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Re: Vowels in Finlaesk

From:Paul Bennett <paul.w.bennett@...>
Date:Thursday, September 6, 2007, 14:39
On 9/6/07, John Vertical <johnvertical@...> wrote:
> (snip) > >9 > e > >E > e > >E: > E > >& > e > (snip) > > Wouldn't 9, & > E, E: > e make more sense? You'd get more of your beloved > /E/ too, then..?
I'm actually trying for a situation where the front mid vowel is predominantly /e/, with a selection of /E/ and /e:/ sprinkled into the mix. Part of my motivation comes from wanting to have something that feels close to a balance within the /i/, /@/, /A/ vowel set and a separate balance within the /e/, /o/ vowel set. Changing it to predominantly /E/, /O/ with a few /E:/, /O:/ and /e/, /o/ could work just as well, though /e/, /o/ are more common in Alg. languages than /E/, /O/, and closer to the /i/, /u/ of Inuktitut. Going over my changes (in the absence of hard frequency data for ON), you might be on to something with /&/ > /E/, which might also imply /&:/ > /E:/ (which breaks my symmetry) or /&:/ > /Ej/ (which actually has a pretty good feel to it). Thanks for the suggestions & advice, guys! Feel free to keep 'em coming! Paul