Paul Bennett wrote:
> Approximate IPA
> Stops Nasals Fricat Affric Approxmants
> p b m f w
> T t[T
> t d n s ts r
> S tS l j
> k g N x
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> Actual Romanisation
> p b m ph w
> th dth
> t d n s z r
> sh ch l gh
> c g gn h
Some questions: why {ph} and not {f} for /f/? And why not {tth} for
/tT/? Interesting romanizations, like {gn} for /N/? Is it because {ng}
is a legal cluster? Why not {k} for /k/ and {c} for /tS/, and {gh} for
/j/ is really odd.
> Orthog English M-uagh=E1 IPA
> au daunt d=E1unt turned-c
> i disk disc smallcap-i
> ie deep d=EDep i
> iu wood wiud turned-smallcap-omega
> o dot dot turned-script-a
> oa don't d=F3ant schwa turned-smallcap-omega
> oi boy boi turned-c smallcap-i
> ou north nouth turned-c schwa
> u dug dug wedge
> ua ago uag=F3a schwa
> uo doom d=FAom u
Interesting representations.
> An apostrophe is used in romanisations to disambiguate words that
> would otherwise be homographs. The native alphabet distinguishes each
> phone with its own glyph.
I don't understand this.
> The grammar is a mixed ergative-absolute / dechticaetative system.
What the heck is "dechticaetative"?
> Transitive Verb
> Subject - Ergative
> Verb - Inflected for Subject
> Object - Absolute
>=20
> Ditransitive Verb
> Subject - Volitive
> Indirect Object - Ergative
> Verb - Inflected for Indirect Object
> Direct Object - Absolute
Hmm, same case for agent of a transitive sentence AND dative? Very
strange.
> Component Gen. -eich (x y-eich =3D x is part of y) /* should this be <y=
-eich x>
> ?*/
> Habitual Gen. -uagh=E1 (associated with (see above))
> Possessive. -eshau (owned by (see above))
Interesting. I'd use something like "component", "associative", and
"possessive".
> Plurals are marked by umlaut.
Cool.
> Imperative replace inflection with <-z>
> Jussive insert <-zoa-> before the inflection
> Past Insert <-gniu-> before the inflection
> Progressive Insert <-dtha-> before the inflection
> Passive Insert <-cei-> before the inflection
In this order?
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