Re: THEORY Ideal system of writing
| From: | J. 'Mach' Wust <j_mach_wust@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 10, 2004, 1:13 |
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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:37:26 -0400, John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
>Yes, a language with a syllable like [strENTs] is not a good
>candidate for syllabic representation.
Creating a syllabary for English wouldn't be very difficult if there were a
few diacritics for clusters and no-vowel 'syllables' for consonants at the
ends of stems. Then, the word _strength_ could be written basically as _te
N0_ with diacritics for the other sounds. It'd require say twenty consonants
multiplied with seven vowels (including the no-vowel 'syllables') plus
diacritics for preceding and final _s, r, l, y, w_ and final _n, d, T_, so
the total number of signs would be proximate to 170.
g_0ry@_ˆs:
j. 'mach' wust