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Re: Tones to make up for lack of phonemes

From:David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>
Date:Saturday, December 27, 2008, 2:16
SolReSol was a musical language based on the Western scale.�Presumably that would fit
the bill. Also, why not just a vowel�for your phoneme? Not all creatures can
make a [b]; just about�all of them can
cry.��-David�*******************************************************************�"A
male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a."�"No eternal reward
will forgive us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.free.fr/��On Dec 26, 2008, at 6∞12 PM,
Vincent Pistelli wrote:��> I want to make a language that has just the bare
minimum of phonemes,�> preferably ones that anything with vocal cords can
pronounce. I was�> thinking just bilabial stops with a bunch of tones to make
up for�> major lack�> of phonemes, but that would require a really good
ear. Do any of�> you know�> any other phonemes that could theoretically be
pronounced by�> anything with a�> mouth, vocal cords, and a capacity speak
and understand language?�

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