Re: Tit'xka (Pretty Long Post)

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/?"