Re: Vowel Harmony Q

And wrote:

<<Does the notation /o/ suggested that there simply is no high back vowel?
I'd
expect the vowels of a four-vowel system to gravitate towards [i E A u] or
so,
to maximize distinctiveness.>>

Yes, it does, and while that's what's predicted, there are actually lots of
four vowel systems that have /o/ instead of /u/ ([o] instead of [u]), which
caused me to first think of the idea.   As Rob has pointed out, though, I wasn't
the first.   ;)   Nice system, Rob!

-David