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Re: vowel scheme for new language

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Thursday, May 20, 1999, 7:07
JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON wrote:

>On Wed, 19 May 1999, dunn patrick w wrote: > >> Well, that looks like a general consensus of "no way". Hrmm. I
noticed a
>> tendency of it to run away from me anyway. That damned /i/
insisted on
>> showing up. >> >> > Or: i u >> > e o >> > a >> >> What's a pity is I like this vowel scheme. Always have. But I'd
*hate*
>> to use it since it's so damned common. Conlang guilt, you know? > >For my conlang Tokana, I assuaged my guilt by adding a sixth,
central
>vowel to the mix, giving: > > i u > E @ O > a > >This system is much less common - although by no means
unprecedented
>(Romanian has it).
I assuaged my own guilt by copying the vowel system of my mother's mother-tongue, Ilocano (which is spoken in the northern part of Luzon island in the Philippines). This is: i u @ a This system is also much less common, but like I hinted, it nevertheless exists. Many Austronesian languages have this system (Proto-Austronesian had it). I have also heard that there are quite a few Amerindian languages with such a system (I dunno which). -kristian- 8-)