Re: the glottal stop as {q}

> From: BP Jonsson [SMTP:bpj@NETG.SE]
>
> At 14:50 23.4.2000 +0100, Raymond Brown wrote:
>
> >Maltese, which writes the glottal stop as <q>,
>
> I read the other day that Somali also uses that mapping, as well as {x}
> for
> voiceless pharyngeal fricative and {c} for the voiced one (ayn).  Oddly I
> feel that these mappings would be cool for a conlang but rub the wrong way
> for a serious natlang orthography!
>
> Anyway, what would you think about using:
>
> {q} for glottal stop
> {x} for voiceless pharyngeal fricative
> {c} for voiced pharyngeal fricative
> {h} for voiceless glottal fricative
> {j} for voiced palatal fricative ({jj} in coda)
> {hj} for voiceless palatal fricative
> {xj} for voiceless velar fricative
> {cj} for voiced velar fricative
> {sj} and {zj} for palatoalveolar fricatives.
>
The only ones I found a little counter intuitive are using <c> for a voiced
sound and palatal <j> velarizing pharyngeal sounds.  I myself have used <q>
for glotal stop in ancient Hembica reconstruction, and <j> for a voiced
palatal fricative /j\/ in my personal Chleweyish.

-- Carlos Th