Re: CHAT: A sample of my newborn conlang
| From: | Y.Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 31, 2002, 8:45 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: A sample of my newborn conlang
> On 29 Jan 02, at 22:04, Pavel Iosad wrote:
>
> > Yes, but the problem is with 'y' then Perhaps we should adapt the "hard
> > sign"? That'd look weird - it does with lojban. Besides, reading a hard
sign
> > as the "bl" might seem, well, awkward.
>
> Not to Bulgarians, I would think ;) "hard sign" is already a vowel for
> them (shwa?).
AFAIR "hard sign" (Bulgarian "er goljam") is really a vowel standing for
[7] ("baby gamma" or "rams horn" - 0264). And its so confusing for a
person whose L1 is Russian to see smth like {`g`l} ["7g7l] 'corner'... (The
Russian equivalent is fully vocalised {ugol} ["ug@l])
> Cheers,
> Philip
Yitzik
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