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Re: CHAT: Conlang Cycles (Speedtalk Babel text)

From:Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...>
Date:Friday, December 13, 2002, 7:33
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 18:38:25 -0500, Keenan <makeenan@...> wrote:

>Jeff Jones wrote: >> >> On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 10:01:32 -0500, Keenan <makeenan@...> wrote: >> >> >Jeff Jones wrote: >> >> Expectation mode initiated! > >Here's the Babel text in Speedtalk. first *with* the needed markers to >show the different types of sounds. Latin alphabet just can't handle >Speedtalk very elegantly. :( > >1. ei:bjef:j dhei/paahco-uu dje/cuu > >2. a/?f:jaa/?pi) djo-cei/ei: "shinar" djuupue) > >3. dou?p "a)kaa.\ei-\f:j djo-/duu-/" dau-?$$$e.) t|jaa.? dau-?i.: >t|joe/: > >4. ue\(dou?p "a):kau\~cou\? SsSkei). nrHa):HHHe(:rcaa/( ue\(kou/~rei >djei/?$$$au):aa > >5. t|jei.i.poe:cou\? djca(:xHHHa/?au\~ngp > >6. ei.ou?p " fau(HHHe~ce/o\zhhau\~bj ue\(oe-)di./reia.: mue-~rn|o\ >ue\(cou.(ruu$$$a?:ou.( > >7. ue\(ei.ei/?pdau):aa djau\~ngdei-:pdhou\? > >8. ue\(no\:G "Babel" uu\)ei.Gue-~cei/aauu ue\(ei.ei/?pcau( au):dhaa > >Now the same passage but I'll take out all the differentiations so you >can get a better idea of how compact this is > >1. eibjefj dheiaahcoo djecuu > >2. afjaapi djoceiei "shinar" djuupue > >3. doup "akaaeifj djoduu" > dause t|jaa daui t|joe > >4 uedoup "akaucou $ke nrHaHercaa uekoure djei$auaa > >5. tjeiipoecou djcacxHaaungp > >6. eioup "fauHeceozhaubj ueoedireia muerno uecouruu$aou > >7. ueeieipdauaa djaungdeipdhou > >8. uenoG "Babel" uueiGueceiaauu ue ueeieipcau audhaa > >-Duke
Sorry, but I've studiously avoided Babel texts. Your text does look compact, though. Do you have a writeup of the phonemes ready yet? Jeff

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Keenan <makeenan@...>More (Speedtalk Babel text)