.moT/,
/@_0/ being a voiceless schwa and /=/ being syllabification.
Still, from a purely subjective aesthetic point of view, I prefer
languages with higher percentages of vowels. =P
-- Christian Thalmann