Re: CHAT: Conlang Cycles (Speedtalk Babel text)

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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