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Re: Personal langs and converse of aux

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 6, 2001, 11:19
Làtae Yoon Ha:

> Hello Brian, and I'm glad I caught this, because I didn't see the > original message. :-p
I didn't see it either! Very strange. And I don't even subscribe via e/yahoogroups... Hmm... It seems I got thrown out of conlang. Makes me wonder what messages I never received. A check on the yahoogroups' website didn't give much since they seem to be _very_ behind. Anyway, welcome to our list, Brian! :) Ja làtae Jesse Stephen Bangs:
> This is an interesting question. The features that are found 'most > everywhere' are by definition very easy for almost everyone to pronounce, > since they're already in everyone's language. These are probably things > that would be in your language anyway, things like voiced stops, more than > 3 vowels, etc.
You mean *voiceless* stops and *just* three vowels?
> Aspirated stops distinct from unaspirated stops > Rounded front vowels > Unrounded back vowels > The phones [T] and [D] > The trilled /r/ > The untrilled American English /r/ > Four different vowel heights, e.g. [i e E a] or [u o C a] > Front /a/ versus back /a/ > Phonemically distinct geminates
Interestingly enough, Swedish has five out of nine. And it wasn't that long ago we had [T] and [D] as well. :) daniel -- <> Daeselaidh goddi mis giall! <> daniel.andreasson@telia.com <> <> Lwodadh giall! <> Daniel Andreasson <>