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Re: Tit'xka (Pretty Long Post)

From:Eric Christopherson <eric@...>
Date:Monday, December 28, 1998, 23:49
Sheets, Jeff wrote:
> Tit'xka is the main language of a race of intelligent wolf sized tarantulas. > Their range of vowels is fairly limited, as you can tell. This represents > their physiological limitations. My name would be transliterated from > Jeffrey Sheets into xeceni cits. The most vowels that a Tit'xka can > physically pronounce are /a/ /i/ /I/ and /@/. Needless to say, they have a > difficult time with the vowels more humanoid creatures use. > > Other than that, what do you think of it? I'm interested to see how quickly > you guys can massacre "my precious". :)
So you were SERIOUS about wolf-sized tarantulas? :) It looks really neat and harsh-sounding, but I also wondered about the vowels. Does anyone know if the system of /a/ /i/ /I/ /@/ is anatomically plausible? I was just wondering the other day, "are there any languages without either /o/ or /u/, or without either /e/ or /i/?"