Re: Conlang Spelling Conventions (was: OFF: More Pinyin reform...)

>From: Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
>Well, in Rokbeigalmki "cursive" script, the letters /m/ and /o/ can be
>confused when they're next to eachother:
>/m/ looks like a curved {w}
>/o/ looks like a curved {v}
>
>So, something that looks like {vvv} can be either /mo/ (as in _semoz_,
>"sun") or /om/ (as in _sejom_ "sixes").
>
>In order to disambiguate, a circle is written above the /o/ {v}.
>In the "older" forms of the alphabet, the basic shape of the /o/ was what
>looks like a circle on two parallel stilts.  In the cursive and then
>"modern" forms, the circle is normally dropped.
So it's decided.  For sake of clarity, the u in -ung may optionally have a
circle above it (as in Czech u-ring)!  (But you have to stack a tone marker
on top of it...)

Danny
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