Re: Script question and..

From: "Aidan Grey" <grey@...>
>    Anyone have any ideas about how to get from the protoform *LEDSA to the
> final form _leis_?
well...
the most familiar way I can think of would be *LEDSA > *les:a > *le:sa >
*le:s@
> leis
Completely tangentially:
For Hadwan a protoform *LEDSA would become {lissa} /"lIssA/. (*LEDSA > *lessa
>
lissa)

>    And how would that leis be represented syllabically? /lejs/ is the
> pronunciation.
>
>    I can think of a couple of possibilities: le-i-si, using the idea of
> Mayan synharmony, where a following syllable with the same vowel is
> pronounced only as the consonant (if the word was _leisi_, then another
> syllable (ya in Mayan) is written to show that the final vowel is
pronounced).
>    or, le-is (but that doubles my necessary glyphs, and I'd rather save
> those spots for logographs, thanks)
>    or, le-i-s
>    Anyone have better/other ideas?
Well, there is nothing to prevent diphthongs from being represented by single
syllable signs: {lei-si} or {lei-s} ... I expect, in fact, that this is
likely.
However, I have a kind of idea something like a solitary {leis} syllable is
equally likely to exist [but if final consonants are common this will get
unwieldy].

    *Muke!
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