Re: cell phone friendly conlang

Hey, that's not bad idea! (Well, unless you have an iPhone, like�me, and have a
keyboard at your disposal. ;p That was terrible.�I do love my iPhone,
though.) So what are the letters you get?��1 = ? (Is it a hyphen?)�2 =
A�3 = D�4 = G�5 = J�6 = M�7 = P�8 = T�9 = W�0 = Space?�* =
*?�# = #?��Wow! You totally have an Egyptian style three vowel
system�with A = /a/, J = /j/ or /i/ and W = /w/ or /u/. That's
awesome!�Then for your phonemes, you have:��P T/D G (labial, coronal,
dorsal)�M (nasal)��The only thing that's missing is a liquid. Isn't that
funny, though?�That stop inventory is the exact opposite of Arabic, which as
/b/,�/t/ and /d/ and /k/.��If this was going to be a useable language,
users would insist on�the letter sounding something like they look, so I
don't think they�should stand for anything. The question becomes what to do
with�* and #, if anything at all? I think the lack of liquids really
hampers�this phonology. Perhaps * or # could be used for an /r/ or /l/
of�some type, but would users accept it?��Anyway, it's a neat idea! Man,
we should have a competition to�see who could come up with the best cell
phone
language...��-David�*******************************************************************�"A
male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a."�"No eternal reward
will forgive us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.conlang.org/��On Jan 14, 2009, at 2∞31 PM,
Vincent Pistelli wrote:��> With the rise of cell phones, I believe that
there should be a cell�> phone friendly language. To make it cell phone
friendly the only�> phonemes�> would be the first letter on each key. I
would probably make a and�> j the�> only vowels, but I could also add m as
a vowel which would sound�> like the�> russian N or /i/ just because they
look related. I could also add�> w as a�> semivowel to sound like /u/ at
the end of a word and /w/ at the�> beginning.�> Just an idea.�