Re: Tit'xka (Pretty Long Post)

Sheets, Jeff wrote:

> > Er, you mean phonologically speaking, right? Do you have anymorphopho=
nemic
> > alternations?
> >
> The creatures that speak this language apply vocalization only to the v=
owels
> and n.  period.  They are generally capable of voicing the other conson=
ants,
> but they always come out very harsh.
Well, I mean, does the language show alternations in the forms of wordswh=
ich changes in
the phonology created?  For example, in English, the
words "life" and "live" originally contained the same consonants;  [v] ha=
d
originally just been an allophone of /f/, and occurred only between vowel=
s.
Later, when the vocalic element dropped off due to the loss of infinitive
inflection endings (i.e., "[lIv@n] --> [lIv]"), the formerly only allopho=
nic
[v] become fully phonemic: /v/.   So, now we have the case in English whe=
re
/f/ : /v/ exist in various cases as irregularities based on the original =
morphology.
Does your language (yet) have anything like that?

> > > q   /K/ like ch in German Bach
> >
> > Is /K/ a new ASCII IPA character? :) German /x/ is [x] in "Bach", and=
[C]
> > in "ich".
> >
> It seems I might be using a different transcription system.  You guys t=
ell
> me what system you are using, and I'll familiarize myself with it.
Well, I just checked the Kirshenbaum system that you said in another post=
you use, and I
didn't see any /K/ there.  (look at
<http://ftp.cs.brown.edu/people/dpb/ascii-ipa.html> to see what I mean).

I think the normal transcription for aspirated consonants is to have a
superscript /h/, or in ASCII IPA, just an /h/:  /kh/ as in "cat".

> > Typologically speaking, when languages have three vowels, the very
> > strongtendency is to
> > have /i/, /a/ and /u/ (e.g. Gothic).  FYI.
> >
> Try telling that to a creature who would rather feed on your carcass th=
an
> speak to you.
Sorry. :)  I had already posted that before you either posted your origin=
alcomments about
the lifeforms, or before I had read it.


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