Zesefde J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> ta 2002.12.22. her 03:08:07 -5h:
> For a possible sci-fi short story I will be writing * , I was wondering
> what possible sounds (phonemes) these following "genetically mutated"
> animal-humanoids would be capable of - considering their respective mouth
> shapes (somewhat betwixt human and animal):
>
> pygmy chimpanzee-humanoids [_Homo luden Pan paniscus_]
> .... their name for themselves (both _hommage_ and boastful play on words):
> "Good-alls" (disparagingly called "bonzos")
Fast speech and thinking. Loud interjections. A lot of words for social structure and family :)
A lot of stops.
> cat-humanoids [_Homo luden Cattus (talkative Siamese, of course ;)_]
> .... name given to them that they liked: "Bella-Pella" {beauty-fur}
Feel free to use my cat lang :) Okay, just kidding :)))
A lot of nasals and strong palatalising and labialising. Glottal trill (or
whatever the purring sound is.)
(As I did for my cat language Long Wer). Liquids to an end :)
Various tones and a lot of vowels. Myâni!
> wolf-dog-humanoids [Homo luden Lupus-Canus_ (timber wolf-German Shephard
> mix)] ... self-proclaimed "Uldhedhnari" or "Harii" (disparagingly called
> "werewolves" and "fidos")
Aspiration and fricatives and also clicks, snorts and odd sounds for being thir mouth much
longer that ours.
> * the story involves a multi-generational spaceship in 2369 CE... In
> order to save certain animal DNA without taking up ultra-valuable space on
> the ship (and also to utilize/exploit some excellent animal physiological,
> mental and emotional character traits), mutant "homizoid crew members" are
> lab-created by "piggy-backing" and "splicing" animal DNA onto human DNA.
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