Re: CHAT: Bob's Introduction

Robert Hailman wrote:
> I have a project coming up at school where I'm allowed to do more or
> less anything I want, and I'm considering developing a Conlang.
Anything?  Are there any guidelines?

> 1) When I post a sketch of a language, and I give the phonololgy, do I
> give just the IPA symbols, or do I use the alphabet I am using if it is
> a Roman alphabet as well as the IPA if they don't agree?
Depends.  Usually people will give the alphabet (and often any details
about unusual spelling conventions if any) with pronunciation, sometimes
in IPA, sometimes a description (e.g., "like _k_ in 'skill'"), and
sometimes both.  I prefer using both, so that those who are familiar
with IPA can have the IPA, and those who aren't can have an idea of what
is meant.  For example, the phonology of my lang at
http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W-Pronunciation.html (I
just noticed an error in one of my examples, "she" is _tísna_, not
_tísfuna_)

> In my language the disagree somewhat, as I use
> x to represent a voiced velar fricative (I forget the symbol), as well
> as some other exceptions.
The usual ASCII symbol is /G/

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