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Re: your opinion

From:Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
Date:Monday, December 31, 2007, 11:39
Hallo!

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:45:40 -0500, Reilly Schlaier wrote:

> how many vowels is too many? > i just realized that Vityng distinguishes 20 vowels > http://wiki.frath.net/Vityng
20 vowel qualities are indeed a lot, and I'd expect some to merge or diphthongize to make room. But North Germanic languages (and your language obviously is one) actually do have quite crowded vowel inventories. What are your sound changes from Old Norse (or whatever you started with) to Vityng? ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf